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ك-ب-س

The Arabic root ك-ب-س (k-b-s)

Form I verb كَبَسَ: to press

8 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ب-س, including verbs in Forms I, II. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Noun
nightmare

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

كَبَسَ · present يَكْبِسُ
Form I · The plain action

to press, to exert pressure, to squeeze; to attack, to raid; to intercalate

كَبْس
Verbal noun
pressure
كَابِس
Active participle
مَكْبُوس
Passive participle
كَبِيس
Derived noun
preserved
كَبِيس
Derived noun
pickles
كَبَّسَ · present يُكَبِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to press hard, to squeeze hard; to massage

تَكْبِيس
Verbal noun
مُكَبِّس
Active participle
مُكَبَّس
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
nightmare
كِبْس
Noun
earth
كَبْسَة
Noun
a press

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