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كحج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of old age, infirmity, and possibly a specific dialectal term for a woman involved in legal matters. The primary focus is on terms describing elderly individuals or animals.

Derived headwords

كحّverb
  1. 1.
    to be oldclassical

    To be advanced in age, to be elderly.

كحةnoun
  1. 1.
    old ageclassical

    A state of old age or extreme old age.

  2. 2.
    dialectal termclassical

    A dialectal term, possibly referring to a woman involved in legal or inheritance matters.

قحّverb
  1. 1.
    for the pure, like the sincere in itboth

    for the pure, like the sincere in it

  2. 2.
    meaning pure, unmixedboth

    meaning pure, unmixed

قحةnoun
  1. 1.
    old ageclassical

    A state of old age or extreme old age. This is presented as a standard term, with 'kuhhah' being a variant.

الكحكحnoun
  1. 1.
    very old womanclassical

    An extremely old woman, decrepit with age.

  2. 2.
    very old she-camelclassical

    An extremely old she-camel, infirm due to age.

Parallel reading

عربي كحّ
An Arab who is old.
عربية كحة
An Arab woman who is old.
لغة في قح وقحة
A dialectal term for 'qahh' and 'qahhah' (meaning old age).
أم كحة: امرأة نزلت في شأنها الفرائض
Umm Kuhhah: a woman concerning whom the obligatory duties (of inheritance or religious law) were revealed.
والكحكح: العجوز الهرمة
And 'al-kuhkuh': the decrepit old woman.
والناقة الهرمة
And the decrepit old she-camel.