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كرس

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to accumulation, gathering, and foundational elements. It encompasses meanings of accumulated waste, collections of people or things, and the concept of an origin or basis. Derived terms also include specific objects and architectural features.

Derived headwords

الكُرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulated wasteclassical

    Refers to feces and dung that have accumulated and solidified on top of each other.

  2. 2.
    gathering of peopleclassical

    A collection or gathering of people.

  3. 3.
    foundation, originclassical

    The basis, origin, or foundation of something.

أَكْرَسْتverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulate wasteclassical

    Used to describe a dwelling where waste has accumulated.

أكرست الدار — The dwelling had accumulated waste.
مُكَرَّسadjective
  1. 1.
    accumulated, solidifiedclassical

    Describes something that has accumulated and become solid, often referring to waste.

يا صاح هل تعرف زسما مكرسا — O companion, do you recognize a place with accumulated waste?
أَكْرَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringsclassical

    Plural of كرْس, referring to gatherings of people.

أَكَارِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringsclassical

    Another plural form of كرْس, referring to gatherings of people.

الانْكِرَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    stooping, plungingclassical

    The act of stooping, bending over, or plunging into something.

انْكَرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to stoop, to plungeclassical

    To enter into something in a stooping or plunging manner.

إذا دخل فيه منكبا — when he enters into it stooping.
الكُرْسِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the chairsboth

    one of the chairs

الكُرُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    large-headedclassical

    Describes someone with a large head. Also used as a proper name.

الكُرَّاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the bookletsboth

    one of the booklets

  2. 2.
    booklets (plural)both

    booklets (plural)

  3. 3.
    booklets (plural)both

    booklets (plural)

الكِرْيَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    latrineclassical

    A latrine or toilet located on the roof of a building.

Parallel reading

الكرس بالكسر: الأبوال والأبعار يتلبد بعضها على بعض.
Al-kurs (with kasra): feces and dung that accumulate and solidify on top of each other.
يقال: أكرست الدار.
It is said: The dwelling had accumulated waste.
يا صاح هل تعرف زسما مكرسا
O companion, do you recognize a place with accumulated waste?
قال نعم أعرفه وأبلسا
He said: Yes, I recognize it and a place with dung.
والكرس أيضا: أبيات من الناس مجتمعة، والجمع أكراس وأكاريس.
And al-kurs also: dwellings of people gathered together, and the plural is akras and akariss.
والكرس أيضا: الأصل.
And al-kurs also: the origin.
أنت أبا العباس أولى نفس * بمعدن الملك القديم الكرس *
O Abu al-Abbas, you are the most deserving person of the ancient royal lineage, the origin.
والانكراس: الانكباب.
And al-inkiras: stooping.
وقد انكرس في الشئ، إذا دخل فيه منكبا.
And he has stooped into the thing, if he enters into it stooping.
والكرسي: واحد الكراسي، وربما قالوا كرسي بكسر الكاف.
And al-kursi: one of the chairs, and sometimes they say 'kursi' with a kasra on the kaf.
والكروس بتشديد الواو: العظيم الرأس، واسم رجل.
And al-kurūs (with shadda on the waw): the large-headed, and a man's name.
والكراسة: واحدة الكراس والكراريس.
And al-kurrasa: one of the kurras and kararis.
حتى كأن عراص الدار أردية * من التجاويز أو كراس أسفار *
Until the courtyards of the dwelling seemed like cloaks * from the open lands or fascicles of books *
والكرياس: الكنيف في أعلى السطح.
And al-kiryas: the latrine on the roof.