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istakshafa

explore, search for, reconnoiter, scout

اِسْتَكْشَفَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

ك ش ف

Forms

Present
يَسْتَكْشِفُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ اِسْتَكْشَفَيَسْتَكْشِفُ—
she هِيَ اِسْتَكْشَفَتتَسْتَكْشِفُ—
they two (m.) هُما اِسْتَكْشَفايَسْتَكْشِفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما اِسْتَكْشَفَتاتَسْتَكْشِفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ اِسْتَكْشَفُوايَسْتَكْشِفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ اِسْتَكْشَفْنَيَسْتَكْشِفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِسْتَكْشَفْتَتَسْتَكْشِفُاِسْتَكْشِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِسْتَكْشَفْتِتَسْتَكْشِفِينَاِسْتَكْشِفِي
you two أَنْتُما اِسْتَكْشَفْتُماتَسْتَكْشِفانِاِسْتَكْشِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِسْتَكْشَفْتُمتَسْتَكْشِفُونَاِسْتَكْشِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِسْتَكْشَفْتُنَّتَسْتَكْشِفْنَاِسْتَكْشِفْنَ
I أَنا اِسْتَكْشَفْتُأَسْتَكْشِفُ—
we نَحْنُ اِسْتَكْشَفْنانَسْتَكْشِفُ—

From the same root

All words from ك ش ف →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • 1 Form I He uncovered it; unveiled it; laid it open; displayed it; exposed it to view
    He uncovered it; unveiled it; laid it open; displayed it; exposed it to view; discovered it; detected it; revealed it; disclosed it. ― -b2- كَشَفَ عَنْهُ He investigated, explored, or scrutinized, it; searched, examined, or inquired, into it. ― -b3- كَشَفَهُ He removed it; namely, a cover, or covering, or the like: and he uncovered it, laid it open, &c.; as also كَشَفَ عَنْهُ. ― -b4- كَشَفَ شَيْأً عَنْ شَىْءٍ He removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, a thing from over, or from before, a thing which it covered or concealed. (K.) ― -b5- كَشَفَ He removed, cleared away, or dispelled, grief, or sorrow: see فَرَجَ (of which it is an explanation in the Msb and K). ― -b6- See 7.
  • كَاشَفَهُ Form III He acted openly with him, or towards him
    , inf. n. مُكَاشَفَةٌ, [He acted openly with him, or towards him;] syn. of the inf. n. مُجَاهَرَةٌ. (Har, p. 470.) He, or it, appeared to him; as also كَاشَفَ عَلَيْهِ; syn. ظهر له. (TA.) ― -b2- كُوشِفَ بِمَا أَخْفَيْتُ He became acquainted with, knew, or got knowledge of, what I concealed: syn. إِطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ. (Har. p. 686.) ― -b3- مُكَاشَفَةٌ The showing open enmity, or hostility, with any one. (KL.) [I. e. كَاشَفَهُ alone, or] كاشفه بِالعَدَاوَةِ signifies He showed open enmity, or hostility, with him; (S, MA, K;) and so كاشفه العَدَاوَةَ. (MA.) See صَفْحَةٌ. ― -b4- [Also Discovery, or revelation: pl. مُكَاشَفَاتٌ: see Hájjee Khaleefeh, s. v.] ― -b5- كَاشَفَهُ الحَرْبَ [He made war with him openly]. (Msb, art. نبذ.)
  • تَكَشَّفَ Form V He uncovered, or exposed, himself
    He uncovered, or exposed, himself in sitting. (TA, voce أَعْفَتُ.)
  • تَكَاشَفُوا Form VI They revealed
    They revealed their faults, or secrets, one to another: see تَدَافَنُوا.
  • اِنْكَشَفَ عَنْهُ Form VII He, or it, withdrew, or became withdrawn, or removed or became removed, from him, or it, or from over it
    [He, or it, withdrew, or became withdrawn, or removed or became removed, from him, or it, or from over it] ― -b2- اِنْكَشَفَتْ said of a she-camel: see مُفَنَّنٌ. ― -b3- اِنْكَشَفُوا [They were routed, defeated, or put to flight; like ↓ كَشِفُوا: the former is quasi-pass. of كَشَفَ, “ he routed, ” &c.]. (K, voce جال in art. جول.) See also تِفْرِجَةٌ, in art. فرج.
  • كَشَّافٌ Open entry
    : see Ham, p. 49, 1. 2.
  • مَكْشُوفٌ Uncovered
    Uncovered, &c.; overt.
  • مُكَاشِفٌ A discoverer, or revealer
    [A discoverer, or revealer: thus I have rendered it voce عَيْنٌ.]

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