كرش

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ك ر ش (k-r-š), the noun from Proto-Semitic *kariś-.

Verb

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كَرِشَ (kariša) I, non-past يَكْرَشُ‎ (yakrašu)

  1. (intransitive) to wrinkle, to corrugate

Conjugation

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Verb

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كَرَّشَ (karraša) II, non-past يُكَرِّشُ‎ (yukarrišu)

  1. (transitive) to wrinkle, to corrugate, to furrow

Conjugation

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Noun

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كَرِش or كِرْش (kariš or kiršf (plural أَكْرَش (ʔakraš) or كُرُوش (kurūš))

  1. paunch, fack, rumen
  2. (informal) potbelly, paunch, belly

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Gulf Arabic: كَرْش (karš, paunch)
  • Maltese: kirxa

References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كرش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 26
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كرش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1095