كسح

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ك س ح (k-s-ḥ)

Verb

كَسَحَ (kasaḥa) I, non-past يَكْسَحُ‎ (yaksaḥu)

  1. to sweep, to whoosh
Conjugation

Verb

كَسِحَ (kasiḥa) I, non-past يَكْسَحُ‎ (yaksaḥu)

  1. to be lame, to limp, to labour from infirmity of the limbs
Conjugation

Verb

كَسَّحَ (kassaḥa) II, non-past يُكَسِّحُ‎ (yukassiḥu)

  1. to make lame, to cripple
Conjugation

Noun

كَسْح (kasḥm

  1. verbal noun of كَسَحَ (kasaḥa) (form I)
Declension

Noun

كَسَح (kasaḥm

  1. verbal noun of كَسِحَ (kasiḥa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܣܰܚ (ksaḥ).

Verb

كَسَحَ (kasaḥa) I, non-past يَكْسَحُ‎ (yaksaḥu)

  1. to prune, to clip
Conjugation

Noun

كَسْح (kasḥm

  1. verbal noun of كَسَحَ (kasaḥa) (form I)
Declension

References

  • ksḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كسح”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 464
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كسح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 33
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “كسح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2610
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كسح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1101