كشء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating, particularly dry or cooked food. It also extends to the process of cooking or drying food to a state of dryness.

Derived headwords

كَشَأَverb

1.
to roast until dryclassical
To roast meat until it becomes dry and tough.
2.
to eatclassical
To consume food, especially when it is dry.

كَشِئٌadjective

1.
dry (food)classical
Describing food, particularly meat, that has been roasted until dry.

أَكْشَأَverb

1.
to make dryclassical
To cause something, like meat, to become dry, likely through cooking or roasting.

تَكَشَّأَverb

1.
to eat dry foodclassical
To eat food that is dry, implying a specific manner of consumption.

كَشْءnoun

1.
roasting until dryclassical
The act of roasting food until it becomes dry.
2.
eating dry foodclassical
The act of consuming dry food.

Parallel reading

كَشَأْتُ اللحم كشأ: شويته حتى يبس

I roasted the meat until it was dry.

فهو كشئ

And it is dry (food).

وأكشأته أيضا

And I also made it dry.

وفلان يتكشأ اللحم: يأكله وهو يابس

And so-and-so eats the meat while it is dry.

وكشأت القثاء: أكلته

And I ate the cucumbers.

كشأت الطعام كشأ، إذا أكلته كما تأ

I ate the food, meaning I ate it as it was...