Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كحط كحل كد


1. ⇒ كحل

كَحَلَHe put out, or blinded, an eye with a heated nail, &c.: see an ex. voce سَمَرَ.


8. ⇒ اكتحل

مَا ٱكْتَحَلْتُ غَمَاضًا and غِمَاضًا, &c.: see أَغْمَضَ. See also حَثاَثٌ.


10. ⇒ استكحل

اِسْتَكْحَلَ السَّهَرَ[He became sleepless; as though he took sleeplessness as a collyrium]. (TA in art. حلس, from a trad.)


كَحْلٌ

كَحْلٌ and كَحْلُ (Ṣ, Ḳ) A year of drought, barrenness, or dearth; (Ṣ;) a hard year. (Ḳ.)


كُحَيْلٌ

كُحَيْلٌ a proper name for A horse of high breed; as alsoكُحَيْلاَنٌ↓. (TA.)

Root: كحل - Entry: كُحَيْلٌ Signification: A2

كُحَيْلٌ Tar (قَطِرَان) in the dial. of El-Ḥijáz. (TA, voce غَرْبٌ; from the T.) See نفْظٌ.


كُحَيْلاَنٌ

كُحَيْلاَنٌ: see كُحَيْلٌ.


كَحْلَآءُ

عَيْنٌ كَحْلَآءُ An eye that is black, [or black in the edges of the lids,] by nature, as though it had كُحْل applied to it. (Mgh.) Not in the TA. [It seems to have both of these meanings.]


كَحْلَآءُ

كَحْلَآءُ A certain plant: see Ḳ, voce شِنْجَار: calendula arvensis: see Delile, Flor. Aeg., no. 864.


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