kahala

be middle-aged

كَهَلَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك ه ل

Forms

Present: يَكْهَلُ
Verbal nouns: كَهْل، كُهُول

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	كَهَلَ	يَكْهَلُ	—
she هِيَ	كَهَلَت	تَكْهَلُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	كَهَلا	يَكْهَلانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	كَهَلَتا	تَكْهَلانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	كَهَلُوا	يَكْهَلُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	كَهَلْنَ	يَكْهَلْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كَهَلْتَ	تَكْهَلُ	اِكْهَلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كَهَلْتِ	تَكْهَلِينَ	اِكْهَلِي
you two أَنْتُما	كَهَلْتُما	تَكْهَلانِ	اِكْهَلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كَهَلْتُم	تَكْهَلُونَ	اِكْهَلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كَهَلْتُنَّ	تَكْهَلْنَ	اِكْهَلْنَ
I أَنا	كَهَلْتُ	أَكْهَلُ	—
we نَحْنُ	كَهَلْنا	نَكْهَلُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

اِكْتَهَلَ Form VIII It became tall and full-grown

, said of a plant, It became tall and full-grown: (TA:) or it became of its full height, and blossomed: (S:) see زَاخِرٌ.
كَهْلٌ Of middle age

Of middle age; or between that age and the period when his hair has become intermixed with heaviness. See شَبَابٌ; and شَيْخٌ and غُلَامٌ.
كُهُولَةٌ Open entry

: see شَبَابٌ.
كَاهِلٌ withers

[The withers of a horse, &c.] i. q. حَارِكٌ: or the anterior portion of the upper part of the back, next the neck, which is the upper third part, containing six vertebra: or the part between the two shoulder-blades: or the part where the neck is joined to the back how: [the base of the neck: see ثَبَجٌ]. (K.)
كِهَانَةٌ Divination: soothsaying

Divination: soothsaying. (K, &c.)
كَاهِنٌ Open entry

: see عَرَّافٌ and عَايأِفٌ.

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