كُحٌّ

Root: كح

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كُحٌّ Anything pure, mere, unadulterated, or genuine; i. q. قُحٌّ, of which it is a dial. form: [but see what follows, and قُحٌّ]. عَرَبِىٌّ كُحٌّ A pure, or genuine, Arab: fem. عَرَبِيَّةٌ كُحَّةٌ: pl. أَكْحَاحٌ: you say أَعْرَابٌ اكحاحٌ: [or this is not said: see قُحٌّ:] Yaakoob asserts, that the ك in كُحٌّ is substituted for the ق in قُحٌّ: [and if so, the former is not a dial. form of the latter]. عَبْدٌ كُحٌّ A mere, or genuine, slave; of purely servile race.

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