كربع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of falling or collapsing, often onto the posterior, and by extension, cutting or severing. It also encompasses the idea of separating or dismembering limbs.

Derived headwords

كَرَبَعَverb

1.
to fell, to throw downclassical
To cause someone to fall, often forcefully, to the ground.
2.
to cut, to severclassical
To cut something with a sword.

تَكَرْبَعَverb

1.
to fall on one's posteriorclassical
To fall down, landing on one's buttocks.

كُرْبُعnoun

1.
buttocksclassical
The posterior or buttocks, often used in the context of falling.

كَعْبَرَverb

1.
to cut, to severclassical
To cut something, similar to the meaning of كربع.

بَركَعهverb

1.
to fall on one's posteriorclassical
To fall down, landing on one's buttocks.

تَبَرْكَعهverb

1.
to fall on one's posteriorclassical
To fall down, landing on one's buttocks.

دَرْقَعَverb

1.
to fall on one's posteriorclassical
To fall down, landing on one's buttocks.

دَرْقَعَهُverb

1.
to fell, to throw downclassical
To cause someone to fall, often forcefully, to the ground.

كَرَبِعَverb

1.
to separate, to dismemberclassical
To separate the limbs of something.

Parallel reading

أي: صرعه فتكربع وقع على استه

Meaning: he threw him down, so he fell on his posterior.

وكذلك: بركعه فتبركع

And likewise: he fell on his posterior, so he fell on his posterior.

درقع لما أن رآه درقعه

He fell on his posterior when he saw him throw him down.

لو أنه يلحقه لكربعه

If he could catch him, he would fell him.

وكربع الشيء بالسيف: قطعه

And to cut something with a sword: to sever it.

وكذلك: كعبره

And likewise: he cut it.

وبركعه، كما تقدم

And he fell on his posterior, as previously mentioned.

كربع قوائمه أي: أبانها

He separated its limbs, meaning: he detached them.