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كسح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sweeping, clearing, or stripping away. It extends to concepts of taking everything, and also to physical impairments like lameness or being crippled.

Derived headwords

كَسَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweepboth

    To sweep a place, such as a house, clearing it of debris.

  2. 2.
    to strip bareclassical

    When used of wind, it means to strip the earth of its soil or dust.

  3. 3.
    to take allclassical

    To take all of someone's possessions, leaving them with nothing.

كَنَسَverb
  1. 1.
    the gazelle entered its lair (verb, form I, like jalasa)both

    the gazelle entered its lair (verb, form I, like jalasa)

  2. 2.
    he swept the house (verb, form I, like naṣara)both

    he swept the house (verb, form I, like naṣara)

اِكْتَسَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweep awayclassical

    To sweep away everything, implying a thorough clearing or taking.

  2. 2.
    to take allclassical

    To take all of someone's possessions.

فاكتسحوهم — and they took all their possessions
المِكْسَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweeperboth

    An implement used for sweeping, such as snow or other things.

الكُسَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweepingclassical

    The act of sweeping or the place where sweeping is done.

الكُنَاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rubbish, sweepingsboth

    rubbish, sweepings

الأَكْسَحadjective
  1. 1.
    lameclassical

    One who is lame or limps.

  2. 2.
    crippledclassical

    One who is disabled or unable to walk properly.

الكَسْحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    the lameclassical

    A collective noun referring to lame people.

Parallel reading

كسحت البيت: كنسته.
She swept the house: she cleaned it.
والمكسحة: ما يكنس به ms0304 الثلج وغيره.
And the sweeper: what is used to sweep snow and other things.
وكسحت الريح الأرض: قشرت عنها التراب.
And the wind swept the land: it stripped the soil from it.
وأغاروا عليهم فاكتسحوهم، أي أخذوا ما لهم كله.
And they raided them, so they swept them away, meaning they took all their possessions.
والكساحة مثل الكناسة.
And al-kisāḥah is like al-kināsah.
والا كسح: الاعرج، والمقعد أيضا.
And al-aksah: the lame, and also the crippled.
بين مغلوب نبيل جده وخذول الرجل من غير كسح
Between one whose grandfather was a defeated noble, and a man's weak-legged one without lameness
الصدقة مال الكسحان والعوران
Charity is the property of the lame and the blind.