كرص

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'كرص' primarily relates to the processing and preservation of cheese (specifically 'aqt'), involving actions like pounding, mixing, and storing. It also extends to related concepts like the ingredients used with it, the tools for handling it, and the act of eating it.

Derived headwords

الكَرِيصnoun

1.
preserved cheeseclassical
A type of preserved cheese, often mixed with herbs or legumes to prevent spoilage, and then stored.
2.
pounded cheeseclassical
Cheese that has been pounded or ground, often mixed with dates.
3.
stored foodclassical
A general term for stored provisions or reserves.

كَرِيصadjective

1.
poundedclassical
Describing something that has been pounded or ground.

المَكْرَصnoun

1.
milk pailclassical
A vessel or container used for milking.

كَرَصَverb

1.
to poundclassical
To pound, crush, or grind something, particularly cheese or dates.
2.
to mixclassical
To mix ingredients together, such as cheese and dates.
3.
to pressclassical
To press or squeeze by hand, as in processing food.

كَرْصnoun

1.
poundingclassical
The act of pounding, crushing, or grinding.
2.
mixingclassical
The act of mixing ingredients.
3.
pressingclassical
The act of pressing or squeezing by hand.

تَكْرِيصnoun

1.
eating preserved cheeseclassical
The act of eating 'al-kurays', which refers to the preserved cheese.

اِكْتِرَاصnoun

1.
gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or collecting.

يُكْرَصverb

1.
is poundedclassical
Passive form indicating something is being pounded or ground.
2.
is mixedclassical
Passive form indicating something is being mixed.
3.
is pressedclassical
Passive form indicating something is being pressed or squeezed.

تُكْرَصverb

1.
is poundedclassical
Passive form indicating something is being pounded or ground.
2.
is mixedclassical
Passive form indicating something is being mixed.
3.
is pressedclassical
Passive form indicating something is being pressed or squeezed.

يَكْتَرِصverb

1.
gathersclassical
He gathers or collects.

Parallel reading

الكريص، كأمير، مكتوب بالأحمر، مع أن الجوهري ذكره فقال: هو الأقط، أي عامة، وهو قول الفراء، مثل الكريز

Al-kurays, like amir, is written in red, although Al-Jawhari mentioned it saying: it is cheese, meaning generally, and this is the saying of Al-Farra', like al-kurayz.

فقال: الكريص هو الأقط الذي يكثر مع الطراثيث، أو مع الحمصيص، وهما نباتان، تقدم ذكرهما، لا كل أقط

He said: Al-kurays is the cheese that is abundant with al-tarrathith, or with al-himmasis, and these are two plants, their mention has preceded, not all cheese.

وإنما حمرته، أي كتبته بالحمرة دون السواد، لأنه لم يذكر سوى لفظة مختلة

And its being written in red, meaning I wrote it in red and not black, is because only a peculiar word was mentioned.

ثم قال: الكريص: الذخيرة، نقله الصاغاني

Then he said: Al-kurays: the ذخيرة (reserve/store), Al-Sagani narrated this.

والصحيح أنه اسم لما يدخر ويرفع من الأقط بعد أن يجعل فيه شيء من بقل، لئلا يفسد، كما يشهد له مفهوم المادة

And the correct view is that it is a name for what is stored and kept of cheese after some herb is added to it, so it does not spoil, as the meaning of the root suggests.

قيل الكريص: هو أن يطبخ الحماض باللبن فيجفف فيرفع ويدخر فيؤكل في القيظ

It is said that Al-kurays: is when sourness is cooked with milk, then dried, stored, and eaten in the summer.

ويقرب منه قول من قال: الكريص: بقلة يحمض بها الأقط

And close to this is the saying of one who said: Al-kurays: is a herb with which cheese is soured.

قيل الكريص، هو أن يكرص، أي يخلط بعد أن يدق الأقط والتمر

It is said Al-kurays, is when it is mixed after the cheese and dates are pounded.

وقيل الكريص: الموضع الذي يتخذ فيه الأقط، كأنه بحذف مضاف، أي موضع الكريص

And it is said Al-kurays: is the place where cheese is made, as if a word is omitted, meaning the place of Al-kurays.

وقد كرصه يكرصه كرصا: دقه، فهو كريص، أي مدقوق

And he pounded it, he pounds it, a pounding: meaning he ground it, so it is kurays, meaning pounded.

والمكرص، كمنبر: إناء أو سقاء يحلب فيه اللبن، نقله الصاغاني

And Al-makras, like minbar: is a vessel or a skin in which milk is milked, Al-Sagani narrated this.

وكرص تكريصا: أكل الكريص، أي الأقط

And he ate kurays, a takrees: meaning he ate al-kurays, i.e., the cheese.

عن ابن الأعرابي: الاكتراص: الجمع، وأنشد

From Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-iktiras: is gathering, and he recited:

لا تنكحن أبدا هنانه تكترص الزاد بلا أمانه

Never marry a woman who gathers provisions without trustworthiness.

الكريص: الجوز بالسمن يكرص، أي يدق

Al-kurays: is walnuts with ghee that are pounded, meaning ground.

والمنمس: القديم

And al-munammis: is the old.

والضوائن: البيض، وقيل الكريص هنا الأقط المجموع المدقوق

And al-dawain: are the white ones, and it is said Al-kurays here is the gathered and pounded cheese.

وقيل هو الأقط قبل أن يستحكم يبسه

And it is said it is the cheese before its dryness becomes firm.

والكرص: الخلط

And al-kars: is mixing.

وقيل: الكرص: العصر باليد، ومنه الكريص من الطراثيث يدق فيكرص باليد، أي يعصر

And it is said: Al-kars: is pressing by hand, and from this is al-kurays from al-tarrathith which is pounded and then pressed by hand, meaning squeezed.