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ك ش ف

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Computed
Occurrences
20
Distinct forms
15

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root كشف. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

كَشَفَهُ and كَشَفَ عَنْهُ He uncovered it; unveiled it; laid it open; displayed it; exposed it to view; discovered it; detected it; revealed it; disclosed it. ― -b2- كَشَفَ عَنْهُ He investigated, explored, or scrutinized, it; searched, examined, or inquired, into it. ― -b3- كَشَفَهُ He removed it; namely, a cover, or covering, or the like: and he uncovered it, laid it open, &c.; as also كَشَفَ عَنْهُ . ― -b4- كَشَفَ شَيْأً عَنْ شَىْءٍ He removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, a thing from over, or from before, a thing which it covered or concealed. (K.) ― -b5- كَشَفَ He removed, cleared away, or dispelled, grief, or sorrow: see فَرَجَ (of which it is an explanation in the Msb and K). ― -b6- See 7.

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كَاشَفَهُ , inf. n. مُكَاشَفَةٌ , [He acted openly with him, or towards him;] syn. of the inf. n. مُجَاهَرَةٌ . (Har, p. 470.) He, or it, appeared to him; as also كَاشَفَ عَلَيْهِ ; syn. ظهر له . (TA.) ― -b2- كُوشِفَ بِمَا أَخْفَيْتُ He became acquainted with, knew, or got knowledge of, what I concealed: syn. اـِطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ . (Har. p. 686.) ― -b3- مُكَاشَفَةٌ The showing open enmity, or hostility, with any one. (KL.) [I. e. كَاشَفَهُ alone, or] كاشفه بِالعَدَاوَةِ signifies He showed open enmity, or hostility, with him; (S, MA, K;) and so كاشفه العَدَاوَةَ . (MA.) See صَفْحَةٌ . ― -b4- [Also Discovery, or revelation: pl. مُكَاشَفَاتٌ : see Hájjee Khaleefeh, s. v.] ― -b5- كَاشَفَهُ الحَرْبَ [He made war with him openly]. (Msb, art. نبذ .)

تَكَشَّفَ He uncovered, or exposed, himself in sitting. (TA, voce أَعْفَتُ .)

تَكَاشَفُوا They revealed their faults, or secrets, one to another: see تَدَافَنُوا .

اِنْكَشَفَ عَنْهُ [He, or it, withdrew, or became withdrawn, or removed or became removed, from him, or it, or from over it] ― -b2- اِنْكَشَفَتْ said of a she-camel: see مُفَنَّنٌ . ― -b3- اِنْكَشَفُوا [They were routed, defeated, or put to flight; like ↓ كَشِفُوا : the former is quasi-pass. of كَشَفَ , “ he routed, ” &c.]. (K, voce جال in art. جول .) See also تِفْرِجَةٌ , in art. فرج .

كَشَّافٌ : see Ham, p. 49, 1. 2.

مَكْشُوفٌ Uncovered, &c.; overt.

مُكَاشِفٌ [A discoverer, or revealer: thus I have rendered it voce عَيْنٌ .]

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The roots that most often share a verse with ك ش ف. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 20 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.

Occurrences · 20 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Groups 39:38Quranic text

وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّنْخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَلَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُقُلْأَفَرَءَيْتُممَّاتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِإِنْأَرَادَنِىَٱللَّهُبِضُرٍّهَلْهُنَّكَٰشِفَٰتُضُرِّهِۦٓأَوْأَرَادَنِىبِرَحْمَةٍهَلْهُنَّمُمْسِكَٰتُرَحْمَتِهِۦقُلْحَسْبِىَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِيَتَوَكَّلُٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ

Reference 39:38

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