ك ع س

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to bones, specifically the small bones in joints, knuckles, and extremities of animals. It also extends to a term for a donkey, possibly derived from its association with these bones or a similar sound.

Derived headwords

الكَعْسnoun

1.
Phalangesboth
The small bones forming the joints of the fingers and toes, particularly the knuckles.
2.
Knuckle bonesclassical
Specifically refers to the bones of the knuckles (al-barajim) in fingers and toes, also found in animals like sheep and cattle.
3.
Joint bonesclassical
The bones that meet at the joints of the hands and feet.

كَعْسnoun

1.
A donkeyclassical
A term for a donkey, possibly of the Himyaritic dialect, with the 'mim' considered an extra letter.

الكَعْسُومnoun

1.
A donkeyclassical
A donkey, with the 'mim' considered an extra letter. This is stated to be the same as al-kas'um.

الكَسْعُومnoun

1.
A donkeyclassical
A donkey, which is the same as al-ka'sum, with the 'sin' preceding the 'mim'.

Parallel reading

الكعس: عظام السلامي.

Al-ka's: the phalanges.

وقيل: هي عظام البراجم في، وفي بعض الأصول: من الأصابع، وكذا هي من الشاء والبقر وغيرها.

And it was said: they are the bones of the knuckles in, and in some sources: of the fingers, and likewise they are from sheep, cattle, and others.

وقيل: هي العظام التي تلتقي في مفاصل اليدين والرجلين.

And it was said: they are the bones that meet in the joints of the hands and feet.

ومنه المثل للعامة: ما يساوي كعسا.

And from it is the common saying: it is not worth a ka's (a knuckle bone).

نقله الليث.

Al-Layth transmitted it.

ج كعاس، بالكسر.

Plural: ka'as, with kasra.

وقال الليث: الكعسوم بالضم: الحمار، بالحميرية والميم زائدة.

And Al-Layth said: Al-ka'sum, with damma: the donkey, in Himyaritic, and the mim is extra.

وقال غيره: هو الكسعوم، بتقديم السين، من الكسع وقد ذكره الجوهري في ك س ع، وسيأتي للمصنف أيضا هناك، وفي الميم.

And others said: it is al-kas'um, with the sin preceding, from the root K-S-A. Al-Jawhari mentioned it under K-S-A, and the author will also mention it there, and in the mim [section].