Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

فَٱكْتَسَحُوهُمْ

Root: كسح

Form: 8

Full Definition

فَٱكْتَسَحُوهُمْVIII They made a hostile attack, or incursion, upon them, and took all their property.
2 إِكْتَسَحْنَا مَالَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ We took [or swept off] all the property of the sous of such a one, leaving them nothing.
3 [In like manner you say] كَسَحَ مِنَ المَالِ مَا شَآءَ [ He swept off what he pleased of the property]; as also كَثَحَ. (K, voce كَثَحَ.)


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