الكشط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scraping, peeling, or stripping something off a surface. It extends to the removal of coverings, the uncovering of something hidden, and metaphorically, the departure of fear or distress.

Derived headwords

كَشَطَverb

1.
to scrape offboth
To remove something by scraping or peeling it from a surface.

كَشْطnoun

1.
scrapingboth
The act of scraping or peeling something off.

كُشِطَتverb

1.
was peeled offclassical
Passive form, indicating something was scraped or peeled away, often used for the sky being removed.

انْكَشَطَverb

1.
to be peeled offclassical
Passive form of the verb, meaning to be scraped or stripped away.
2.
to departclassical
Used metaphorically for fear or distress to leave or vanish.

انْكِشَاطnoun

1.
peeling offclassical
The act of being peeled off or stripped away; a state of uncovering.

كَشَاطnoun

1.
skinclassical
The scraped-off skin or hide, particularly from a camel, which might be used to cover someone.

كَشْطَةnoun

1.
owners of scraped hidesclassical
Those who possess or deal with camels whose hides have been scraped off.

Parallel reading

وإذا السماء كشطت

And when the sky is peeled away

قلعت كما يقلع السقف

It is torn off like a roof is removed

وكشط الجل عن الفرس: كشفه

And to scrape the hide off a horse: to uncover it

والجلد المكشوط ربما غشي به عليها

And the scraped hide might be used to cover her

يقال: ارفع كشاطها لأنظر إلى لحمها

It is said: Lift its scraped hide so I can see its flesh

وهذا خاص بالجزور

And this is specific to a camel

والكشطة، محركة: أرباب الجزور المكشوطة

And al-kishatah, with harakah: the owners of the scraped camels

وانكشط الروع: ذهب

And the fear departed: it went away