كسج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root كسج primarily relates to the Persian loanword 'kwsj' (kūsaj), referring to a specific physical characteristic, a type of fish, and a slow horse. It also has a derived verb form indicating a transformation into this state.

Derived headwords

الكوسجnoun

1.
beardless cheeksclassical
Someone whose cheeks lack hair, specifically on the sides of the face.
2.
fish with saw-like snoutboth
A type of fish found in the sea, characterized by a snout resembling a saw. It is edible and also known as 'lakhm'.
3.
slow horseclassical
A slow-moving breed of horse, particularly a mule.
4.
title/nameclassical
A title or name given to several scholars and traditionists.

كوسجnoun

1.
beardless cheeksclassical
Someone whose cheeks lack hair, specifically on the sides of the face.
2.
fish with saw-like snoutboth
A type of fish found in the sea, characterized by a snout resembling a saw. It is edible and also known as 'lakhm'.
3.
slow horseclassical
A slow-moving breed of horse, particularly a mule.
4.
title/nameclassical
A title or name given to several scholars and traditionists.

كوسجverb

1.
to become beardlessclassical
To become like the 'kūsaj', meaning to have cheeks devoid of hair.

كوسج الرجل: إذا صار كوسجا — The man became kūsaj: if he became kūsaj (i.e., beardless).

من طالت لحيته تكوسج عقله — Whoever has a long beard, his intellect becomes slow/dull.

Parallel reading

وهو الذي في (الصحاح) و (المصباح)

And it is what is in (Al-Sihah) and (Al-Misbah).

وهاذا أنكره يعقوب بن السكيت وابن درستويه

And this was rejected by Ya'qub ibn al-Sikkit and Ibn Durustawayh.

وقال ابن خالويه: كلام العرب: الكوسج، بالفتح.

And Ibn Khalaweyh said: The speech of the Arabs is: Al-Kūsaj, with a Fatha.

وقال الفراء: من العرب من يقول: كوسج، فيأتي به على لفظ الأعجمي.

And Al-Farra' said: Some of the Arabs say: Kūsaj, bringing it in the pronunciation of the non-Arab.

وزاد ابن هشام اللخمي أنه يقال: كوسج، بضم السين.

And Ibn Hisham al-Lakhmi added that it is said: Kūsaj, with a Damma on the Sin.

وبما نقله المصنف من ضم أوله يتعقب قول أبي حيان: ليس لهم فوعل إلا صوبج وسوسن، لا ثالث لهما

And by what the author transmitted of the Damma on its beginning, he refutes the statement of Abu Hayyan: They do not have the pattern 'faw'al' except for 'sawbaj' and 'sawsan', with no third one.

وفي (المحكم) هو الذي لا شعر على عارضيه، وهو الأثط.

And in (Al-Muhkam) it is one who has no hair on his cheeks, and he is Al-Atht.

وفي شروح الفصيح أنه النقي الخدين من الشعر.

And in the explanations of Al-Fasih, it is one whose cheeks are clear of hair.

الكوسج: سمك في البحر خرطومه كالمنشار، يأكل الناس، ويسمى اللخم.

Al-Kūsaj: A fish in the sea whose snout is like a saw; people eat it, and it is called Al-Lakhm.

وقال الأصمعي: هو الناقس الأسنان.

And Al-Asma'i said: It is the one with uneven teeth.

قال سيبويه: أصله بالفارسية كوزه.

Sibawayh said: Its origin in Persian is 'kūzah'.

فقال: تعد أسنانه، فإن كانت ثمانيا وعشرين فهو كوسج، وتطلق عليه؛ وإن كانت اثنتين وثلاثين فلا، ولا تطلق.

So he said: Count his teeth; if they are twenty-eight, then he is a kūsaj, and she is divorced from him; but if they are thirty-two, then no, and she is not divorced.

فعدت، فوجدت اثنتين وثلاثين.

So she counted, and found thirty-two.

الكوسج: البطيء من البراذين.

Al-Kūsaj: The slow one among mules.

وهي معرب لا أصل له في العربية.

And it is a loanword with no origin in Arabic.

الكوسج عجمي معرب، واشتقوا منه فعلا وقالوا: كوسج الرجل: إذا صار كوسجا.

Al-Kūsaj is a borrowed Persian word, and they derived a verb from it and said: The man became kūsaj: if he became kūsaj.