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كعص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very obscure, with limited usage. It is primarily associated with the sounds made by mice and chicks, and possibly with eating, though this is debated. The root also has a potential, unconfirmed meaning related to a base or ignoble person.

Derived headwords

الكَعْصnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    A term for eating, considered a variant of the word 'ka'aṣ' (كأص), where the 'ʿayn' (ع) is a substitute for the 'hamza' (ء).

  2. 2.
    ignoble personclassical

    A term for a base or ignoble person. However, this meaning is not widely recognized or confirmed by all lexicographers.

كَعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to make soundsclassical

    The sound made by a mouse or a chick. The verb form indicates the action of producing these sounds.

كَعِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    sounds of mouse/chickclassical

    The sounds produced by a mouse or a chick. This is a noun form derived from the verb 'ka'aṣa' (كعص).

Parallel reading

هو الأكل، لغة في الكأص، عينه بدل من همزته.
It is eating, a dialectal variant of al-ka'aṣ (الكأص), its 'ayn' being a substitute for its 'hamza'.
وكعيص الفأر والفرخ: أصواتهما، وقد كعصا كعصا، عن ابن القطاع.
And the 'ka'iṣ' (كعيص) of the mouse and the chick are their sounds, and they made sounds, according to Ibn al-Qiṭṭāʿ.
وقال بعضهم: الكعص: اللئيم، قال: ولا أعرفه.
And some of them said: Al-ka'ṣ (الكعص) means the ignoble person. He said: And I do not know it.