كَشْف
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Present tense
يَكْشِفُ
Verbal nouns
كَشْف، كَشِفَة
Active participle
كَاشِف
Passive participle
مَكْشُوف
Most common words from the same root
Noun
كَشْف
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Noun
كَشَّاف
investigator
Adjective
مَكْشُوف
exposed
Verb · Form X
اِسْتَكْشَفَ
to explore
Noun
اِسْتِكْشَاف
verbal noun of اِسْتَكْشَفَ
كَشَفَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to remove (the cover)
- to reveal (a secret, a truth)
- to uncover (one’s face)
- to detect, to discover (a disease, a tumor)
- to expose (a wound)
- to publish, to communicate
- to investigate (the facts of a case)
- to reconnoiter
- to visit (عَلَى (ʕalā) a sick person)
- to remove, to relieve, to lift off of or pick up something from another thing, to free or let out
Words from the root ك-ش-ف
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
كَشَفَ
· present يَكْشِفُ
Form I · The plain action
to remove (the cover); to reveal (a secret, a truth); to uncover (one’s face)
كَشِفَة
كَاشِف
reagent
مَكْشُوف
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
مُكَاشِف
مُكَاشَف
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
مُكْشِف
مُكْشَف
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
مُتَكَشِّف
مُتَكَشَّف
تَكَاشَفَ
· present يَتَكَاشَفُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to reveal to each other
تَكَاشُف
مُتَكَاشِف
مُتَكَاشَف
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
being or becoming uncovered
مُنْكَشِف
اِكْتَشَفَ
· present يَكْتَشِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to discover; to find out, to uncover
اِكْتِشَاف
discovery
مُكْتَشِف
discoverer
مُكْتَشَف
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 of اِسْتَكْشَفَ
مُسْتَكْشِف
explorer
مُسْتَكْشَف
explored
كَشَّاف
investigator
كَشَفَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كَشَفْتُ | أَكْشِفُ | أَكْشِفَ | أَكْشِفْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كَشَفْتَ | تَكْشِفُ | تَكْشِفَ | تَكْشِفْ | اِكْشِفْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كَشَفْتِ | تَكْشِفِينَ | تَكْشِفِي | تَكْشِفِي | اِكْشِفِي |
| هُوَ he | كَشَفَ | يَكْشِفُ | يَكْشِفَ | يَكْشِفْ | — |
| هِيَ she | كَشَفَتْ | تَكْشِفُ | تَكْشِفَ | تَكْشِفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كَشَفْتُمَا | تَكْشِفَانِ | تَكْشِفَا | تَكْشِفَا | اِكْشِفَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَشَفَا | يَكْشِفَانِ | يَكْشِفَا | يَكْشِفَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَشَفَتَا | تَكْشِفَانِ | تَكْشِفَا | تَكْشِفَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | كَشَفْنَا | نَكْشِفُ | نَكْشِفَ | نَكْشِفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كَشَفْتُمْ | تَكْشِفُونَ | تَكْشِفُوا | تَكْشِفُوا | اِكْشِفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كَشَفْتُنَّ | تَكْشِفْنَ | تَكْشِفْنَ | تَكْشِفْنَ | اِكْشِفْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَشَفُوا | يَكْشِفُونَ | يَكْشِفُوا | يَكْشِفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كَشَفْنَ | يَكْشِفْنَ | يَكْشِفْنَ | يَكْشِفْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | كَشْف، كَشِفَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | كَاشِف |
| Passive participle | مَكْشُوف |
كَشَفَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
هُمْ كَشَفُوا عَوْرَتَهَا. أَخَذُوا بَنِيهَا وَبَنَاتِهَا، وَذَبَحُوهَا بِالسَّيْفِ، فَصَارَتْ عِبْرَةً لِلنِّسَاءِ. وَأَجْرَوْا عَلَيْهَا حُكْمًا.These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.Ezekiel 23:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَإِذْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَقْتَرِبُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْجَمْعِ، كَشَفُوا السَّقْفَ حَيْثُ كَانَ. وَبَعْدَ مَا نَقَبُوهُ دَلَّوُا السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي كَانَ الْمَفْلُوجُ مُضْطَجِعًا عَلَيْهِ.And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.Mark 2:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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