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كبس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root 'kabs' primarily relates to the concept of covering, filling, or pressing down. This extends to physically filling something, like a well or river with earth, and metaphorically to sudden attacks or overwhelming experiences. It also encompasses terms for specific objects and conditions associated with these meanings.

Derived headwords

كَبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to fill upboth

    To fill something up, especially with earth or other material, to block or cover it.

  2. 2.
    to push inclassical

    To force something into another thing, like pushing one's head into clothes.

  3. 3.
    to raid suddenlyclassical

    To attack a place, like a house, suddenly and unexpectedly.

كَبْسnoun
  1. 1.
    filling upclassical

    The act of filling up or blocking something, as in filling a river or well with earth.

  2. 2.
    earth used for fillingclassical

    The specific type of earth or soil used for filling or blocking.

أَكْبَسadjective
  1. 1.
    broad-headedclassical

    Describing a person whose forehead is prominent and whose head appears broad from the front and back.

الكَبْسnoun
  1. 1.
    broad-headednessclassical

    The state or quality of being broad-headed, referring to the shape of the head and forehead.

كِبَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    large-headed personclassical

    A person who has a large or prominent head.

كِبَاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bunch of datesclassical

    A cluster or bunch of dates, analogous to a bunch of grapes.

كَبِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    type of dateclassical

    A specific variety or type of date fruit.

سَنَة كَبِيسَةnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    leap yearboth

    A year in which an extra day is added, occurring every four years, to synchronize the calendar with the astronomical year.

كَابُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    nightmareboth

    An unpleasant or frightening experience that occurs during sleep.

  2. 2.
    precursor to epilepsyclassical

    Something that precedes or is a مقدمة (prelude) to an epileptic seizure.

Parallel reading

كبست النهر والبئر كبسا: طممتها بالتراب.
I filled up the river and the well with filling: I blocked them with earth.
واسم ذلك التراب كبس بالكسر.
And the name of that earth is kabs (with kasra).
وربما قالوا كبس رأسه، أي أدخله في ثيابه.
And sometimes they say 'kabs ra'sahu', meaning he pushed his head into his clothes.
ويقال رجل أكبس بين الكبس، للذي أقبلت هامته وأدبرت جبهته.
And it is said a man is akbas (broad-headed) when his crown comes forward and his forehead recedes.
والكباس بالضم: العظيم الرأس.
And al-kabbās (with damma) is the large-headed one.
والكباسة بالكسر: العذق.
And al-kabbāsa (with kasra) is the bunch of dates.
وهو من التمر بمنزلة العنقود من العنب.
And it is to dates as the cluster is to grapes.
والكبيس: ضرب من التمر.
And al-kabīs is a type of date.
والسنة الكبيسة التي يسترق منها يوم، وذلك في كل أربع سنين.
And the leap year is that from which a day is borrowed, and that is every four years.
والكابوس: ما يقع على الإنسان بالليل.
And the kābūs is what falls upon a person at night.
ويقال: هو مقدمة الصرع.
And it is said: it is the prelude to epilepsy.
وكبسوا دار فلان: أغاروا عليها فجأة.
And they kabsū (raided) so-and-so's house: they attacked it suddenly.