قعث

1 قَعَثْتُ لَهُ قَعْثَةً ذ , (S, O, K, * TA, *) [accord. to which last, ↓ قَعْثَةٌ is an inf. n., as also قَعْثٌ, but, if an inf. n., it is app. an inf. n. un.,] aor. قَعُثَ , (accord. to the TK, [but I think it is more probably قَعَثَ , agreeably with a general rule, like the aor. of the same verb in the next sentence,]) means حَفَنْتُ لَهُ حَفُنَةٌ, (S, O,) i. e. I gave to him a small quantity, (S, O, K, *) مِنَ الشَّىْءِ [ of the thing ]. (TA.) -A2- قَعَثَ الشَّىْءَ, aor. قَعَثَ , inf. n. قَعْثٌ, He (a man) eradicated, or uprooted, the thing; (IDrd, O, L;) and (O) so ↓ قعّثهُ, inf. n. تَقْعِيثٌ. (O, K.)