Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

كَسَحَ, (aor. ـِ {يَكْسِحُ} K, inf. n. كَسْحٌ, Mṣb,) He swept a house, or chamber. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) [You say] كَسَحَتِ الرِّيحُ الأَرْضَ The wind swept off the dust from the surface of the ground. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

[Hence,] كَسَحَ ‡ He cleaned out a well, and a canal or channel of running water, &c. (Mṣb.)

[And hence also,] ‡ He cut a thing off; destroyed it; did away with it, carried it off: (Mṣb:) [he swept it away.]

كَسَحْنَا بَنِى فُلَانٍ ‡ We extirpated the sons of such a one. (A.)

كَسِحَ, aor. ـَ {يَكْسَحُ}, inf. n. كَسَحٌ, He had a heaviness in one of his legs, and dragged it when he walked: (T:) he was crippled in the legs, and in the arms: (L, Ḳ:) mostly used in relation to the legs. (L.) [See also كُسَاحٌ.]

أَغَارُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَٱكْتَسَحُوهُمْ ‡ They made a hostile attack, or incursion, upon them, and took all their property. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*)

إِكْتَسَحْنَا مَالَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ ‡ We took [or swept off] all the property of the sous of such a one, leaving them nothing. (L.)

[In like manner you say] كَسَحَ مِنَ المَالِ مَا شَآءَ [‡ He swept off what he pleased of the property]; as also كَثَحَ. (Ḳ, voce كَثَحَ.)

كَسْحٌ Impotence, (Ḳ,) arising from a disease which attacks the hips, and weakens the leg. (TA.)

كُسَاحٌ (L) andكُسَاحَةٌ↓ (Ḳ) The state of being crippled (زَمَانَة) in the legs, and in the arms: (L, Ḳ:) mostly used in relation to the legs. (L.) [See 1.]

كُسَاحٌ A certain disease of camels, (L, Ḳ,) which renders them very lame, so that they cannot walk: (Aboo-Saʼeed, L.)

كَسِيحٌ: see أَكْسَحُ.

Also, Impotent (Ḳ) in walking, as though he swept the ground. (TA.)

كُسَاحَةٌ Sweepings; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) dust that is swept from a house and thrown in a heap. (Lḥ.)

See also كُسَاحٌ.

أَكْسَحُ andكَسْحَانُ↓ andكَسِيحٌ↓ (L, Ḳ) andكُسَيْحٌ↓ (Ḳ) andمُكَسَّحٌ↓ (L) Having a heaviness in one of his legs, and dragging it when he walks: (L:) crippled in the legs, and in the arms: (L, Ḳ:) also the first (as explained by some, L,) lame, by nature, or by reason of a chronic ailment: and affected by a disease which deprives one of the power of walking: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) pl. كُسْحٌ (L) and كُسْحَانٌ. (L, Ḳ.) الصَّدَقَةُ مَالُ الكُسْحَانِ وَالعُورَانِ (Ṣ, L) Alms are the property of the crippled and the one-eyed. (L, from a trad.)

مِكْسَحَةٌ A broom, or besom, or instrument with which one sweeps (Ṣ, Ḳ) snow, &c.; (Ṣ;) as also مِكْسَحٌ. (L.)

مَكْسُوحٌ A camel severely lame, (L, Ḳ,) so that he cannot walk. (Aboo-Saʼeed, L.)