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كشم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes deficiency or incompleteness, particularly in physical form, lineage, or character. It can also refer to a specific act of mutilation.

Derived headwords

أَكْشَمadjective
  1. 1.
    deficient in creationboth

    Describing a person who is physically incomplete or malformed.

  2. 2.
    deficient in lineageclassical

    Referring to someone whose lineage is considered incomplete or of mixed status, specifically having a free father and a slave mother.

الكُشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    amputation of the noseclassical

    The act of cutting off the nose completely, as a form of mutilation.

Parallel reading

رجل أكشم، أي ناقص الخلق
A deficient man, meaning incomplete in creation.
وقد يكون ذلك النقصان أيضا في الحسب
And that deficiency may also be in lineage.
له جانب واف وآخركشم
He has one complete side and another deficient.
أي أبوه حر وأمه أمة
Meaning his father was free and his mother a slave.
والكشم: قطع الانف باستئصال
And al-kushm: is the amputation of the nose with complete removal.