Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ك ر ش (k-r-š), the noun from Proto-Semitic *kariś-.

Verb edit

كَرِشَ (kariša) I, non-past يَكْرَشُ‎ (yakrašu)

  1. (intransitive) to wrinkle, to corrugate

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

كَرَّشَ (karraša) II, non-past يُكَرِّشُ‎ (yukarrišu)

  1. (transitive) to wrinkle, to corrugate, to furrow

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

كَرِش or كِرْش (kariš or kiršf (plural أَكْرَش (ʔakraš) or كُرُوش (kurūš))

  1. paunch, fack, rumen
  2. (informal) potbelly, paunch, belly

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Gulf Arabic: كَرْش (karš, paunch)
  • Maltese: kirxa

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كرش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 26
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كرش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1095