تكوسج

Arabic

Etymology

Denominal verb of كَوْسَج (kawsaj, of little beard)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.kaw.sa.d͡ʒa/

Verb

تَكَوْسَجَ • (takawsaja) IIq, non-past يَتَكَوْسَجُ‎ (yatakawsaju)

  1. (obsolete, rare) to have little beard
    • a. 1010, Abū Hilāl al-ʽAskarī, poetized:
      مَنْ طَالَت لِحْيَتُهُ تَكَوْسَجَ عَقْلُهُ
      man ṭālat liḥyatuhū takawsaja ʕaqluhū
      He of long beard is short of reason
    • 1871, Celestino Schiaparelli, “تكوسج”, in Vocabulista in arabico. Pubblicato per la prima volta sopra un codice della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze, Firenze: Tipografia dei successori Le Monnier, page 421 line 4 seq.:

Conjugation

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