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كوح

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of overcoming, defeating, or overpowering someone. It extends to meanings of subduing, humbling, destroying, and even engaging in verbal conflict or mutual struggle.

Derived headwords

كاحهverb
  1. 1.
    fought him and overcame himboth

    To fight someone and emerge victorious over them.

  2. 2.
    submerged himclassical

    To submerge someone in water or cover them with dust.

كوحاnoun
  1. 1.
    fighting and overcomingboth

    The act of fighting someone and overcoming them.

  2. 2.
    submergingclassical

    The act of submerging someone in water or covering them with dust.

ككاوحهverb
  1. 1.
    fought himclassical

    To fight him.

كاوحهverb
  1. 1.
    fought him and overcame himboth

    To fight someone and emerge victorious over them.

  2. 2.
    quarreled with him and confronted himclassical

    To quarrel with someone and confront them openly.

فكاحهverb
  1. 1.
    fought him and overcame himboth

    To fight someone and emerge victorious over them.

كاوحتverb
  1. 1.
    I fought you and overcame youboth

    The act of fighting someone and overcoming them.

مكاوحةnoun
  1. 1.
    fighting and overcomingboth

    The act of fighting someone and overcoming them.

كوحهverb
  1. 1.
    overcame himclassical

    To overcome or defeat someone.

تكويحاnoun
  1. 1.
    overcomingclassical

    The act of overcoming or defeating someone.

أكاحهverb
  1. 1.
    overcame himclassical

    To overcome or defeat someone.

إكاحةnoun
  1. 1.
    overcomingclassical

    The act of overcoming or defeating someone.

أكاح زيداverb
  1. 1.
    destroyed Zaydclassical

    To destroy or ruin someone, specifically named Zayd in this instance.

غطهverb
  1. 1.
    submerged himclassical

    To submerge someone in water or cover them with dust.

كوحهverb
  1. 1.
    humbled himclassical

    To humble or abase someone.

تكويحاnoun
  1. 1.
    humblingclassical

    The act of humbling or abasing someone.

ذللهverb
  1. 1.
    subdued itclassical

    To make something submissive or tractable, referring to a camel's rein.

مكوحadjective
  1. 1.
    subduingclassical

    That which subdues or makes tractable, used here to describe a rein.

ردهverb
  1. 1.
    repelled himclassical

    To repel or turn someone back.

التكويحnoun
  1. 1.
    overcomingclassical

    The act of overcoming or gaining dominance.

شاتمهverb
  1. 1.
    insulted himclassical

    To insult someone.

جاهرهverb
  1. 1.
    confronted him openlyclassical

    To confront someone openly, especially in a dispute.

يتكاوحانverb
  1. 1.
    they were struggling with each otherclassical

    They were engaging in a mutual struggle or contest.

تكاوحاverb
  1. 1.
    they struggled with each otherclassical

    They engaged in a mutual struggle or contest.

تمارساverb
  1. 1.
    they wrestled with each otherclassical

    They wrestled or struggled with each other.

تعالجاverb
  1. 1.
    they dealt with each otherclassical

    They dealt with each other, often in a negative or contentious way.

الكاحnoun
  1. 1.
    side of the mountainclassical

    The side or flank of a mountain.

Parallel reading

كاحه كوحا: قاتله فغلبه
He fought him and overcame him.
كاوحه فكاحه كوحا: قاتله فغلبه
He fought him and he fought him and overcame him.
كاوحت فلانا مكاوحة، إذا قاتلته فغلبته
I fought with so-and-so in a struggle, meaning I fought him and overcame him.
كوحه تكويحا: أذله
He humbled him.
وأكاحه إكاحة، إذا غلبه
And he overcame him, meaning he defeated him.
وأكاح زيدا: أهلكه
And he destroyed Zayd.
كاحه كوحا: غطه في ماء أو تراب
He submerged him in water or dust.
وكوحه تكويحا: أذله
And he humbled him.
وكوح الزمام البعير، إذا ذلله
And he subdued the camel's rein, meaning he made it tractable.
إذا رام بغيا أو مراحا أقامه زمام بمثناه خشاش مكوح
If he intended oppression or mischief, a rein with a noseband and a bit, a subduing one, would set him straight.
كوحه، إذا رده
He repelled him, meaning he turned him back.
التكويح: التغليب
Al-takwih: overcoming.
كاوحه، إذا شاتمه وجاهره بالخصومة
He quarreled with him, meaning he insulted him and confronted him openly in dispute.
رأيتهما يتكاوحان، وقد تكاوحا، أي تمارسا وتعالجا في الشر بينهما
I saw them struggling with each other, and they had struggled with each other, meaning they wrestled and dealt with each other in the evil between them.