كرش

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ر ش (k-r-š), the noun from Proto-Semitic *kariś-.

Verb

كَرِشَ (kariša) I (non-past يَكْرَشُ (yakrašu), verbal noun كَرَش (karaš))

  1. (intransitive) to wrinkle, to corrugate

Conjugation

Verb

كَرَّشَ (karraša) II (non-past يُكَرِّشُ (yukarrišu), verbal noun تَكْرِيش (takrīš))

  1. (transitive) to wrinkle, to corrugate, to furrow

Conjugation

Noun

كَرِش or كِرْش (kariš or kiršf (plural أَكْرَش (ʔakraš) or كُرُوش (kurūš))

  1. paunch, fack, rumen
  2. (informal) potbelly, paunch, belly

Declension

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Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: كَرْش (karš, paunch)
  • Maltese: kirxa

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كرش”, 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 26
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كرش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1095