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كشب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the intense consumption of meat, particularly in a gluttonous manner. It also denotes specific geographical locations, namely mountains and a place name.

Derived headwords

الكُشْبnoun
  1. 1.
    intense meat eatingclassical

    The intense consumption of meat or similar food, often implying gluttony.

تَكْشِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    intensified meat eatingclassical

    An intensified form of eating meat, used for emphasis, similar to 'kashb'.

كُشَىnoun
  1. 1.
    kidney fat of a desert monitorclassical

    A collective noun referring to the kidney fat of a desert monitor lizard.

كُشْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    kidney fat of a desert monitorclassical

    The kidney fat of a desert monitor lizard.

كُشْبname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A place name, possibly a mountain or a region in the desert.

كُشْبَىname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameboth

    A mountain located in the desert.

كُشُبname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameboth

    Another mountain, located in the territory of the Muharib ibn Khazfa tribe.

كُشَيْبname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameboth

    Yet another mountain, a well-known one.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وقال الليث: هو شدة أكل اللحم ونحوه، كالتكشيب للمبالغة
Al-Jawhari omitted it, and Al-Layth said: It is the intensity of eating meat and the like, like 'takshib' for exaggeration.
ثم ظللنا في شواء، رعببه ملهوج مثل الكشى نكشبه الكشى: جمع كشية، وهي شحمة كلية الضب.
Then we spent the day in roasted meat, its fat abundant like the 'kusha', which we eat; 'al-kusha' is the plural of 'kushyah', which is the kidney fat of the desert monitor.
كشب: ع، أو جبل بالبادية.
Kashb: A place, or a mountain in the desert.
وكشبى محركة كجمزى
And 'Kashba', with vowels like 'jamza'.
كشب: جبل بالبادية.
Kashb: A mountain in the desert.
كشب: جبل آخر في ديار محارب بن خصفة.
Kashb: Another mountain in the lands of Muharib ibn Khazfa.
فمرت على كشب غدوة وحاذت بجنب أراك أصيلا
So it passed by Kashb in the morning and reached the side of Araka in the afternoon.
كشيب: جبل آخر، م أي معروف.
Kushaib: Another mountain, well-known.