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كُسْءٌ

Root: كس

Full Definition

كُسْءٌ and كُسُوْءٌ The hinder, or latter, part of anything: pl. أَكْسَاءٌ.
2 كُسْءٌ الشَّهْرِ, and , The latter part of the month; its last ten days, or about that period.
3 جَاءَ فِى كُسْءِ الشَّهْرِ, and عَلَى كُسْئِهِ, He came in the latter part, or end, of the month.
4 جَاءَ عَلَى كُسْءِ الشَّهْرِ, and على أَكْسَائِهِ, and جِئْتُكَ عَلَى , [in the TA written, app. by a mistake of the transcriber, على كساءه, and فِى كُسَائِهِ, [so in the TA,] He came, and I came to thee, at the end of the month, after the whole month had passed.
5 جِئْتُ فِى أَكْسَآءِ القَوْمِ I came among the latter of the people.
6 مَرُّوا فِى أَكْسَآءِ المُنْهَزِمِينَ, and على أَكْسَائِهِمْ, They went at the heels of the routed party. رَكِبَ كُسْأَهُ He fell upon the back of his neck, or head.
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