كِسْرٌ
Root: كسر
Full Definition
كِسْرٌ
and
كَسْرٌ , the latter of which is [said to be] of higher authority (أَعْلَى) than the former, [but this is doubtful, for the former is certainly the more common,]
2 كِسرُ قَبِيحٍ, and قَبِيحٍ, The bone of the سَاعِد [here meaning the upper half of the arm, from the part next the middle to the elbow. [See also قَبِيحٌ. And كسر حَسَنٍ signifies The upper part of that bone.]
3 Also كِسْرٌ and كَسْرٌ The side of a بَيْت [or tent]: or the part of [each of] the two sides thereof that descends from the طَرِيقَتَانِ [app. meaning the two outer poles of the middle row]; every tent having two such, on the right and left: or the lowest شُقَّة [or oblong piece of cloth] of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَآء: or the part of that شقّه which is folded or creased (تَكَسَّرَ وَتَثَنَّى) upon the ground: or the lowest شقّة of a بَيْت [or tent], that is next the ground, from where its two sides are folded (مِنْ حَيْثُ يُكْسَرُ جَانِبَاهُ), on thy right hand, and thy left.
4 Also, or كَسْرٌ [only], [but for this limitation there appears no reason,] A side of anything; as, [for instance,] of a desert: pl. أَكْسَارٌ and كُسُورٌ [app. in all the senses: see above].
5 قِدْرٌ كِسْرٌ, and أَكْسَارٌ, and إِنَآءٌ أَكْسَارٌ, and جَفْنَةٌ أَكْسَارٌ, A cooking-pot, and a vessel, and a bowl, large, and [composed of several pieces] joined together: because of its greatness or its oldness: as though, in the second and following phrases, the term كسر applied to every distinct part of it.
6 See also كُسُورٌ, below.
2 كِسرُ قَبِيحٍ, and قَبِيحٍ, The bone of the سَاعِد [here meaning the upper half of the arm, from the part next the middle to the elbow. [See also قَبِيحٌ. And كسر حَسَنٍ signifies The upper part of that bone.]
3 Also كِسْرٌ and كَسْرٌ The side of a بَيْت [or tent]: or the part of [each of] the two sides thereof that descends from the طَرِيقَتَانِ [app. meaning the two outer poles of the middle row]; every tent having two such, on the right and left: or the lowest شُقَّة [or oblong piece of cloth] of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَآء: or the part of that شقّه which is folded or creased (تَكَسَّرَ وَتَثَنَّى) upon the ground: or the lowest شقّة of a بَيْت [or tent], that is next the ground, from where its two sides are folded (مِنْ حَيْثُ يُكْسَرُ جَانِبَاهُ), on thy right hand, and thy left.
4 Also, or كَسْرٌ [only], [but for this limitation there appears no reason,] A side of anything; as, [for instance,] of a desert: pl. أَكْسَارٌ and كُسُورٌ [app. in all the senses: see above].
5 قِدْرٌ كِسْرٌ, and أَكْسَارٌ, and إِنَآءٌ أَكْسَارٌ, and جَفْنَةٌ أَكْسَارٌ, A cooking-pot, and a vessel, and a bowl, large, and [composed of several pieces] joined together: because of its greatness or its oldness: as though, in the second and following phrases, the term كسر applied to every distinct part of it.
6 See also كُسُورٌ, below.
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