كَسْو
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Highlights
Present tense
يَكْسُو
Verbal noun
كَسْو
Active participle
كَاسٍ
Passive participle
مَكْسُوّ
كَسَا in English
Verb · Form I
- to clothe, to attire ditransitive
كَسَتِ ٱلْأُمُّ ٱبْنَهَا ثَوْبًاThe mother clothed her son with a garment.
- to cover
اَلْعَرَقُ يَكْسُوهُThe sweat covers him.كَسَا ٱلثَّلْجُ ٱلْجِبَالَThe snow covered the mountains.
Word origin
From root ك س و (k s w). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew כָּסָה (kāsâ, “to cover, conceal”).
Words from the root ك-س-و
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كَسَا
· present يَكْسُو
Form I · The plain action
to clothe, to attire; to cover
كَاسٍ
مَكْسُوّ
كِسَاء
garment
كُسْوَة
clothes
كَسَا conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كَسَوْتُ | أَكْسُو | أَكْسُوَ | أَكْسُ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كَسَوْتَ | تَكْسُو | تَكْسُوَ | تَكْسُ | اُكْسُ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كَسَوْتِ | تَكْسِينَ | تَكْسِي | تَكْسِي | اُكْسِي |
| هُوَ he | كَسَا | يَكْسُو | يَكْسُوَ | يَكْسُ | — |
| هِيَ she | كَسَتْ | تَكْسُو | تَكْسُوَ | تَكْسُ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كَسَوْتُمَا | تَكْسُوَانِ | تَكْسُوَا | تَكْسُوَا | اُكْسُوَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَسَوَا | يَكْسُوَانِ | يَكْسُوَا | يَكْسُوَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَسَتَا | تَكْسُوَانِ | تَكْسُوَا | تَكْسُوَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | كَسَوْنَا | نَكْسُو | نَكْسُوَ | نَكْسُ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كَسَوْتُمْ | تَكْسُونَ | تَكْسُوا | تَكْسُوا | اُكْسُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كَسَوْتُنَّ | تَكْسُونَ | تَكْسُونَ | تَكْسُونَ | اُكْسُونَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَسَوْا | يَكْسُونَ | يَكْسُوا | يَكْسُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كَسَوْنَ | يَكْسُونَ | يَكْسُونَ | يَكْسُونَ | — |
| Verbal noun | كَسْو |
|---|---|
| Active participle | كَاسٍ |
| Passive participle | مَكْسُوّ |
كَسَا in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to clothe
كَسَتِ ٱلْأُمُّ ٱبْنَهَا ثَوْبًاThe mother clothed her son with a garment.
to cover
اَلْعَرَقُ يَكْسُوهُThe sweat covers him.
to cover
كَسَا ٱلثَّلْجُ ٱلْجِبَالَThe snow covered the mountains.
From a fully vowelled text
وَمَتَى رَأَيْنَاكَ غَرِيبًا فَآوَيْنَاكَ، أَوْ عُرْيَانًا فَكَسَوْنَاكَ؟When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?Matthew 25:38, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
عُرْيَانًا فَكَسَوْتُمُونِي. مَرِيضًا فَزُرْتُمُونِي. مَحْبُوسًا فَأَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيَّ.Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.Matthew 25:36, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
كُنْتُ غَرِيبًا فَلَمْ تَأْوُونِي. عُرْيَانًا فَلَمْ تَكْسُونِي. مَرِيضًا وَمَحْبُوسًا فَلَمْ تَزُورُونِي.I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.Matthew 25:43, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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