1Form IHe 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 عَنْهُHe investigated, explored, or scrutinized, it; searched, examined, or inquired, into it. ― -b3- كَشَفَهُHe 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 شَىْءٍHe removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, a thing from over, or from before, a thing which it covered or concealed. (K.) ― -b5- كَشَفَHe removed, cleared away, or dispelled, grief, or sorrow: see فَرَجَ (of which it is an explanation in the Msb and K). ― -b6- See 7.
كَاشَفَهُForm IIIHe 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 أَخْفَيْتُHe 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] كاشفهبِالعَدَاوَةِ signifies He showed open enmity, or hostility, with him; (S, MA, K;) and so كاشفهالعَدَاوَةَ. (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.)
تَكَشَّفَForm VHe uncovered, or exposed, himself
He uncovered, or exposed, himself in sitting. (TA, voce أَعْفَتُ.)
تَكَاشَفُواForm VIThey revealed
They revealed their faults, or secrets, one to another: see تَدَافَنُوا.
اِنْكَشَفَ عَنْهُForm VIIHe, or it, withdrew, or became withdrawn, or removed or became removed, from him, or it, or from over it
[He, or it, withdrew, or became withdrawn, or removed or became removed, from him, or it, or from over it] ― -b2- اِنْكَشَفَتْ said of a she-camel: see مُفَنَّنٌ.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 wererouted, 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.
كَشَّافٌOpen entry
: see Ham, p. 49, 1. 2.
مَكْشُوفٌUncovered
Uncovered, &c.; overt.
مُكَاشِفٌA discoverer, or revealer
[A discoverer, or revealer: thus I have rendered it voce عَيْنٌ.]
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