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كهه

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of largeness, old age, and heaviness, often applied to animals, particularly camels. It also extends to sounds, particularly vocalizations like roaring, heavy breathing, and laughter, as well as states of weakness or fear.

Derived headwords

الكهةnoun
  1. 1.
    large old female camelclassical

    A large, old, and heavy female camel.

  2. 2.
    old womanclassical

    An elderly woman.

  3. 3.
    lean or fat she-camelclassical

    A she-camel, whether lean or fat.

كهverb
  1. 1.
    to grow oldclassical

    To become old or decrepit.

  2. 2.
    to breathe heavilyboth

    To breathe heavily or exhale forcefully, especially into someone's face.

يكهverb
  1. 1.
    to grow oldclassical

    To become old or decrepit.

  2. 2.
    to breathe heavilyboth

    To breathe heavily or exhale forcefully, especially into someone's face.

كهوهاnoun
  1. 1.
    old ageclassical

    The state of being old or decrepit.

كهكهةnoun
  1. 1.
    heatclassical

    Intense heat.

  2. 2.
    lion's roarclassical

    The sound of a lion's roar.

  3. 3.
    breathing on handsclassical

    The sound of breathing on one's hands when cold to warm them.

  4. 4.
    camel's rumblingclassical

    The repeated sound of a camel's rumbling.

  5. 5.
    sound of laughterclassical

    The sound of laughter.

المكهكهadjective
  1. 1.
    roaringclassical

    Possessing a roaring sound, often referring to a lion.

الكهكاهةnoun
  1. 1.
    man to be fearedclassical

    A man who inspires awe or fear.

  2. 2.
    fat young girlclassical

    A plump or stout young girl.

الكهكامةnoun
  1. 1.
    years of droughtclassical

    Years of famine or drought.

الكهكمnoun
  1. 1.
    man to be fearedclassical

    A man who inspires awe or fear.

الكهكاهةnoun
  1. 1.
    fat young girlclassical

    A plump or stout young girl.

كهكهother
  1. 1.
    sound of laughterclassical

    An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

كهاكهadjective
  1. 1.
    appears to be laughingclassical

    Someone who appears to be laughing when looking at them, though they are not actually laughing.

شيخ كهكمnoun
  1. 1.
    old man breathing on handsclassical

    An old man who breathes on his hands when cold.

الكهكاهadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    Lacking strength or vigor.

تكهكه عنهverb
  1. 1.
    to weakenclassical

    To become weak or feeble.

Parallel reading

الناقة الضخمة المسنة
The large, old female camel.
ناقة كهة وكهاة، لغتان، وهي الضخمة المسنة الثقيلة
A camel that is 'kahha' and 'kahaah', two linguistic variations, meaning large, old, and heavy.
والكهة: العجوز
And 'al-kahha': the old woman.
والناب مهزولة كانت أو سمينة
And the she-camel, whether lean or fat.
كه يكه كهوها: هرم
'Kahha' yakiha 'kahha-ha': to grow old.
كه السكران يكه: إذا استنكه فكه في وجهك
'Kahha' the drunkard yakiha: if he exhales and breathes into your face.
وكه في وجهي، أي تنفس
And he 'kahha' in my face, meaning he breathed.
وقد كههت أكه وكههت أكه
And I have 'kahha-tu' I 'akuhhu' and I 'kahha'tu' I 'akuhhu'.
أن ملك الموت قال لموسى، عليهما السلام، وهو يريد قبض روحه: كه في وجهي، ففعل، فقبض روحه
That the Angel of Death said to Moses, peace be upon him, as he intended to take his soul: 'Kahha' in my face, so he did, and he took his soul.
أي افتح فاك وتنفس
Meaning open your mouth and breathe.
والكهكهة: الحرارة
And 'al-kahka-ha': the heat.
الكهكهة من الأسد: حكاية صوته في زئيره
'Al-kahka-ha' from the lion: an imitation of its sound in its roar.
سام على الزآرة المكهكه
Majestic over the roaring lion.
والكهكهة: تنفس المقرور في يده إذا خصرت
And 'al-kahka-ha': the breathing of the chilled person on their hand when it gets cold.
فقال: كه كه
So he said: 'Kah kah'.
وكهكه الصرد المقرور في يده
And the chilled shrike 'kahka-ha' in its hand.
والكهكهة: حكاية صوت البعير في هديره
And 'al-kahka-ha': the imitation of the camel's sound in its rumbling.
والكهكاهة: المتهيب من الرجال
And 'al-kahka-ha': the man to be feared.
ولا كهكاهة برم إذا ما اشتدت الحقب
Nor a formidable man when the years of drought intensify.
وكذلك الكهكامة، بالميم، عن شمر، والكهكم وأصله كهام
And likewise 'al-kahka-mah', with a mim, from Shamir, and 'al-kahkam', and its origin is 'kaham'.
الكهكاهة: الجارية السمينة
'Al-kahka-ha': the fat young girl.
يا حبذا كهكهة الغواني
How wonderful is the laughter of the beautiful women.
والكهكهة: القهقهة
And 'al-kahka-ha': the loud laughter.
وكه كه: حكاية الضحك
And 'kah kah': an imitation of laughter.
ورجل كهاكه، كعلابط: الذي تراه إذا نظرت إليه كأنه ضاحك وليس بضاحك
And a man 'kahha-kah': like 'alaabat': whom you see when you look at him as if he is laughing, but he is not laughing.
وشيخ كهكم: وهو الذي يكهكه في يده
And an old man 'kahkam': he is the one who 'yakhi-hu' in his hand.
والكهكاه: الضعيف
And 'al-kahkaah': the weak one.
وتكهكه عنه: ضعف
And 'takaha-ka' 'anhu': he became weak.