kāhil
nape, shoulder
كاهِل
Word
Noun · pattern فاعِلRoot
ك ه لForms
- Plural
- كَواهِل
In the library
ووردنا ماء كثيرة النعام والغزلان، فيها عرب جهينة وبني كاهل وطاعتهم للبجاة.
The Travels, page 135 →From the same root
- كَهَلَbe middle-aged
- كَهُلَbe middle-aged
- كَهْلmiddle-aged
- كُهُولmiddle-age, maturity
- اِكْتَهَلَbe middle-aged
- كُهُولِيّmiddle-aged, mature, senior
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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