ك ش ش

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly hissing or rustling noises made by snakes and camels. It also extends to the sound of boiling liquids, the striking of flint, and specific dialectal pronunciations.

Derived headwords

الكُشَيْشُnoun

1.
snake's rustling soundboth
The sound of a snake's skin rubbing against itself, or a sound it makes from its mouth.
2.
camel's initial lowingclassical
The first sound a male camel makes when beginning to low, preceding fuller sounds.
3.
boiling soundclassical
The sound of a liquid boiling.
4.
flint striking soundclassical
A faint sound heard when striking flint to produce fire.

كشيشnoun

1.
snake's rustling soundboth
The sound of a snake's skin rubbing against itself, or a sound it makes from its mouth.
2.
camel's initial lowingclassical
The first sound a male camel makes when beginning to low, preceding fuller sounds.
3.
boiling soundclassical
The sound of a liquid boiling.
4.
flint striking soundclassical
A faint sound heard when striking flint to produce fire.

كشيشةnoun

1.
snake's rustling soundboth
The sound of a snake's skin rubbing against itself, or a sound it makes from its mouth.
2.
camel's initial lowingclassical
The first sound a male camel makes when beginning to low, preceding fuller sounds.
3.
boiling soundclassical
The sound of a liquid boiling.
4.
flint striking soundclassical
A faint sound heard when striking flint to produce fire.

فشيشnoun

1.
snake's skin soundclassical
The sound of a snake's skin rubbing against itself.

فحيحnoun

1.
snake's hissing soundboth
The hissing sound a snake makes from its mouth.

تكشverb

1.
to make a rustling soundboth
To make a rustling sound, especially referring to snakes or young camels.

تفشverb

1.
to make a skin soundclassical
To make a sound with one's skin, as snakes do.

كشverb

1.
to make a rustling soundboth
To make a rustling sound, especially referring to snakes or young camels.
2.
to boilclassical
To boil, referring to liquids.
3.
to make a striking soundclassical
To make a faint sound when striking flint.

يكشverb

1.
to make a rustling soundboth
To make a rustling sound, especially referring to snakes or young camels.
2.
to boilclassical
To boil, referring to liquids.
3.
to make a striking soundclassical
To make a faint sound when striking flint.

كشاnoun

1.
boilingclassical
The act of boiling.
2.
a cryclassical
A cry, specifically of a cow.

الكُشَّةnoun

1.
forelockclassical
The forelock of hair, or a lock of hair.

الكُشّnoun

1.
date palm pollinationclassical
The material used to pollinate date palms.

الكشname

1.
city in Gerganclassical
A city located three parasangs from Gergan.
2.
city beyond the riverclassical
A city located beyond the river, pronounced with a kasra on the kaf.
3.
city in Indiaclassical
A large city in India, also known as al-Qus.

الكشكشةnoun

1.
flightclassical
The act of fleeing or escaping.
2.
snake's rustling soundclassical
The rustling sound made by a snake.
3.
dialectal pronunciationclassical
A dialectal pronunciation, particularly in the tribes of Asad or Rabi'a, involving the substitution of 'sh' for the feminine 'k' suffix.

كشكشverb

1.
to make a rustling soundclassical
To make a rustling sound, as snakes do.

كشكشتverb

1.
to make a rustling soundclassical
To make a rustling sound, as snakes do.

الكشوشةnoun

1.
city in Indiaclassical
A city in India.

الكشnoun

1.
driving awayclassical
The act of driving away or repelling, metaphorically derived from the snake's sound.

الكشكوشةnoun

1.
foam from the mouthclassical
The foam that appears at the mouth of someone suffering from epilepsy.

مكشاشadjective

1.
lowing camelclassical
A camel that makes a lowing sound, specifically not a full هدير (hadeer).

تكاشتverb

1.
to rub against each otherclassical
To rub against each other, referring to snakes.

الكشيname

1.
person from Kashclassical
A nisba indicating origin from the city of Kash.

الكجيname

1.
person from Kashclassical
A variant nisba indicating origin from the city of Kash.

الكشكشname

1.
nicknameclassical
A nickname for Muhammad bin Musa bin Ismail al-Sairafi.

Parallel reading

كشيش الأفعى: صوت جلدها إذا حكت بعضها ببعض

The kashish of a snake: the sound of its skin when it rubs against itself.

وقيل: الكشيش للأنثى من الأساود

And it was said: Al-kashish is for the female of vipers.

وقيل: الكشيش: صوت تخرجه الأفعى من فيها

And it was said: Al-kashish is a sound the snake emits from its mouth.

وهو صوت جلدها، وروى أبو تراب في باب الكاف والفاء الأفعى تكش وتفش، وهو صوتها من جلدها، وهو الكشيش والفشيش.

And it is the sound of its skin. Abu Turab narrated in the chapter of Kaf and Fa: the snake makes takash and tafash, which is its sound from its skin, and it is al-kashish and al-fashish.

الفحيح: صوتها من فيها.

Al-fahih: its sound from its mouth.

ومن زعم أن الكشيش صوتها من فيها فقد أخطأ، ذلك الفحيح

And whoever claims that al-kashish is its sound from its mouth has erred; that is al-fahih.

كأن بين خلفها والخلف ... كشة أفعى في يبيس قف

As if between its hindquarters and its hindquarters... is the kashsha of a snake on dry ground.

وقيل: إن الحيات كلها تكش غير الأسود، فإنه ينبح ويصفر ويصيح

And it was said: All snakes make kashsh except the black viper, for it barks, whistles, and shrieks.

كأن صوت شخبها المرفض كشيش أفعى أزمعت بعض فهي تحك بعضها ببعض

As if the sound of its flowing discharge is the kashish of a snake that has decided to rub some of itself against itself.

كانضت حية تخرج من الكعبة لا يدنو منها أحد إلا كشت وفتحت فاها.

A snake emerged from the Kaaba, and no one approached it except that it made a kashsh sound and opened its mouth.

والكشيش من الجمل: أول هديره، وهو دون الكت

And al-kashish from a camel: its first lowing, which is less than al-katt.

إذا بلغ الذكر من الإبل الهدير فأوله الكشيش

When a male camel reaches the stage of lowing, its beginning is al-kashish.

هدرت هدرا ليس بالكشيش.

It lowed a lowing that was not al-kashish.

وإذا ارتفع قليلا فهو الكتيت، فإذا أفصح فهو الهدير

And if it rises slightly, it is al-kashish, and when it becomes clear, it is al-hadeer.

البكر يكش ويفش، وهو صوته، قبل أن يهدر.

The young camel makes kashsh and fashsh, which is its sound, before it fully lows.

والكشيش من الشراب: صوت غليانها.

And al-kashish from a drink: the sound of its boiling.

وكشت الجرة: غلت

And the jar kashsh-ed: it boiled.

قد نش ما كش من المراجل

What has boiled from the pots has ripened.

والكشيش من الزند: صوت خوار تسمعه عند خروج النار منه

And al-kashish from flint: a faint sound you hear when fire emerges from it.

وكشت البقرة كشا وكشيشا: صاحت.

And the cow made kashsha and kashishan: it cried out.

والكشة، بالضم: الناصية، في بعض اللغات، أو الخصلة من الشعر، عن ابن دريد، كالقصة.

And al-kashsha, with damma: the forelock, in some languages, or a lock of hair, from Ibn Duraid, like al-qassa.

والكش، بالضم الحرق الذي يلقح به النخل، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And al-kashsh, with damma: the material used to pollinate date palms, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

والكشكشة: الهرب، نقله الصاغاني.

And al-kashkasha: flight, as transmitted by al-Sagani.

والكشكشة: كشيش الأفعى وقد كشكش، وكشكشت.

And al-kashkasha: the kashish of a snake, and it has kashkash-ed, and kashkash-at.

إبدال الشين مع كاف الخطاب للمؤنث خاصة: كعضليش ومنش وبش في عليك ومنك وبك، في موضع التأنيث

Substitution of 'sh' with the feminine 'k' suffix: like 'adlyash', 'minsh', and 'bash' for 'alayki', 'minki', and 'biki', in the feminine form.

فعيناش عيناها وجيدش جيدها ... ولكن عظم الساق منش رقيق

Your eyes are her eyes, and your neck is her neck... but the bone of your shin is thin from you.

تضحك مني أن رأتني أحترش ... ولو حرشت لكشفت عن حرش

She laughs at me when she sees me scratching... and if I were to scratch, I would reveal a scratch.

عليكش وإليكش وبكش ومنكش، وذلك في الوقف خاصة

Alaykish, ilaykish, bikish, and minkish, and this is specifically in pause.

وإنما زادوا الشين بعد الكاف المجرورة لتبين كسرة الكاف، فتؤكد التأنيث

They only added the 'sh' after the kasra-ed kaf to clarify the kasra of the kaf, thus confirming the feminine.

تعالى إلى مولاش يناديش، أي مولاك يناديك

Come to your master, he calls you, meaning your master calls you.

علي فيها أبتغي أبغيش ... بيضاء ترضيني ولا ترضيش

Upon her I seek, I desire her... a white one who pleases me and does not displease you.

وتطبى ود بني أبيش ... إذا دنوت جعلت تنئيش

And she is pleased with the sons of your father... when you approach, you make her distant.

وإن نأيت جعلت تدنيش ... وإن تكلمت حثت في فيش

And if you move away, you make her draw near... and if you speak, you put something in your mouth.

حتى تنقي كنقيق الديش

Until she croaks like the croaking of the deesh.

أي إبدالهم الشين من كاف الخطاب مع المؤنث.

Meaning their substitution of 'sh' for the feminine 'k' suffix.

بحر لا يكشكش، أي لا ينزح، أي لا يفنى ماؤه بالاستقاء

A sea that does not kashkash, meaning it is not depleted, meaning its water does not run out from being drawn.

تكاشت الأفاعي: كش بعضها في بعض

The snakes takashsh-ed: some of them rubbed against each other.

تكاش من حسه الأفاع.

The snakes are takashsh-ing from sensing him.

وكش الضب والورل والضفدع كشيشا: صوت.

And the lizard, monitor lizard, and frog make kashsh-ing (kashishan): a sound.

يهدر هدرا ليس بالمكشاش

It lowed a lowing that was not makshash.

وكشكشة البكر، مثل كشيشه، عن ابن دريد.

And the kashkasha of a young camel, like its kashish, from Ibn Duraid.

والكش، بالفتح: مدينة بما وراء النهر، هكذا يقولونها

And al-Kash, with fatha: a city beyond the river, this is how they say it.

وقد يعرب بكسر الكاف وإهمال السين

And it may be Arabized with a kasra on the kaf and omitting the sin.

والكش، أيضا: مدينة عظيمة بالهند، وهو القص.

And al-Kash, also: a great city in India, and it is al-Qus.

وكشوشة: مدينة أخرى بها.

And Kashusha: another city there.

والكش، أيضا: الطرد والزجر، استعير من كش الأفعى.

And al-Kash, also: driving away and repelling, metaphorically derived from the snake's kashsh.

والكشكوشة: ما يطلع على فم المصروع من الرغوة، هكذا يستعملونه.

And al-kashkusha: what appears at the mouth of the epileptic as foam, this is how they use it.

وأما قولهم في رقعة الشطرنج كش، بالكسر، ففارسية أصلها كشت، بالضم، أي مات

As for their saying in chess 'kashsh', with kasra, it is Persian, its origin is 'kasht', with damma, meaning 'died'.