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كحل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the application of kohl (eyeliner) to the eyes, leading to the characteristic appearance of having dark-rimmed eyes. It also extends to concepts of beauty, adornment, and in some contexts, specific locations or personal names.

Derived headwords

وكحيلname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name for a man, specifically mentioned as a man from Fayyum who was said to outrun horses.

اكحالت العينverb
  1. 1.
    to apply kohlclassical

    The eye became kohl-colored, meaning it was adorned with kohl.

كاحمارتverb
  1. 1.
    to become reddishclassical

    To become reddish, used metaphorically in conjunction with the eye becoming kohl-colored.

كحلاءadjective
  1. 1.
    kohl-coloredboth

    Describing eyes that have been darkened or rimmed with kohl, often implying beauty or adornment.

الأكاحلnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A geographical location mentioned in the lands of Muzaynah.

Parallel reading

وكحيل: اسم، وكان بالفيوم رجل يسمى بذلك، وكان يسبق الخيل في عدوه، فيما يقال، أدركت عصره.
Wakheel: A name. There was a man in Fayyum named that, and he was said to outrun horses in his running; it is said that I lived in his era.
وقال ابن عباد: اكحالت العين، كاحمارت: صارت كحلاء.
Ibn 'Abbad said: The eye became kohl-colored, it became reddish: it became kohl-colored.
والأكاحل: موضع في بلاد مزينة، نقله ياقوت، وأنشد لمعن بن أوس:
And Al-Akāhil: a place in the lands of Muzaynah, as narrated by Yaqut, and he recited from Ma'n bin Aws:
أعاذل من يحتل فيفا وفيحة ... وثورا ومن يحمي الأكاحل بعدنا
O blamer, who will inhabit Fiyfa and Fiyha... and Thawr, and who will protect Al-Akāhil after us?