كشيش

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly hissing, rustling, or bubbling sounds. It extends to specific animal vocalizations, the sound of boiling liquids, and even a sound associated with striking flint.

Derived headwords

كشيشnoun

1.
snake's hissclassical
The sound made by a snake, originating from its skin rather than its mouth.
2.
camel's first gruntclassical
The initial sound a camel makes when grunting, which is less than a full grunt.
3.
boiling soundclassical
The sound of a liquid, such as a drink, boiling.
4.
flint's spark soundclassical
The sound produced by flint when struck, accompanying the emission of sparks.

كشَّverb

1.
to hiss (snake)classical
To make a hissing sound, as a snake does from its skin.
2.
to grunt (camel)classical
To make the initial grunting sound, as a camel does.
3.
to boil (liquid)classical
To make a bubbling or boiling sound.
4.
to spark (flint)classical
To make a sound associated with the emission of sparks from flint.

كشَّتْverb

1.
to cry out (cow)classical
To cry out or make a sound, specifically attributed to a cow.

كَشَّةnoun

1.
forelockclassical
The forelock of hair, or a tuft of hair.

كَشّnoun

1.
date palm pollinatorclassical
The material used to pollinate date palms.

كَشّname

1.
city nameclassical
A place name, specifically a town in Jurjan.

كَشْكَشَةnoun

1.
fleeingclassical
The act of fleeing or running away.
2.
pronoun alterationclassical
A linguistic phenomenon in certain Arabic tribes (Banu Asad or Rabi'ah) where the feminine second-person pronoun suffix 'ki' is replaced by 'shi', or a 'sh' is added after a genitive 'ka'.

يَكْشْكَشُverb

1.
not to be depleted (water)classical
Describing a body of water that does not diminish or run out when water is drawn from it.

Parallel reading

كشيش الأفعى: صوتها من جلدها، لا من فيها

The hiss of the snake: its sound from its skin, not from its mouth.

و من الجمل: أول هديره، وهو دون الكت

And from the camel: its first grunt, which is less than a full grunt.

و من الشراب: صوت غليانها

And from a drink: the sound of its boiling.

و من الزند: صوت خوار عند خروج النار

And from the flint: the sound of a crackle upon the emission of fire.

وكشَّت البقرة: صاحت

And the cow cried out: it made a sound.

والكشة، بالضم: الناصية، أو الخصلة من الشعر

And al-kashshah, with damma: the forelock, or a tuft of hair.

والكش، بالضم: الذي يلقح به النخل

And al-kashsh, with damma: that by which the date palms are pollinated.

وبالفتح: ة بجرجان

And with fatha: a town in Jurjan.

والكشكشة: الهرب

And al-kashkashah: fleeing.

و في بني أسد أو ربيعة: إبدال الشين من كاف الخطاب للمؤنث، كعليش في عليك

And in Banu Asad or Rabi'ah: the substitution of 'sh' for the feminine second-person 'k', like 'alayki' for 'alayki'.

أو زيادة شين بعد الكاف المجرورة

Or the addition of 'sh' after the genitive 'k'.

تقول: عليكش، ولا تقول: عليكش، بالنصب

You say: 'alaykush, and you do not say: 'alaykash, with accusative.

وقد حكي كذاكش، بالنصب

And it has been narrated as 'kadhalakash', with accusative.

ونادت أعرابية جارية: تعالي إلى مولاش ms0801 يناديش

And a Bedouin woman called a slave girl: 'Come to your master, he is calling you'.

وبحر لا يكشكش: لا ينزح ماؤه بالاستقاء

And a sea that does not 'yakashkash': its water is not depleted by bailing.