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ك-ش-ف

The Arabic root ك-ش-ف (k-sh-f)

Form I verb كَشَفَ: to remove

19 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ش-ف, including verbs in Forms I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form VIII
اِكْتَشَفَ
to discover
Verb · Form I
كَشَفَ
to remove
Noun
كَشْف
overview
Noun
كَشَّاف
investigator
Adjective
مَكْشُوف
exposed
Verb · Form X
اِسْتَكْشَفَ
to explore
Noun
اِسْتِكْشَاف
verbal noun of اِسْتَكْشَفَ
Noun
اِكْتِشَاف
discovery

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

كَشَفَ · present يَكْشِفُ
Form I · The plain action

to remove (the cover); to reveal (a secret, a truth); to uncover (one’s face)

كَشْف
Verbal noun
overview
كَشِفَة
Verbal noun
كَاشِف
Active participle
reagent
مَكْشُوف
Passive participle
exposed
كَاشَفَ · present يُكَاشِفُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to divulge, to disclose, to reveal; to discuss, to manifest, to demonstrate, to show

مُكَاشَفَة
Verbal noun
مُكَاشِف
Active participle
مُكَاشَف
Passive participle
أَكْشَفَ · present يُكْشِفُ
Form IV · Causative

to smile big, to cause one's teeth and gums be exposed while laughing, to cause one's gums to be revealed

إِكْشَاف
Verbal noun
مُكْشِف
Active participle
مُكْشَف
Passive participle
تَكَشَّفَ · present يَتَكَشَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to cause oneself to be exposed when sitting, for private parts to be bared; to be uncovered, to be exposed, to be bared or revealed, to be made visible, shown, or displayed

تَكَشُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَكَشِّف
Active participle
مُتَكَشَّف
Passive participle
تَكَاشَفَ · present يَتَكَاشَفُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to reveal to each other

تَكَاشُف
Verbal noun
مُتَكَاشِف
Active participle
مُتَكَاشَف
Passive participle
اِنْكَشَفَ · present يَنْكَشِفُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative

to be uncovered, to be disclosed, to be unveiled; to be reconnoitered; to show oneself openly

اِنْكِشَاف
Verbal noun
being or becoming uncovered
مُنْكَشِف
Active participle
اِكْتَشَفَ · present يَكْتَشِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to discover; to find out, to uncover

اِكْتِشَاف
Verbal noun
discovery
مُكْتَشِف
Active participle
discoverer
مُكْتَشَف
Passive participle
discovered
اِسْتَكْشَفَ · present يَسْتَكْشِفُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to explore, to seek to find or discover; to investigate, to inquire into; to scout, to reconnoiter

اِسْتِكْشَاف
Verbal noun
verbal noun of اِسْتَكْشَفَ
مُسْتَكْشِف
Active participle
explorer
مُسْتَكْشَف
Passive participle
explored

Other nouns and adjectives

كَشَّاف
Noun
investigator

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