كَبَسَ
Root: كبس
Form: 1
Full Definition
كَبَسَI
, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun كَبْسٌ, He filled up with earth a well, and a river, and a hollow, or cavity, or pit, dug in the ground.
2
3 [And He spread earth upon a roof &c. (See دَكَّ.)]
def.2 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,
2 And, Present.T as above,
def.3 كَبَسُوا دَارَ فُلَانٍ
def.4 كَبَسَ رَأْسَهُ, [Present.T as above,] He put his head within his garments: and كَبَسَ رَأْسَهُ فِى ثَوْبِهِ he hid his head in his garment, and put it within it: or he put it on in the manner of a قِنَاع, (تَقَنَّعَ,) and then covered himself with part of it. You say also, كَبَسَ رَأْسَهُ فِى جَيْبِ قَمِيصِهِ, or بِرَأْسِهِ, He put his head within the opening at the neck and bosom of his shirt; and so تكبّس alone. And يَكْبِسُ الرَّجُلُ ثَوْبَهُ فِى رَأْسِهِ [app. meaning, The man puts his garment as a covering over his head.]
2
3 [And He spread earth upon a roof &c. (See دَكَّ.)]
def.2 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,
2 And, Present.T as above,
def.3 كَبَسُوا دَارَ فُلَانٍ
def.4 كَبَسَ رَأْسَهُ, [Present.T as above,] He put his head within his garments: and كَبَسَ رَأْسَهُ فِى ثَوْبِهِ he hid his head in his garment, and put it within it: or he put it on in the manner of a قِنَاع, (تَقَنَّعَ,) and then covered himself with part of it. You say also, كَبَسَ رَأْسَهُ فِى جَيْبِ قَمِيصِهِ, or بِرَأْسِهِ, He put his head within the opening at the neck and bosom of his shirt; and so تكبّس alone. And يَكْبِسُ الرَّجُلُ ثَوْبَهُ فِى رَأْسِهِ [app. meaning, The man puts his garment as a covering over his head.]
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