ك ر س ف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cotton and its appearance, but also extends to concepts of entanglement, constriction, and even a type of honey and a place name.

Derived headwords

الكُرْسُفnoun

1.
cottonboth
Cotton, referring to the fluffy fiber.

كُرْسُوفnoun

1.
fluffclassical
A tuft or clump, specifically used to describe the appearance of cotton or something similar.

الكرسفيnoun

1.
type of honeyclassical
A specific kind of honey, likely named for its white color, resembling cotton.

كُرْسَفَةnoun

1.
constrictionclassical
A tightening or binding, specifically referring to a method of restraining a camel by tightening its hobbles.
2.
hindranceclassical
An impediment or obstruction, likened to the hobbling of a camel.

الكرسافةnoun

1.
cloudiness of the eyeclassical
A condition of the eye characterized by dimness or obscurity.
2.
hock cutclassical
A cut or injury to the hock of an animal.

المُكَرْسَفnoun

1.
hobbled camelclassical
A camel that has been hobbled or restricted in its movement.

تَكَرْسَفَverb

1.
to become entangledclassical
To become intertwined or mixed together, one part entering into another.

الكرسيفname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name located in the Maghreb (North Africa).

Parallel reading

الكرسف، كعصفر وزنبور: القطن نقله الفراء

Al-kursuf, like 'usfūr and zunbūr: cotton, as transmitted by Al-Farrā'.

واقتصر الجوهري على الأول

And Al-Jawharī limited it to the first meaning.

قال أبو النجم يصف فحلا: كأنه وهو به كالأفكل مبرقع في كرسوف لم يغزل

Abū al-Najm said, describing a stud camel: 'It is as if it were, with its markings, like a speckled animal, veiled in unspun fluff.'

شبه ما على لحييه ومشافره من اللغام إذا هدر بالكرسف

He likened the saliva on its cheeks and lips when it roared to cotton.

والكرسفي: نوع من العسل نقله الصاغاني، كأنه لبياضه. شبه بالكرسف.

And Al-Kursufī: a type of honey, transmitted by Al-Sāghānī, as if it were due to its whiteness. It is likened to cotton.

وكرسفة بالضم مشددة الفاء: ع نقله الصاغاني.

And kursafah (with dammah and a doubled fā'): a spring, as transmitted by Al-Sāghānī.

وقال ابن عباد: الكرسافة بالكسر: كدورة العين وظلمتها.

And Ibn 'Abbād said: Al-kursāfah (with kasrah): cloudiness and darkness of the eye.

قال: والكرسفة: قطع عرقوب الدابة.

He said: And Al-kursafah: cutting the hock of an animal.

وقيل: هو أن تقيد البعير فتضيق عليه كالكرفسة.

And it was said: It is to hobble a camel and tighten it upon itself, like karfasah.

وقال أبو عمر و: المكرسف: الجمل المعرقب.

And Abū 'Amr said: Al-mukarsaf: the hobbled camel.

وقال ابن دريد: تكرسف الرجل: إذا تداخل بعضه في بعض كما في العباب واللسان.

And Ibn Durayd said: Takarsafa a man: if parts of him became intertwined with each other, as in Al-'Ubāb and Al-Lisān.

الكرسيف: بلد بالمغرب.

Al-Kursīf: a town in the Maghreb.