[1]
كَسَبَ , aor.
كَسِبَ , inf. n.
كَسْبٌ (S, K, Msb)
and
كِسْبٌ (K),
He collected (wealth &c.]; (S,
K;) as also ↓
اكتسبهُ. (S.) This is the original
signification. (S.) ―
2-b2- [Hence,]
He gained, acquired, or
earned, wealth or the like; as also
↓
اكتسب. (Msb.)
كَسَبْتُ شَيْئًا and ↓
اكْتَسَبْتُهُ are
syn., [signifying
I gained a thing]. (S.) ―
2-b3-
Hence [also],
كَسَبَ and ↓
اكتسب (S, K, Msb)
and ↓
تكسّب (K)
He sought, sought after, or
sought to gain, sustenance, or
the like, (S, K,)
for his family: (Msb:) or
كَسَبَ signifies
he
got, or
obtained, or
gained, acquired, or
earned,
[
sustenance, &c.]; and ↓
اكتسب,
he applied
himself with art and diligence [
to get, or
obtain,
or
gain, acquire, or
earn, sustenance &c.;
he
laboured to earn, or
gain, sustenance]: (Sb, K:)
[so] also ↓
تكسّب is explained by
تَكَلَّفَ الكَسْبَ
he applied himself, as to a task, to gain, &c. (S.)
―
2-b4-
كَسَبَ is also said to signify, and originally,
both
he sought, or
sought after, [
sustenance]; and
he laboured in seeking, or
seeking after, sustenance. (TA.) ―
2-b5- ↓
اكتسب has a more intensive signification than
كَسَبَ; and hence, in
the last verse of the second chap. of the Kur
[
لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ To it shall be
given
what reward
it hath earned, and upon it
shall be executed
what punishment it hath drawn
upon itself], the latter is used with reference to
what is good; and the former, with reference to
what is evil. (IJ.) You say,
كَسَبَ خَيْرًا (tropical:) [
He
gained, or
earned, or
did, good]: and ↓
اكتسب
شَرًّا (tropical:) [
He gained, or
earned, or
did, evil]. (A.)
―
2-b6- [This distinction, however, is not always
observed: for]
كَسَبَ signifies,
He did either a
good or an evil deed: [because he who does so
earns, or draws upon himself, reward or punishment.] (Jel in ii. 281; and iii. 24; &c.) And
↓
اكتسب He committed an act of which he was
accusable. (Jel in xxxiii. 58.)
كَسَبَ إِثْمًا and
↓
اكتسبهُ signify
He [
committed, or]
burdened
himself with (
تَحَمَّلَ),
a sin, or
crime. (Msb.)
―
2-b7-
كَسَبَهُ مَالًا, (S, K,) and
اكسبهُ ↓
مالا, (IAar,
IAth, K,) but the former is the more approved:
the latter is by Fr and some others rejected:
(TA:)
He caused him to gain, acquire, or
earn,
wealth: (IAth, Msb:) or
he assisted him to
gain, acquire, or
earn, wealth. (IAth.)
كسبهُ
عِلْمًا He caused him to gain, or
acquire, knowledge. (Msb.) [In like manner,]
اسْتَكْسَبْتُ ↓
العَبْدَ
I caused the slave to gain, or
make gain; the
verb having here the sense of the measure
أَفْعَلْتُهُ;
like as
اِسْتَخْرَجْتُهُ signifies
أَخْرَجْتُهُ. (Msb.) [See
an ex. voce
أَدِيمٌ.] ―
2-b8-
نَهَى عَنْ كَسْبِ الإِمَاءِ [
He
(Mohammad)
forbade the making female slaves
to earn money, or
the like, (
by prostitution)].
(TA, from a trad.) ―
2-b9-
مَا كَسَبَ in the Kur
cxi, 2, is said to signify
His children. A man's
children are among the things termed his
كَسْب.
(TA.) ―
2-b10-
كَسَبَهُ عَجَبًا It occasioned, or
caused,
him to wonder. (TA, voce
أَعْجَبَ.)