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iktasaḥa

plunder, seize

اِكْتَسَحَ

Word

Verb · Form VIII

Root

ك س ح

Forms

Present
يَكْتَسِحُ
Verbal noun
اِكْتِساح

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وقال الخليع العطاردي: كنا بالبادية إذ نشأ عارض وما في السماء قزعة معلّقة، وجاء السيل فاكتسح أبياتا من بني سعد، فقلت:

Eloquence and Exposition, page 298 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ اِكْتَسَحَيَكْتَسِحُ—
she هِيَ اِكْتَسَحَتتَكْتَسِحُ—
they two (m.) هُما اِكْتَسَحايَكْتَسِحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما اِكْتَسَحَتاتَكْتَسِحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ اِكْتَسَحُوايَكْتَسِحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ اِكْتَسَحْنَيَكْتَسِحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِكْتَسَحْتَتَكْتَسِحُاِكْتَسِحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِكْتَسَحْتِتَكْتَسِحِينَاِكْتَسِحِي
you two أَنْتُما اِكْتَسَحْتُماتَكْتَسِحانِاِكْتَسِحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِكْتَسَحْتُمتَكْتَسِحُونَاِكْتَسِحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِكْتَسَحْتُنَّتَكْتَسِحْنَاِكْتَسِحْنَ
I أَنا اِكْتَسَحْتُأَكْتَسِحُ—
we نَحْنُ اِكْتَسَحْنانَكْتَسِحُ—

From the same root

All words from ك س ح →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • كَسَحَ Form I He swept
    , (aor. , K, inf. n. كَسْحٌ, Msb,) He swept a house, or chamber. (S, Msb, K,) [You say] كَسَحَتِ الرِّيحُ الأَرْضَ The wind swept off the dust from the surface of the ground. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] كَسَحَ (tropical:) He cleaned out a well, and a canal or channel of running water, &c. (Msb.) ― -b3- [And hence also,] (tropical:) He cut a thing off; destroyed it; did away with it, carried it off: (Msb:) [he swept it away.] ― -b4- كَسَحْنَا بَنِى فُلَانٍ (tropical:) We extirpated the sons of such a one. (A.) ― -b5- كَسِحَ, aor. , inf. n. كَسَحٌ, He had a heaviness in one of his legs, and dragged it when he walked: (T:) he was crippled in the legs, and in the arms: (L, K:) mostly used in relation to the legs. (L.) [See also كُسَاحٌ.]
  • أَغَارُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَٱكْتَسَحُوهُمْ Form VIII They made a hostile attack, or incursion, upon them, and took all their property
    (tropical:) They made a hostile attack, or incursion, upon them, and took all their property. (S, K. *) ― -b2- إِكْتَسَحْنَا مَالَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ (tropical:) We took [or swept off] all the property of the sous of such a one, leaving them nothing. (L.) ― -b3- [In like manner you say] كَسَحَ مِنَ المَالِ مَا شَآءَ [(tropical:) He swept off what he pleased of the property]; as also كَثَحَ. (K, voce كَثَحَ.)
  • كَسْحٌ Impotence
    Impotence, (K,) arising from a disease which attacks the hips, and weakens the leg. (TA.)
  • كَسْحَانُ Open entry
    : see أَكْسَحُ
  • كُسَاحٌ state of being crippled
    (L) and ↓ كُسَاحَةٌ (K) The state of being crippled (زَمَانَة) in the legs, and in the arms: (L, K:) mostly used in relation to the legs. (L.) [See 1.] ― -b2- كُسَاحٌ A certain disease of camels, (L, K,) which renders them very lame, so that they cannot walk: (Aboo-Sa'eed, L.)
  • كَسِيحٌ Impotent
    : see أَكْسَحُ. ― -b2- Also, Impotent (K) in walking, as though he swept the ground. (TA.)
  • كُسَيْحٌ Open entry
    : see أَكْسَحُ.
  • كُسَاحَةٌ Sweepings
    Sweepings; (S, K;) dust that is swept from a house and thrown in a heap. (Lh.) -A2- See also كُسَاحٌ.
  • أَكْسَحُ Having a heaviness in one of his legs, and dragging it when he walks
    and ↓ كَسْحَانُ and ↓ كَسِيحٌ (L, K) and ↓ كُسَيْحٌ (K) and ↓ مُكَسَّحٌ (L) Having a heaviness in one of his legs, and dragging it when he walks: (L:) crippled in the legs, and in the arms: (L, K:) also the first (as explained by some, L,) lame, by nature, or by reason of a chronic ailment: and affected by a disease which deprives one of the power of walking: (S, L, K:) pl. كُسْحٌ (L) and كُسْحَانٌ. (L, K.) الصَّدَقَةُ مَالُ الكُسْحَانِ وَالعُورَانِ (S, L) Alms are the property of the crippled and the one-eyed. (L, from a trad.)
  • مِكْسَحَةٌ A broom, or besom, or instrument with which one sweeps
    A broom, or besom, or instrument with which one sweeps (S, K) snow, &c.; (S;) as also مِكْسَحٌ. (L.)
  • مُكَسَّحٌ Open entry
    : see أكْسَحٌ.
  • مَكْسُوحٌ severely lame
    A camel severely lame, (L, K,) so that he cannot walk. (Aboo-Sa'eed, L.)

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