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كسو

Form 1 · Form 5  ·  5 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 5

Form 1كَسَوْتُهُ سَيْفًا1 sense

Core sense — I clothed him, I invested him with somethinggenerated

1.1

[I invested him with a sword]. Mentioned under غشو.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 1 shown of 3
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وَلَا تُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلسُّفَهَآءَ أَمْوَٰلَكُمُ ٱلَّتِى جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ قِيَـٰمًا وَٱرْزُقُوهُمْ فِيهَا وَٱكْسُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا

To those weak of understanding Make not over your property, which Allah hath made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them therewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.

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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[I invested him with a sword]. (TA in art. غشو .)
Form 5تكسى1 sense

Core sense — he clothed himself, he wore clothinggenerated

5.1

See تقى.

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: see تقى .

Derived nouns 3

Nounكِسَآءٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a garment; a wrapping garment of a single piecegenerated

1

[A garment].

See عَبَآءٌ, حِلْسٌ, and مُسَيَّحٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda poor man—ذُو كِسَآءٍ

As opposed to ذُوبُرْدٍ.

Mentioned in the article عج.

[The كساء was evidently a simple oblong piece of cloth; الكِسَائِى is said to have been so named because he wore a كساء while in the state of إِحْرَام, as mentioned under كسو. But it seems sometimes to have been sewed in the manner of the عَبَآء, which see; and see also مُسَيَّحٌ and بُرْدٌ.]

Under قطع: it is [properly] not one of the garments which are cut and sewed [but is a single piece]; [a wrapper, or wrapping garment, of a single piece].

1.2he fell upon the back of his neck—رَكِبَ كِسَآءَهُ

IAar, under ردع.

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[A garment]. See عَبَآءٌ , and حِلْسٌ and مُسَيَّحٌ . ذُو كِسَآءٍ , as opposed to ذُوبُرْدٍ , A poor man. (S, art. عج .) [The كساء was evidently a simple oblong piece of cloth; for الكِسَائِى is said to have been thus named because he wore a كساء while in the state of إِحْرَام ; as is mentioned in the TA, art. كسو ; but it seems to have been sometimes sewed in the manner of the عَبَآء , which see; and see also مُسَيَّحٌ , and بُرْدٌ .] It is [properly] not one of the garments which are cut and sewed [but is a single piece]: (Mgh, art. قطع :) [a wrapper, or wrapping garment, of a single piece]. رَكِبَ كِسَآءَهُ He fell upon the back of his neck. (IAar, in TA, art. ردع .)
Nounكَاسٍ1 sense

Core sense — having clothing, clothedgenerated

1

Having clothing. For an example, see رُبَّ.

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Having clothing: see an ex. voce رُبَّ .
Nounأَكْسَى1 sense

Core sense — more, or most, clothing othersgenerated

1

See بَصَلٌ.

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: see بَصَلٌ .