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كدح

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Form 1كَدَحَ4 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarكَدْحٌ

Core sense — he worked, he laboured hard; it scratched his facegenerated

1.1he toils, or labours hard, in such a thing, or affair—هُوَ يَكْدَحُ فِى كَذَا

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He worked; he laboured; he employed himself actively; synonyms سَعَى and عَمِلَ.

He worked for himself good or evil: he was eager, and strove and wearied himself in work, both in the affairs of this world and in those of the world to come: he toiled, or laboured hard.

1.1.1he sought, or earned, sustenance for his family—كَدَحَ لِعِيَالِهِ
he sought, or earned, sustenance for his family—اكتدح

He sought after, or sought to gain, sustenance; or he gained, acquired, or earned, for his family or household; synonym كَسَبَ or اكتسب.

1.2it scratched, or lacerated, his face—كَدَحَ وَجْهَهُ
it scratched, or lacerated, his face—كدّحهُ

Said of a thing; or it did to his face what disfigured it, or made it ugly or unseemly.

Maṣdar تَكْدِيحٌ.

it scratched, or lacerated, much, or in many places—كدّح

Maṣdar تكديح.

he marred his affair—كَدَحَ وَجْهَ أَمْرِهِ

Also كَدَحَ, in the phrase كَدَحَ وَجْهَهُ, means أَفْسَدَ.

1.2.1he separated his hair with a comb—كَدَحَ رَأْسَهُ
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, aor. كَدَحَ , (inf. n. كَدْحٌ , S,) He worked or wrought; laboured; employed himself actively; syn. سَعَى ; (S, K;) and عَمِلَ : (S:) he wrought for himself good or evil: (K:) he was eager, and strove, laboured, or exerted himself, and wearied himself, in work, in the affairs relating to the present world and in those relating to the world to come: (Zj:) he toiled, or laboured hard. (S, K.) هُوَ يَكْدَحُ فِى كَذَا He toils, or labours hard, in such a thing, or affair. (S.) كَدَحَ لِعِيَالِهِ , and اكتدح , He sought, sought after, or sought to gain, sustenance; or he gained, acquired, or earned; for his family, or household; syn. كَسَبَ , (S, K,) or اكتسب . (L.) كَدَحَ وَجْهَهُ It (a thing, S) scratched, or lacerated, his face: (S, K:) or did to his face that which disfigured it, or rendered it ugly or unseemly: as also كدّحهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَكْدِيحٌ : (TA:) or كدّح , inf. n. تكديح , signifies it scratched, or lacerated, much, or many times, or in many places: (S:) also [so in the L; but in the K, or] كَدَحَ in the phrase كَدَحَ وَجْهَهُ signifies أَفْسَدَ ; (K;) you say كَدَحَ وَجْهَ أَمْرِهِ , meaning he marred his affair. (L.) كَدَحَ رَأْسَهُ He separated his hair with a comb. (K.)
Form 2كَدَّحَ1 sense

Core sense — it scratched, or lacerated, his face in many placesgenerated

2.1

See form 1.

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see 1.
Form 5تكدّح2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became scratched, or lacerated, in many placesgenerated

5.1

Said of the skin: it became scratched, or lacerated, much, or in many places.

5.1.1he fell from the flat top, or roof, of the house, and was much broken [in his skin]—وَقَعَ مِنَ السَّطْحِ فَتَكَدَّحَ
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It (the skin) became scratched, or lacerated, much, or many times, or in many places. (S, K.) وَقَعَ مِنَ السَّطْحِ فَتَكَدَّحَ He fell from the flat top, or roof, of the house, and became much broken [in his skin]. (L.)

Derived nouns 3

Nounكَدْحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a scratch, or laceration, of the skingenerated

1he has a scratch on him—بِهِ كَدْحٌ

A scratch, or laceration, of the skin; the same as خَدْشٌ.

Or a كَدْح is more, or larger, than a خَدْش: any mark made by scratching or biting.

Plural كُدُوحٌ.

he has a scratch on him—كُدُوحٌ
Qur’ānic occurrences كَدْح
84:6
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ

O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A scratch, or laceration, of the skin; i. q. خَدْشٌ : (S, K:) or a كَدْح is more (or larger, L) than a خَدْش : (S:) any mark made by scratching or biting: (IAth:) pl. كُدُوحٌ . (S, K.) Ex. بِهِ كَدْحٌ , (S, K,) and كُدُوحٌ , (S,) He has upon him a scratch, &c. (S, K.)
Nounإِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ1 sense

Core sense — you are labouring towards your Lord until deathgenerated

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[Qur 84:6] You are working, or labouring — working for yourself good or evil, or striving in your work — until the meeting with your Lord, that is, until death.

Lane cites “Kur lxxxiv. 6” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
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, [Kur lxxxiv. 6,] Verily thou workest, or labourest, (S,) or, workest for thyself good or evil, (TA,) or, strivest, or labourest, in thy work until the meeting of thy Lord, i. e., until death. (Jel.)
Nounحِمَارٌ مُكَدَّحٌ1 sense

Core sense — an ass much lacerated by the bites of other assesgenerated

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An ass much lacerated by the bites of other asses.

A wild ass is called مكدّح because he is lacerated by the bites of other asses.

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An ass much lacerated by the bites of other asses. (S, K.) A wild ass is termed مكدّح because he is lacerated by the bites of other asses. (A'Obeyd.)