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كسد

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of goods or markets being stagnant, unsaleable, or of low quality. It extends to the idea of something being inferior or returning to a group. The root also has a less common meaning related to a 'share' or 'portion'.

Derived headwords

كَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be unsaleableboth

    Goods, merchandise, or other items failed to sell or circulate in the market.

  2. 2.
    to be stagnantboth

    The market itself was inactive or experiencing a lack of demand.

كَسَادnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnationboth

    The state of being unsaleable or inactive, particularly referring to markets or goods.

  2. 2.
    lack of circulationboth

    The failure of goods to be sold or exchanged.

كَسُودnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnationclassical

    A variant masdar for the verb 'kasada', indicating the state of being unsaleable or inactive.

كَاسِدadjective
  1. 1.
    unsaleableboth

    Describing goods or merchandise that are not selling or circulating.

  2. 2.
    stagnantboth

    Describing a market that is inactive or experiencing low demand.

كَسِيدadjective
  1. 1.
    inferiorclassical

    Describing something as being of low quality or value.

أَكْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause stagnationboth

    A group of people experienced a period where their market became stagnant or their goods became unsaleable.

اِنْكَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to return toclassical

    Sheep or other animals returned to their flock or group.

كَسَدnoun
  1. 1.
    shareclassical

    A portion or part of something.

Parallel reading

المتاع وغيره، (كنصر وكرم) ، اللغة الأولى هي المتداولة المشهورة والفعل يكحسد، (كسادا) بالفتح، (وكسودا) ، بالضم (: لم ينفق)
Merchandise and other things, (kasada, yaksudu), the first form is the common and famous one, and the verb is yaksadu, with kasadan (fath), and kasudan (damm): it did not sell.
أصل معنى الكساد هو الفساد، ثم استعملوه في عدم نفاق السلع والأسواق
The original meaning of kasad is corruption, then they used it for the lack of sale of goods and markets.
فهو كاسد وكسيد
So it is kasid (unsaleable) and kasid (inferior).
وسلعة كاسدة
And an unsaleable commodity.
وكسدت السوق تكحسد كسادا
And the market became stagnant, kasada kasadan.
وسوق كاسد، بلا هاءه، وكأنهم قصدوا النسب، أي ذات كساد
And a stagnant market, without the 'ha', and it is as if they intended attribution, meaning possessing stagnation.
وأكسد القوم: كسدت سوقهم
And the people experienced stagnation: their market became stagnant.
أكسد القوم رباعيا، وكسدت سوقهم ثلاثيا
The people experienced stagnation (form IV), and their market became stagnant (form I).
والكسيد: الدون
And al-kasid: the inferior.
والكسد: القسط
And al-kasad: the share.
وانكسدت الغنم إلى الغنم: رجعت إليها
And the sheep returned to the flock: they returned to it.