Root

ك س س

0 verbs · 1 noun and adjective

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • كَسَأ Form I He, or it, pursued, or followed
    , aor. , (S, K,) inf. n. كَسْءٌ, (TA,) He, or it, pursued, or followed, another, (S, K,) as one follows a party which he has put to flight: like كَسَعَ. (S.) ― -b2- كَسَأَ, (K,) inf. n. كَسْءٌ, (TA,) He urged on a beast of carriage. in the track, or at the heels, of another. (K.) -A2- كَسَأَ, (K,) inf. n. كَسْءٌ, (TA,) He overcame a party in litigation or the like. (K.) -A3- كَسَأَ (perhaps a mistake for كَشَأَ, TA,) He smote a person with a sword. (K.)
  • كَسْءٌ A part of the night passed
    inf. n. of 1. q. v. -A2- مرَّ كَسْءٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ A part of the night passed. (K.)
  • كُسْءٌ hinder, or latter, part
    and ↓ كُسُوْءٌ The hinder, or latter, part of anything: pl. أَكْسَاءٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- كُسْءٌ الشَّهْرِ, and ↓ كُسُوْوأُهُ, The latter part of the month; its last ten days, or about that period. (TA.) ― -b3- جَاءَ فِى كُسْءِ الشَّهْرِ, and عَلَى كُسْيأِهِ, He came in the latter part, or end, of the month. (TA.) ― -b4- جَاءَ عَلَى كُسْءِ الشَّهْرِ, and على أَكْسَايأِهِ, and ↓ جِيأْتُكَ عَلَى كُسَايأِهِ, [in the TA written, app. by a mistake of the transcriber, على كساءه, and فِى كُسَايأِهِ, [so in the TA,] He came, and I came to thee, at the end of the month, after the whole month had passed. (TA.) ― -b5- جِيأْتُ فِى أَكْسَآءِ القَوْمِ I came among the latter of the people. (TA.) ― -b6- مَرُّوا فِى أَكْسَآءِ المُنْهَزِمِينَ, and على أَكْسَايأِهِمْ, They went at the heels of the routed party. (TA.) رَكِبَ كُسْأَهُ He fell upon the back of his neck, or head. (K.)
  • كُسَآءٌ Open entry
    : see كُسْءٌ.
  • كُسُوْءٌ Open entry
    : see كُسْءٌ.

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