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كدح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of scratching, abrasion, or a mark left on the skin. It extends to describing the action of causing such marks and a specific type of plant.

Derived headwords

الكَتْحnoun
  1. 1.
    abrasionclassical

    Something that strikes the skin and leaves a mark, less severe than a 'kadḥ'.

كَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchclassical

    To strike one's body with something that leaves a mark.

مَكْتُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    scratchedclassical

    Describing a face that has been struck by pebbles, resulting in a mark.

الْكُتَيْحname
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A name for a specific type of plant, intensified and in diminutive form.

Parallel reading

و) الكتح: (الشيء يصيب الجلد فيؤثر فيه) ، دون الكدح
And 'al-katḥ': (an object that strikes the skin and affects it), less than 'al-kadḥ'.
وكتحه كتحا: رمى جسمه بما أثر فيه
And 'kataḥahu kataḥan': he struck his body with something that left a mark.
يكتحن وجها بالحصى مكتوحا
They scratch their faces with pebbles, marked.
ومرة بحافر مكبوحا
And sometimes with a hobbled hoof.
الكتيح، مشددا مصغرا: اسم نبت
Al-kutayḥ, intensified and diminutive: the name of a plant.