Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كوث كوح كوخ


1. ⇒ كوحكاح

كَاحَهُ, [aor. يَكُوحُ,] inf. n. كَوْحٌ; andكوّحهُ↓, andاكاحهُ↓, andكاوحهُ↓; He fought with him and overcame him: (Ḳ:) so Az, explains كاوحهُ, inf. n. مُكَاوَحَةٌ: or, accord. to the M, كاوحهُ↓ signifies he fought with him; and كاحه, he overcame him; (TA;) andكوّحهُ↓, inf. n. تَكْوِيحٌ, also has this last signification; (IAạr, Ṣ, TA;) and soاكاحهُ↓, inf. n. إِكَاحَةٌ. (IAạr, TA.)


2. ⇒ كوّح

Root: كوح - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

Also كوّحهُ, (inf. n. تَكْوِيحٌ, TA,) He abased him; rendered him abject; syn. أَذَلَّهُ. (Ḳ.)

Root: كوح - Entry: 2. Signification: A3

It (the nose-rein) rendered him (a camel) submissive, or tractable. (TA.)


3. ⇒ كاوح

Root: كوح - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

Also كاوحهُ He reviled him, or vilified him, mutually; and treated him in an open manner (Ṣ, Ḳ) with opposition or altercation. (TA.)


4. ⇒ اكوحاكاح

اكاحهُ He destroyed him. (T, in this art; and Ḳ in art. كيح.) See 1.


6. ⇒ تكاوح

تَكَاوَحَا They two laboured, or strove, each with the other, to do evil, or mischief. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


كَاحٌ

كَاحٌ andكِيحٌ↓ The foot, or base, (عُرْض,) of a mountain: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) [or] its face, or part facing the spectator, above its foot, or base; syn. سَنَدُ جَبَلٍ: (Ṣ:) or its foot, or base, (عرض) and most rugged part: or its سَفْح [i. q. عُرْض]; and the foot, or base, of its face; syn. سَفْحُ سَنَدِهِ: or كِيحٌ signifies the side (نَاحِيَة) of a mountain: and any rugged face of a mountain, above its foot, or base: and in some cases, the side of a valley, when it is rugged, but not unless consisting of the hardest and roughest of stones: (Aṣ, TA:) pl. of كَاحٌ, أَكْوَاحٌ; (M;) and (ofكِيحٌ↓, TA,) أَكْيَاحٌ and كْيُوحٌ (Ḳ) and كِيَحَةٌ. (Aṣ, T.)

Root: كوح - Entry: كَاحٌ Signification: A2

كِيحٌ↓ أَكْيَحُ A rough or rugged [foot, or base, or face above the foot or base, &c., of a mountain]; an expression similar to يَوْمٌ أَيْوَمُ; (Ḳ, art. كيح;) the latter word being a corroborative; for the سَنَد of a mountain is called كيح only because of its ruggedness and roughness. (TA.)


كيحٌ

كيحٌ: see كَاحٌ.


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