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الكحص

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions involving the foot, such as striking or stamping, and by extension, to the act of studying or examining something closely. It also encompasses the idea of something becoming worn out or disappearing, and a specific type of plant.

Derived headwords

الكَحْصnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A plant that has seeds resembling those of the locust bean.

الكاحِصadjective
  1. 1.
    striking with footclassical

    One who strikes or stamps with his foot.

كحصverb
  1. 1.
    to stampclassical

    To stamp or strike with the foot.

  2. 2.
    to studyboth

    To study or examine something thoroughly.

  3. 3.
    to wear outclassical

    To become worn out or effaced.

  4. 4.
    to wander unseenclassical

    To wander on the earth without being seen (referring to an ostrich).

كحوصاnoun
  1. 1.
    wearing outclassical

    The state of being worn out or effaced.

تكحيصاnoun
  1. 1.
    studyingboth

    The act of studying or examining.

كحصverb
  1. 1.
    to studyboth

    He studied it, and it became studied.

كحصverb
  1. 1.
    to be studiedboth

    It became studied or examined.

كواحصadjective
  1. 1.
    worn outclassical

    Ruins that are worn out or effaced.

Parallel reading

نبات له حب يشبه بعين الجراد.
A plant that has seeds resembling the locust bean.
والكاحص: الضارب برجله.
And Al-Kāhiṣ: one who strikes with his foot.
وكحص برجله، كمنع: فحص
And he stamped with his foot, like 'man'a': he examined.
و الأثر كحوصا: دثر
And the trace became worn out: it disappeared.
وقد كحصه البلى
And wear and tear had worn it out.
و الظليم: مر في الأرض لا يرى.
And the ostrich: it moved on the earth unseen.
وكحص الكتاب تكحيصا
And he studied the book thoroughly.
فكحص هو كحصا: درسه فدرس.
So he studied it, and it became studied.
وأطلال كواحص: دوارس.
And ruins that are worn out: they are effaced.