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الكشع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to feelings of annoyance, weariness, or boredom. It also extends to the concept of people dispersing or scattering away from something, particularly a deceased person.

Derived headwords

الكشعnoun
  1. 1.
    Annoyanceboth

    A state of being annoyed, bored, or weary.

كشعverb
  1. 1.
    to be annoyedboth

    To feel annoyed, bored, or weary.

كشع القوم عن قتيلverb
  1. 1.
    people dispersed from a slain personclassical

    When a group of people scattered or dispersed away from a deceased individual.

Parallel reading

الكشع، محركة: الضجر.
Al-kash' (with vowel movement): annoyance.
وكشع القوم عن قتيل، كمنع: تفرقوا عنه.
And the people dispersed from a slain person, as in 'man'a': they scattered from him.