كحل

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root كحل (kaḥala) primarily relates to the application of kohl (eyeliner) to the eyes, often for beautification or medicinal purposes. It extends metaphorically to concepts of intense blackness, abundance, and severe drought or hardship. The root also encompasses terms for specific plants, animals, anatomical features, and tools.

Derived headwords

الكُحْلnoun

1.
Abundant wealthclassical
A large amount of money or possessions. It is said, 'He has acquired much wealth.'
2.
Kohl, eyelinerboth
The cosmetic powder, typically antimony (ithmid), used to line the eyes. It can also refer to any substance applied to the eye for healing.
3.
Blackness around the eyesboth
A natural dark coloring around the edges of the eyelids, resembling kohl, even without application.
4.
Drought, hardshipclassical
A period of severe scarcity and hardship, particularly drought.
5.
Skyclassical
The sky, a name used in pre-Islamic times.

كُحِلَverb

1.
To apply kohlboth
To apply kohl or eyeliner to the eyes.
2.
To be naturally dark-eyedboth
To have eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed.
3.
To become intensely blackclassical
To become very dark, often used metaphorically.
4.
To suffer droughtclassical
To experience a period of severe drought and hardship.

كَحَلَverb

1.
To apply kohlboth
To apply kohl or eyeliner to the eyes.
2.
To suffer droughtclassical
To experience a period of severe drought and hardship.

كَحَّلَverb

1.
To apply kohlboth
To apply kohl or eyeliner to the eyes.
2.
To cause droughtclassical
To inflict a period of severe drought and hardship upon people.

تَكْحِيلnoun

1.
Applying kohlboth
The act of applying kohl or eyeliner to the eyes.
2.
Appearance of greeneryboth
The initial appearance of greenery and vegetation on the land.

مَكْحُولadjective

1.
Eyelinedboth
Having kohl applied to the eyes.
2.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed.

مَكْحُولَةadjective

1.
Eyelinedboth
Having kohl applied to the eyes (feminine).
2.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed (feminine).

كَحِيلadjective

1.
Eyelinedboth
Having kohl applied to the eyes.
2.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed.
3.
Intensely blackboth
Extremely black, often used to describe substances like pitch or tar.

كَحْلَىadjective

1.
Eyelinedboth
Having kohl applied to the eyes (plural).
2.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed (plural).

كَحَائِلadjective

1.
Eyelinedboth
Having kohl applied to the eyes (plural).
2.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed (plural).

الكُحْلَةnoun

1.
Amuletclassical
A bead or charm used by Arabs to enchant or appease women, or a black bead placed on children for protection against the evil eye.
2.
A type of plantboth
A specific herb or plant, sometimes described as black or having red parts.
3.
The skyclassical
The sky, a proper name.

أَكْحَلadjective

1.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed (masculine).
2.
Veinboth
A major vein in the arm, often referred to as the 'vein of life'.

كَحْلَاءadjective

1.
Naturally dark-eyedboth
Having eyes that appear naturally lined or dark-eyed (feminine).
2.
White and blackboth
Describing a white ewe with black eyes.
3.
A type of plantboth
A specific herb or plant, known as a pasture for bees.
4.
A type of birdboth
A bird, described as dark with dark-eyed.

المُكْحِلnoun

1.
Kohl applicatorboth
The tool used to apply kohl to the eyes, also called a 'mil'.
2.
Amr ibn al-Ahtamclassical
A title given to Amr ibn al-Ahtam, a companion, due to his beauty.

المِكْحَالnoun

1.
Kohl applicatorboth
The tool used to apply kohl to the eyes.
2.
Bones of the forearmboth
Two prominent bones located on the inner side of the forearm.
3.
Hip bones of a horseboth
The hip bones of a horse.

الكُحَيْلnoun

1.
A type of ointmentboth
An ointment, possibly naphtha or pitch, used to treat camels for mange.
2.
A place nameclassical
A place name in the region of Al-Jazira.
3.
A noble horseboth
A name for a distinguished horse, also called 'Kuhaylan'.

المِكْحَلَةnoun

1.
Kohl containerboth
A vessel or container that holds kohl.
2.
Kohl applicatorboth
The tool used to apply kohl to the eyes.
3.
Slingshotmodern
A device used by Moroccans to shoot lead pellets, metaphorically named after the kohl applicator.

اكْتَحَلَverb

1.
To apply kohlboth
To apply kohl or eyeliner to the eyes.
2.
To experience hardshipclassical
To fall into a state of severe hardship after a period of ease.
3.
To seeclassical
To see someone or something, used metaphorically.
4.
To show signs ofboth
For the effects of hardship or worry to become visible on one's face.

تَكَحَّلَverb

1.
To apply kohlboth
To apply kohl or eyeliner to the eyes.
2.
To show signs of greeneryboth
For the land to show the first signs of green vegetation.

الكُحَيْلَانname

1.
A noble horseboth
A name for a distinguished horse.

الكُحْلِيّadjective

1.
Kohl makerboth
One who makes kohl.

الكَحَّالnoun

1.
Eye doctorboth
One who treats eye ailments, particularly with kohl.

مَكْحُولَةname

1.
A place nameclassical
A place name, mentioned in relation to a specific tribe.

كُحْلَانname

1.
A tribal nameclassical
The name of a tribe or a person from a tribe in Yemen.

مَكْحُولname

1.
A freed slaveclassical
The name of a freed slave of the Prophet Muhammad.
2.
A scholarclassical
The name of a prominent scholar and jurist from Damascus.

كُحَيْلَةname

1.
A place nameclassical
A place name mentioned by Ibn Duraid.

كُحْلname

1.
A place nameclassical
A place name mentioned by Ibn Duraid.

Parallel reading

يقال: مضى لفلان كحل: أي مال كثير

It is said, 'He acquired much wealth,' meaning abundant money.

الكحل: الإثمد وهو الذي يؤتى به من جبال أصفهان

Kohl: Antimony, which is brought from the mountains of Isfahan.

وكحل العين، كمنع ونصر كحلا، فهي مكحولة وكحيل

And to apply kohl to the eye, as in 'man'a' and 'naṣara', with the masdar 'kaḥlan', so it is 'makḥūlah' and 'kaḥīl'.

من أعين كحلى، وكحائل

From eyes that are naturally dark-eyed, and 'kaḥā'il'.

أن يعلو منابت الأشفار سواد مثل الكحل خلقة من غير كحل

For the edges of the eyelashes to be covered with blackness like kohl, naturally, without application.

أو هو أن تسود مواضع الكحل، وقد كحل كفرح فهو أكحل، وهي كحلاء

Or it is for the places of kohl to become black, and he became 'akḥal' as in 'fariḥa', and she is 'kaḥlā'.

كأن بها كحلا وإن لم تكحل

As if she had kohl on, even though she did not apply it.

الكحلاء من النعاج: البيضاء السوداء العينين

The 'kaḥlā'' among ewes: the white one with black eyes.

الكحلاء: نبت، مرعى للنحل تجرسها

Al-Kaḥlā': A plant, a pasture for bees that they taste.

الكحلاء: طائر، وقال أبو حاتم: هي طائرة من الدخل دهماء كحلاء العينين

Al-Kaḥlā': A bird. Abu Hatim said: It is a dark bird of the 'dakhl' type, with dark-eyed.

الكحلة: خرزة من خرزات العرب للتأخيذ تؤخذ بها النساء الرجال

Al-Kuḥlah: A bead from the beads of the Arabs for enchantment, by which women take men.

كحل: السماء

Kaḥal: The sky.

كحلت السنة كمنع، كحلا: اشتدت

The year became severe, as in 'man'a', with the masdar 'kaḥalan': it intensified.

كحلت السنون القوم: أصابتهم فهي كاحلة، وكحلاء، وكحل

The years afflicted the people: they struck them, so they are 'kāḥilah', 'kaḥlā'', and 'kaḥal'.

خانتهم كحل، مؤنثا معرفة مخيرا في صرفه ومنعه: السنة الشديدة المجدبة

'Kaḥal' betrayed them, feminine and definite, with flexibility in its declension: the severe, arid year.

صرحت كحل: إذا لم يكن في السماء غيم

'Ṣaraḥat Kaḥal': If there is no cloud in the sky.

الكحل والإكحال: شدة المحل

Al-Kuḥl and al-Ikḥāl: The severity of drought.

اكتحلت الأرض بالنبات والخضرة وكحلت تكحيلا، وتكحلت وأكحلت، كأكرمت، واكحالت، كاحمارت، وذلك حين تري أول خضرة النبات

The earth became adorned with plants and greenery, and it was 'kaḥḥalat' with 'takḥīlan', and 'takḥḥalat' and 'akḥalat', like 'akramat', and 'ikḥālat', like 'iḥmārat', which is when the first greenery of the plants appears.

الأكحل: عرق في اليد، أي في وسط الذراع

Al-Akḥal: A vein in the hand, meaning in the middle of the forearm.

المكحل، والمكحال: الملمول الذي يكتحل به

Al-Mukḥal, and al-Mikyāl: The tool that is used for applying kohl.

المكحالان: عظمان شاخصان فيما يلي بطن الذراع

Al-Mikyālān: Two prominent bones located on the inner side of the forearm.

الكحيل: النفط يطلى به الإبل للجرب

Al-Kuḥayl: Naphtha, with which camels are smeared for mange.

وهو أسود كالكحيل المعقد، وهو القطران

And it is black like the complex 'kaḥīl', which is pitch.

دعاء للنعجة إلى الحلب، عن ابن عباد، قال: أي كأنها مكحلة ملئت كحلا من سوادها

A call for the ewe to be milked, from Ibn 'Abbad. He said: Meaning as if she were 'mukaḥḥalah', filled with kohl from her blackness.

باءت عرار بكحل إذا قتل القاتل بمقتوله

'Bā'at 'Arār bi-Kaḥal' if the killer is killed by his victim.

ليس التكحل في العينين كالكحل والمكحلة

Applying kohl to the eyes is not like kohl and the kohl applicator.

وهو يمتاح من مكاحله بمكاحله: إحداهما جمع المكحال للميل، والثانية جمع المكحلة

And he draws from his 'makāḥil' with his 'makāḥil': the first is the plural of 'mikyāl' for the applicator, and the second is the plural of 'mikyalah'.

ما اكتحلت عيني بك: أي ما رأيتك

My eye has not 'iktaḥalat' with you: meaning I have not seen you.

اكتحل وجهه بالهم: ظهر فيه أثره

His face became 'iktaḥal' with worry: its effect appeared on it.

الكحلي: من يصنع الكحل

Al-Kuḥlī: One who makes kohl.

الكحال: من يداوي العين بالكحل

Al-Kaḥḥāl: One who treats the eye with kohl.

الكحيل: اسم علم للنجيب من الأفراس

Al-Kuḥayl: A proper name for a distinguished horse.