قَشَطَ
Root: قشط
Form: 1
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قَشَطَI
, aor, ـِ Verbal.Noun قَشْطٌ, i. q.
كَشَطَ, said by Yaakoob, to be a dial. var. of the latter; of the dial. of Temeem and Asad; the latter being of the dial. of Keys; the ق not being a substitute for the ك; He removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, a thing; as, for instance, the housing, or covering, from (عَنْ) a horse; and a roof [from a chamber or the like]. And قِشَاطٌ, [Verbal.Noun of the pass. form قُشِطَ, It was, or became, removed, &c.,] is syn. with, being a dial. var. of, كِشَاطٌ, in the sense of إِنْكِشَافٌ. It is said in the Kur, [lxxxi. 11,] accord. to the reading of 'AbdAllah Ibn-Mes'ood, وَإِذَا السَّمَآءُ قُشِطَتْ, with ق, meaning the same as كُشِطَتْ, i. e. And when the heaven shall be removed from its place, like as a roof is removed from its place. You say also, قَشَطَ الدَّابَّةَ [He removed the housing, or covering, from the beast of carriage]; the verb thus used, also, being a dial. var. of كَشَطَ; and
قشّطها , Verbal.Noun تَقْشِطٌ, signifies the same. And الرَّجُلُ
The man was spoiled, despoiled, or plundered.
2 قَشْطٌ also signifies The act of beating, [app. so as to excoriate,] with a staff, or stick.
2 قَشْطٌ also signifies The act of beating, [app. so as to excoriate,] with a staff, or stick.
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