كثب

كُثْبَةٌ ذ A portion, or quantity, of corn or other food, (or of dates, TA,) or dust, or earth, &c., (K), after it has been little. (TA.) ― -b2- Anything collected together, (K,) of corn or other food, &c., after it has been little. (S.) ― -b3- A little of milk, &c.: (A'Obeyd) or a little of water and of milk: or a gulp, or draught, remaining in a vessel: (K:) or the quantity of one milking: (S:) or the quantity that is contained in a bowl or cup of the kind called قَدَح, of milk, (AZ, S, K,) and of water: (K:) pl. كُثَبٌ. (S.) اـِحْتَلَبُوا كُثَبًا They milked a little from each ewe. (AHát.) One says of a man who comes to seek food as a guest under the pretence of demanding a woman in marriage, اـِنَّهُ لَيَخْطُبُ كُثْبَةً [ Verily he sues for a little milk, &c. ] (IAar.) -A2- A depressed tract of land between mountains. (K.)