الكشف

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root الكشف (al-kashf) primarily concerns the act of revealing, uncovering, or exposing something that was hidden. This can apply to physical objects, secrets, or even personal flaws. It also extends to concepts like defeat, illness, and specific animal behaviors.

Derived headwords

الكشفnoun

1.
Revelation, uncoveringboth
The act of making something apparent or visible, removing what conceals it.
2.
Exposureboth
The state of being revealed or uncovered.

كشفverb

1.
To reveal, uncoverboth
To make something known or visible that was previously hidden or concealed.
2.
To exposeboth
To reveal a secret or flaw, often in a negative context.
3.
To uncover (physical)both
To remove something that covers or hides another thing.

الكاشفةnoun

1.
Revelation, uncoveringboth
The act of revealing or uncovering something.
2.
That which revealsclassical
Something that serves to uncover or make apparent.

تكشيفnoun

1.
Revelation, uncoveringboth
The act of revealing or uncovering something.
2.
Forcing to revealboth
The act of compelling someone to reveal something.

كشافnoun

1.
Female camel's prolonged pregnancyclassical
A female camel that has been impregnated by a male for two consecutive years while already pregnant.
2.
Female camel's repeated pregnancyclassical
A female camel that becomes pregnant immediately after giving birth or is impregnated annually.

كشفت الناقةverb

1.
The camel became pregnantclassical
Referring to a female camel becoming pregnant, especially in a prolonged or repeated manner.

الأكشفadjective

1.
Having a hair anomalyclassical
Describing a person with a condition where the hair at the front of the head grows upwards, resembling a circular patch.
2.
Having a crooked tailboneclassical
Describing a horse with a twisted tailbone.
3.
Without a shieldclassical
Describing a warrior who lacks a shield in battle.
4.
One who fleesclassical
Describing someone who runs away or flees from battle.
5.
Without a helmetclassical
Describing someone without a helmet or head covering.

كشفةnoun

1.
Area of hair anomalyclassical
The specific spot on the forehead where the hair grows upwards.

كشفتverb

1.
She was exposedboth
Referring to someone being exposed or disgraced.

كفرحverb

1.
To flee, be routedclassical
To run away from battle or a situation.

كغرابverb

1.
To be in Mosulclassical
To reside or be located in the city of Mosul.

أكشفverb

1.
To laugh revealing gumsclassical
To laugh in such a way that the gums become visible due to the lip turning upwards.
2.
The camel followed up pregnanciesclassical
A female camel that consecutively produced offspring.
3.
The people's camels were exposedclassical
Referring to the camels belonging to a group of people being revealed or uncovered.
4.
The camel was made exposedclassical
To make a female camel produce offspring repeatedly or in quick succession.

الكشفاءadjective

1.
Having an upward-growing forelockclassical
Describing a forehead where the hair at the front grows upwards.

تكشيفverb

1.
To be revealedboth
To become apparent or visible.
2.
To be forced to revealboth
To be compelled to disclose something.

البرق ملأ السماءverb

1.
Lightning filled the skyboth
Describing a sky full of lightning.

اكتشفت لزوجهاverb

1.
She was overly revealing to her husbandclassical
To be excessively open or revealing to one's husband during sexual intercourse.

الكبش نزاverb

1.
The ram mountedclassical
Referring to a ram performing the act of mounting.

استكشف عنهverb

1.
To ask to revealboth
To request that something be uncovered or made known.

كاشفه بالعداوةverb

1.
He showed him enmityboth
To openly display hostility or enmity towards someone.

تكاشفتمverb

1.
You revealed yourselvesboth
The act of revealing yourselves or your flaws to each other.

Parallel reading

الكشف، كالضرب، والكاشفة: الإظهار، ورفع شيء عما يواريه ويغطيه، كالتكشيف.

Al-kashf, like al-ḍarb, and al-kāshifah: is the showing, and the lifting of something from what conceals and covers it, like al-takshīf.

وكصبور: الناقة يضربها الفحل وهي حامل، وربما ضربها وقد عظم بطنها، فإن حمل عليها الفحل سنتين ولاء، فذلك الكشاف، (بالكسر)، وقد كشفت الناقة تكشف كشافا، أو هو أن تلقح حين تنتج، أو أن يحمل عليها في كل سنة، وذلك أردأ النتاج.

And like ṣabūr: the she-camel that the male mounts while she is pregnant, and sometimes he mounts her when her belly has grown large. If the male mounts her for two consecutive years, that is al-kashshāf (with kasr), and the she-camel has become kashafat, takshifu kashāfan, or it is that she conceives when she gives birth, or that she is mounted every year, and that is the worst of offspring.

والأكشف: من به كشف، محركة، أي: انقلاب من قصاص الناصية، كأنها دائرة، وهي شعيرات تنبت صعدا، وذلك الموضع: كشفة، محركة، و من الخيل: الذي في عسيب ذنبه التواء، ومن لا ترس معه في الحرب، ومن ينهزم في الحرب، ومن لا بيضة على رأسه.

And al-akshaf: is one who has kashaf, harakah, meaning: an inversion of the forelock, as if it were a circle, and it is small hairs growing upwards, and that place is kashafah, harakah. And of horses: he who has a twist in his tailbone, and he who has no shield with him in war, and he who flees in war, and he who has no helmet on his head.

وكشفته الكواشف: فضحته.

And the revealers exposed him: they disgraced him.

وكفرح: انهزم.

And kafaraḥa: he fled.

وأكشف: ضحك فانقلبت شفته حتى تبدو درادره، و الناقة: تابعت بين النتاجين، و القوم: كشفت إبلهم، و الناقة: جعلها كشوفا.

And akshafa: he laughed and his lip turned up until his gums showed. And the she-camel: she followed up between two births. And the people: their camels were revealed. And the she-camel: he made her kashūf.

والجبهة الكشفاء: التي ms1156 أدبرت ناصيتها.

And the al-kashfā' forehead: is that whose forelock has turned back.

وكشفته عن كذا تكشيفا: أكرهته على إظهاره.

And I compelled him to reveal such-and-such (takshīfan): I forced him to show it.

وتكشف: ظهر، كانكشف، و البرق: ملأ السماء.

And takashshafa: it appeared, like inkashafa. And the lightning: filled the sky.

واكتشفت لزوجها: بالغت في التكشف له عند الجماع، و الكبش: نزا.

And she was overly revealing to her husband: she exaggerated in revealing herself to him during intercourse. And the ram: mounted.

واستكشف عنه: سأل أن يكشف له.

And he sought to uncover it: he asked that it be revealed to him.

وكاشفه بالعداوة: باداه بها.

And he showed him enmity: he initiated it with him.

و"لو تكاشفتم ما تدافنتم"، أي: لو انكشف عيب بعضكم لبعض.

And 'If you revealed yourselves to each other, you would not bury each other', meaning: if the flaw of one of you was revealed to another.