Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

1 كَتَّتِ القِدْرُ ذ , (S, K,) aor. كَتِ3َ , (TA,) inf. n. كَتِيتٌ, (K,) The cooking-pot boiled: (S, K:) or, made a sound in boiling: (K:) or, made a sound in boiling when the water in it was little; a lower sound than it makes when there is much water boiling in it; as though it said كَتْ كَتْ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, كَتَّتِ الجَرَّةُ الجَدِيدُ, (S,) aor. and inf. n. as above, The new jar made a sound (like كَتْ كَتْ, TA) when water was poured into it. (S.) ― -b3- كَتَّ, aor. كَتِ3َ , inf. n. كَتٌّ (TA) and كَتِيتٌ, (K,) It (نَبِيذ, K, or another thing, TA,) made a sound in boiling: (K:) or began to boil, before it boiled vehemently. (TA.) -A2- كَتَّ, aor. كَتِ3َ , (S,) inf. n. كَتِيتٌ, (S, K,) He (a بَكْر, or young camel,) uttered a cry, or a kind of braying, louder than that which is termed كَشِيشٌ: (S:) or began to utter the kind of braying termed هَدِيرٌ: (K:) As says, that when a male camel has attained the age when he makes the braying cry termed هدير, his first kind of braying is termed كشيش; and when it is a little louder, it is termed كتيت: Lth says, that he first makes the kind of braying termed كتيت; then, that termed كشيش; and then, that termed هَدِيرٌ: but Az observes, that the correct saying is that of As. (TA.) ― -b2- كَتّ, aor. كَتِ3َ , (inf. n. كَتِيتٌ, S,) He (a camel, S, K, or, as in the L, a بَكْر, or young camel,) uttered a gentle cry, (S, L, K,) between that termed كشيش and that termed هدير. (TA.) ― -b3- He (a calf) lowed. (Nh.) ― -b4- كَتَّ, aor. كَتِ3َ , (inf. n. كَتِيتٌ, K,) [ He (a man) made a sound like the gentle braying of a camel, ] by reason of rage, or wrath: (S:) or he (a man) made a a sound in his chest like that made by a بَكْر, or young camel, by reason of vehement rage, or wrath. (K, TA.) ― -b5- كَتَّ الكَلَامَ فِى أُذُنِهِ, aor. كَتُ3َ ; and ↓ أَكَتَّهُ, and ↓ اـِكْتَتَّهُ; He whispered the words in his ear. (K.) ― -b6- كُتَّنِى الحَدِيثَ, and ↓ أَكِتَّنِيهِ, Tell me the story as thou heardest it. (TA.) -A3- كَتَّ, [aor. كَتِ3َ ,] inf. n. كَتِيتٌ, (tropical:) He walked gently; at a gentle pace: or he walked with short steps, but quickly; as also ↓ كَتْكَتَ, inf. n. كَتْكَتَةٌ; and ↓ تَكَتْكَتَ. (K.) -A4- كَتَّهُ, [aor. كَتُ3َ ,] He angered him; provoked him to anger; syn. أَرْغَمَهُ. (TS, K.) ― -b2- كَتَّهُ, [aor. كَتُ3َ ,] He displeased him; grieved him; did to him what he disliked, or hated; did evil to him. (TS, K.) ― -b3- فَعَلَ بِهِ مَا كَتَّهُ He did to him what displeased him, or grieved him. (TA.) -A5- كَتَّ, aor. كَتُ3َ , inf. n. كَتٌّ, He numbered, counted, or computed, a people. Mostly used in negative phrases. (TA.) You say أَتَانَا بِجَيْشٍ مَا يُكَتُّ He came to us with an army not to be numbered, or counted, (IAar, S,) or computed, or of which the number could not be conjectured, and of which the end could not be reached. (IAar, TA.) ― -b2- لَا تَكُتُّهُ أَوْ تَكُتَّ النُّجُومَ, [in the CK, erroneously, لَا تَكُتُّهُ أَوْ لَا تَكُتُّ النُّجُومَ,] Thou canst not number it, [ unless thou canst number the stars ]. A proverb. (K.)

4 أَكْتَ3َ see 1.

6 تكاتّو عَلَيْهِ ذ They pressed together, or crowded together, upon it, with crying, or noise: from الكَتِيتُ. Occurring in a trad., as related and explained by Z; but the word commonly known is تكابّوا, with ب. (TA.)

8 اكتتّ ذ , inf. n. اـِكْتِتَاتٌ, He listened; syn. اـِسْتَمَعَ. (K.) ― -b2- اكتتّ الحَدِيثَ مِنِّى He heard the story from me like as I heard it. (TA.) See 1.

R. Q. 1 كَتْكَتَ ذ , inf. n. كَتْكَتَةٌ, (in the K, كَتْكَتٌ, which is a mistake, TA,) It (a حُبَارَى, or bustard,) uttered its cry. (L, K, &c.) -A2- كَتْكَتَ, inf. n. كَتْكَتَةٌ, (S, &c.,) He laughed gently, or lowly: (K:) كتكتة, in laughing, is less than قَهْقَهَةٌ: (S:) or like what is termed حَنِينٌ. (Th, El-Ahmar.) ― -b2- كَتْكَتَ فِى ضَحِكِهِ He laughed vehemently, immoderately, or excessively; i. q. أَغْرَبَ, q. v. (A.) -A3- See also 1.

R. Q. 2 تَكَتْكَتَ ذ : see 1.

كَتٌّ ذ A man or woman having little flesh: you say رَجُلٌ كَتٌّ and اـِمْرَأَةٌ كَتٌّ. (TA.)

كَتَّةٌ ذ Green produce of land. (TS, K.)

كُتَّةٌ ذ The worst, or vilest, of camels, or similar property; syn. رُذَالُ المَالِ. (Fr, K.) ― -b2- كَتَّةً a [gen?] proper name of A bad she-goat. (Fr, K.)

كَتِيتٌ ذ : see 1. -A2- (tropical:) A niggardly, stingy, man: (K:) as also كَتِيتُ اليَدَيْنِ: (TA:) from كَتِيتُ القِدْرِ: [see 1:] (IJ:) or a niggardly, stingy, man, of bad disposition, and rageful, or wrathful. (T.)

كَتِيتَةٌ ذ i. q. عَصِيدَةٌ [q. v.] (TS, K.)

كُتْكُتُ ذ and كُتْكُتَى, both imperfectly declinable, A certain game. (TS, K.)

كَتْكَاتٌ ذ (tropical:) One who walks gently; at a gentle pace: or who walks with short steps, but quickly. (TA.) -A2- A man who talks much (K) and quickly. (TA.)

Q. Q. 1 كَنْتَأَتِ اللِّحْيَةُ ذ : see كَثَأَت.

كَتْأَةٌ ذ A plant resembling the جِرْجِيرٌ, [or rocket ], (K,) which is cooked and eaten. (TA.) But AM says it is كَثْأَةٌ, with ث; and it is also called نَهْقٌ, accord. to Aboo-Málik and others. (TA.)

كِنْتَأْوُ ذ (but accord. to some, this is from كنت) A strong rope. (K.) [But see art. كدأ.] ― -b2- Also, A man having a large and thick, or a handsome, beard. (K.) Said to be a dial. form of كِنْثَأْوٌ. (TA.)

1 كَتَبَهُ ذ , aor. كَتُبَ , inf. n. كَتْبٌ and كِتَابٌ and كِتَابَةٌ (S, K) and كِتْبَةٌ; (Msb;) the first of these inf. ns. agreeable with analogy; the second, anomalous; (TA;) or the latter of these two is a subst., like لِبَاسٌ; (Lh;) or originally an inf. n., and afterwards used in the senses given below; (MF;) as also كِتَابَةٌ, and كِتْبَةٌ: (TA:) and ↓ كتّبهُ (K) and ↓ اكتتبهُ; (S, K;) He wrote it: (S, K:) or كَتَبَهُ has this signification; and ↓ اكتتبهُ, as also ↓ استكتبهُ, signifies he asked [one] to dictate it (اـِسْتَمْلَاهُ): (K:) ↓ اـِكْتَتَبَهَا in the Kur, xxv. 6, signifies he hath written them (S) for himself: (Bd:) or he hath asked [one] to write them for him, or to dictate them to him. (TA, Bd.) ― -b2- كَتَبَ عَنْهُ [ He wrote what he had heard, or learned from him. ] A phrase of common occurrence in biographies. ― -b3- كَتَبَ [ He was a writer, or scribe, and a learned man. (Implied in the S, where we are referred to the Kur, lii. 41, and lxviii., 47, in illustration of كَاتِبٌ as signifying “ a learned man. ”)] -A2- كَتَبَ, aor. كَتُبَ , inf. n. كِتَابٌ, q. v., (assumed tropical:) He (God) prescribed, appointed, or ordained, (TA,) and made obligatory. (Msb.) كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ القِصَاصُ The law of retaliation is prescribed, appointed, or ordained, as a law of which the observance is incumbent on you. (Kur, ii. 173.] كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ Fasting is prescribed as incumbent on you. [Kur. ii. 179.] (TA.) ― -b2- كَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ كَذَا (tropical:) He judged, passed sentence, or decreed, against him that he should do such a thing. (A.) كتب القَاضِى بِالنَّفَقَةِ The judge gave sentence that the expenses should be paid. (Msb.) -A3- كَتَبَ, aor. كَتُبَ , inf. n. كَتْبٌ, He drew together; brought together; conjoined. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, كَتَبَ البَغْلَةَ, aor. كَتُبَ and كَتِبَ , inf. n. كَتْبٌ, He conjoined the oræ of the mule's vulva by means of a ring or a thong; (S;) as also كَتَبَ عَلَيْهَا. (A.) كَتَبَ, aor. كَتُبَ and كَتِبَ , (K,) inf. n. كَتْبٌ; and كَتَبَ عَلَيْهَا; (TA;) He closed the camel's vulva, (K,) and put a ring upon it: (TA:) or he put a ring of iron or the like upon it, (K,) conjoining the oræ, in order that she might not be covered. (TA.) ― -b3- كَتَبَ, aor. كَتُبَ , inf. n. كَتْبٌ; (S;) and ↓ اكتتب; (K;) He sewed a قِرْبَة, (S,) or a سِقَاآء, (K,) or a مَزَادَة, (TA,) with two thongs: (K:) or, accord. to some, he closed it at the mouth, by binding it round with a وِكَاء, so that nothing [ of its contents ] should drop from it; (TA;) [as also ↓ اكتب:] or كتب signifies he sewed a قربة; and ↓ اكتب, he bound it with a وكاآء, i. e. bound it round the upper part. (Lh.) ― -b4- كَتَبَ, aor. كَتُبَ , inf. n. كَتْبٌ; (S;) and ↓ اكتب (S, K) and ↓ اكتتب (TA) (tropical:) He bound a قِرْبَة with a وِكَاء; (S;) he bound it round the head, or upper part: (K:) or the first of these verbs signifies he sewed a قربة. (Lh.) See above. IAar says, I heard an Arab of the desert say, أَكْتَبْتُ فَمَ ↓ السِّقَاء فَلَمْ يَسْتَكْتِبْ I bound the mouth of the سقاء, but it did not become fast bound, or closed, because of its hardness and thickness. (TA.) -A4- كَتَبَ النَّاقَةَ He used art to make the she-camel take a liking to that which was not her own young one, and put something as a ring through her nostrils, lest she should smell the بَوّ, (in some copies of the K, بَوْل; but this is a mistake; TA,) and not have a fondness for it. (TA.) -A5- كَتَبَ (tropical:) He collected a كَتِيبَة. (TA.) See also 2.

2 كَتَّبَ See 1 and 4 -A2- كتّب النَّاقَةَ, inf. n. تَكْتِيبٌ, He tied the udder of the camel. (AZ, S.) -A3- كتّب الكَتَائِبَ, inf. n. تَكْتِيبٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ كَتَبَهَا; (TA;) (tropical:) He prepared the troops; (K;) he disposed the troops in order, troop by troop. (S.)

3 مُكَاتَبَةٌ ذ and ↓ تَكَاتُبٌ are syn.: (S, K:) you say, كاتب صَدِيقَهُ He wrote to his friend: and ↓ تكاتبا They wrote, one to the other. (TA.) ― -b2- كاتبهُ, inf. n. مُكَاتَبَةٌ (Az, K, Msb) and كِتَابٌ, (Az, Msb,) (tropical:) He (a slave) made a written [or other] contract with him (his master), that he (the former) should pay a certain sum as the price of himself, and on the payment thereof be free: (K, &c.:) also he (a master) made such a contract with him (his slave): (Az, Msb, &c.:) and ↓ تكاتبا They two made such a contract, one with the other. (Msb.) The slave in this case is called مُكَاتَبٌ (S, Msb) and also مُكَاتِبٌ; and so is the master; the act being mutual. (Msb.) [But the lawyers in the present day call the slave مُكَاتَبٌ only; and the master, مُكَاتِبٌ.] الكِتَابَةُ, signifying “ what is written, ” is tropically used by the professors of practical law as syn. with المُكَاتَبَةُ, because the contract above mentioned was generally written; and is so used by them when nothing is written. It was thus called in the age of el-Islám, accord. to Az. These two words are said by Z to be syn.; but it is thought that he may have written the former by mistake for الكِتَابُ, adding the ة by a slip of the pen. (Msb.)

4 اكتب ذ He dictated. (S, K.) Ex. أَكْتِبْنِى هٰذِهِ القَصِيدَةَ Dictate to me this ode. (S.) ― -b2- اكتب and ↓ كتّب He taught the art of writing. (K.) -A2- See also 1, in three places.

5 تكتّب ذ (tropical:) He girded himself, and drew together his garments upon him. (TA.) -A2- تكتّب (tropical:) It (an army, S) collected itself together. (S, K.)

6 تَكَاْتَبَ see 3.

8 اـِكْتَتَبَ See 1. ― -b2- كِتْبَةٌ [is a quasi-inf. n. of 8; syn. with اـِكْتِتَابٌ; and is explained as signifying] The writing a book, transcribing it [ from another book ]: (اـِكْتِتَابُكَ كِتَابًا تَنْسَخُهُ). (K.) ― -b3- It also signifies, [as a quasi-inf. n. of 8,] The writing one's name in [ the list of those who receive ] stipend and maintenance (الكتتاب فى الفرض والرزق [اصحاب]). (TA.) ― -b4- اكتتب He registered himself in the book of the Sultán's army-list, or stipendiaries. (S, K.) اـِكْتَتَبْتُ فِى غَزْوَةِ كَذَا I wrote down my name in the list of the soldiers of such an expedition. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b5- اكتتب كِتَابًا He asked for a book (or the like ) to be written for him. (TA.) See also 10. -A2- اكتتب (tropical:) His urine was suppressed. (TA.) ― -b2- اكتتب بَطْنُهُ (tropical:) He was constipated, or costive; (TA;) his belly was constipated. (K.)

10 استكتبهُ شَيْئًا ذ He asked him to write a thing for him. (S.) See also 1 and 8. -A2- With reference to a سِقَاء (or skin), see 1.

كُتْبَةٌ ذ (tropical:) A thong with which one sews (K) a مَزَادَة or a قِرْبَة: pl. كُتَبٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- That with which the vulva of a camel (or of a mule, TA,) is closed in order that she may not be covered: (K:) pl. كُتَبٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- A seam or suture, (KL, PS,) in a skin or hide; (KL;) [app. made by sewing together two edges so that one laps over the other; ] a خُرْزَةٌ (S, Mgh, K) whereof the thong conjoins the two faces [or sides ]: (K:) or a خرزة that is joined together with a thong: (Lth:) or that whereof the thong conjoins each of the two faces [or sides ]: (ISd, TA:) pl. كُتَبٌ. (S, Mgh.)

كِتْبَةٌ ذ : see 1 and 8. ― -b2- [Also, agreeably with analogy, A mode, or manner, of writing. ]

[ كُتُبِىٌّ ذ , meaning A bookseller, is a vulgar term, like صُحُفِىٌّ: by rule it should be كِتَابِىٌّ.]

كِتَابٌ ذ [inf. n. of 1, q. v. ― -b2- as a subst.,] A thing in which, or on which, one writes: [ a book: ] a written piece of paper or [ a record, or register; and a written mandate; ] of skin: (K:) a writing, or writ, or thing written; as also ↓ كَتِيبَةٌ: and both are applied also to the revelation from above: and to a letter, or epistle, which a person writes and sends: sometimes made fem., as meaning صَحِيفَةٌ: AA says, I heard an Arab of the desert, of El-Yemen, say, فُلَانٌ لَغُوبٌ جَاآءَتْهُ كِتَابِى فَا@حْتَقَرَهَا Such a one is stupid: my letter came to him, and he despised it: so I said, Dost thou say, جاءته كتابى? and he replied, Is it not a صحيفة? (Msb.) Pl. كُتُبٌ and كُتْبٌ. (S.) ― -b3- A revealed scripture. (Msb.) [Whence أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ People having a revealed scripture: and أَهْلُ الكِتَابِ The people of the Bible. See also أَهْلٌ.] الكتاب signifies The تَوْراة, or Pentateuch, or Mosaic Law: (K:) and the Gospel, or Book of the Gospels: the Scriptures of the Jews and Christians: (Expositions of the Kur, passim:) and the Kur-án. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 3. -A2- كِتَابٌ [inf. n., or subst.: see 1] Divine prescript, appointment, or ordinance: judgment, or sentence: fatal decree, or predestination. (S, K.) لَأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللّٰهِ I will assuredly determine, or judge, between you two according to the judgment, or sentence, of God, which hath been revealed in his book. A trad., not relating to the Kur-án. (TA.) El-Jaadee says, يَا ا@بْنَةَ عَمِّى كِتَابُ اللّٰهِ أَخْرَجَنِى عَنْكُمْ وَهَلْ أَمْنَفَنَّ اللّٰهَ مَا فَعَلَا [ O daughter of my paternal uncle! the decree of God hath expelled me from you: and could I indeed forbid God to do what He hath done? ] (S.) [Hence,] الكِتَابُ الأَوَّلُ [ The first writing; meaning the register of God's decrees ]. (M and K voce مَحْبَلٌ, q. v.) ― -b2- A receptacle for ink. (K).

قِرْبَةٌ كَتِيبٌ ذ A skin that is sewed (S) with two thongs: (TA:) and the same, and ↓ مُكْتَبٌ, (S,) and ↓ مُكْتَتَبٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) A skin bound with a وِكَاء; (S;) closed at the mouth, by its being bound with a وِكَاء, so that nothing [ of its contents ] may drop from it. (TA.)

كِتَابَةٌ ذ subst. from 1; signifying The art of writing. (IAar, Msb.) ― -b2- See also 3.

كَتِيبَةٌ ذ see كِتَابٌ. -A2- An army; a military force: (S, K:) or a collected portion thereof; (Msb;) [ a body of troops; a corps: ] or a troop: or a troop of horse making a hostile attack or incursion, in number from a hundred to a thousand: (K:) pl. كَتَائِبُ. (S.)

كُتَّابٌ ذ , see مَكْتَبٌ -A2- The same, (S, K,) as also كُثَّابٌ, q. v., but the former is the more approved: (S: the reverse, however, is said in the TA; and MF says that some authors altogether reject كتّاب, with ت, in the sense here following:) A kind of small, round-headed, arrow, with which boys learn to shoot. (S, K.)

كَاتِبٌ ذ [ A writer; a scribe; a secretary ]: pl. كَاتِبُونَ and كُتَّابٌ and كَتَبَةٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- A learned man (S, K) was so called by the Arabs, (IAar,) because, in general, he who knew the art of writing was possessed of science and knowledge; and writers among them were few. (TA.)

مَكْتَبٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ كُتَّابٌ (Lth, S, &c.) A school; a place where the art of writing is taught: (S, K, &c.:) accord. to Mbr and F, the assigning this signification to the latter word is an error; it being a pl. of كَاتِبٌ, and signifying, accord. to Mbr, the boys of a school: in the A it is said, this word is said to signify the boys; not the place: but Esh-Shiháb says, in the Sharh esh-Shifa, that it occurs in this sense in the classical language, and is not to be regarded as a postclassical word: it is said to be originally a pl. of كَاتِبٌ, and to be fig. employed to signify a school. (TA.) Pl. of the former مَكَاتِبُ; (TA;) and of the latter كَتَاتِيبُ. (S.)

مُكْتَبٌ ذ : see كَتِيبٌ.

مُكْتِبٌ ذ A teacher of the art of writing. (S.)

بغلة مَكْتُوبَةٌ ذ , and مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهَا, A mule that has the oræ of her vulva conjoined by means of a ring or a thong. (A.) See also 1.

مُكَتَّبٌ ذ A bunch of grapes and the like of which a part has been eaten. (K, TA.)

مُكْتَتَبٌ ذ : see كَتِيبٌ.

مُكْتَوْتِبٌ ذ Swollen, and full. (K.)

كَتَدٌ ذ and كَتِدٌ [The upper part of the back, above, or between, the shoulders: ] the part where the two shoulder-blades come [or approach ] together; in a man and a horse (L, K) and a lion: (L:) or the part between the base of the neck and the shoulder-blades: (A:) or the part between the كَاهِل [app. here signifying the bas of the neck ] and the back; (S, L, K;) as also ثَبَجٌ: (L:) or the part between the مُثَبَّج [or place where the pastor puts his stick, or staff, upon his back, putting his arms and hands behind it, ] and the middle of the كاهل [which app. here signifies the portion of the back comprising its six upper vertebræ ]: or the part from the base of the neck to the bottom of the shoulder-blades, comprising the كَاثِبَة and ثبج and كاهل: (L:) or the كاهل itself: (L, K:) or the upper part of the shoulder-blade: (L:) pl. أَكْتَادٌ and كُتُودٌ. (L, K.) ― -b2- نَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى الأَكْبَادِ فَضْلًا عَنِ الأَكْتَادِ [ We will carry it upon the livers; much more upon the upper parts of the backs ]. (A.) ― -b3- وَلَّوْهُمْ أَكْتَادَهُمْ They turned their backs upon them, retreating and routed. (A.) ― -b4- الكَتَدُ (tropical:) A certain star, (S, L, K) [g] in the part called the كتد of the constellation Leo. (L.) ― -b5- هُمْ أَكْتَادٌ They are companies, or congregated bodies: (L, K:) or, distinct bodies, or parties, or troops: as also أَكْدَادٌ: (L:) or, like each other; (L, K:) not differing, one from another: (TA:) or, quick, or swift, one party of them following immediately after another: (L, K:) اكتاد has no sing.: (K:) it is said to be either أَكْدَادٌ mispronounced, or a dial. form of this latter word. (MF.)

أَكْتَدُ ذ Having the place called the كَتَد prominent. (L, K.)

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1 كَثَّ ذ , [aor. كَثِ3َ ,] inf. n. كَثَاثَةٌ, It (a thing) became thick, or dense. (S.) ― -b2- كَثَّ, aor. كَثِ3َ , inf. n. كُثُوثَةٌ and كَثَاثَةٌ; and كَثَّ, originally كَثِثَ, aor. كَثَ3َ , inf. n. كَثَثٌ; It (hair) became thick, or dense, without being long. (Msb.) ― -b3- كَثَّتِ اللِّحْيَةُ, (aor. كَثِ3َ , TA, or كَثُ3َ , A,) inf. n. كَثَاثَةٌ and كُثُوثَةٌ and كَثَثٌ, (and كَثٌّ, TA,) The beard became thick, or dense; and short and crisp; (K;) not spreading. (TA.) -A2- كَثَّ بِسَلْحِهِ Alvum dejecit. (K.)

4 اكثّ ذ and ↓ كَثْكَثَ He became thick, or dense, in the beard. (K.)

R. Q. 1 see 4.

كَثٌّ ذ Thick, or dense. (K.) ― -b2- لِحْيَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, (IDrd, S, K,) and ↓ كَثَّاآءُ, (S, K,) A thick, or dense, beard. (IDrd, &c.) ― -b3- رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ, (S, K,) and اللحية ↓ كَثِيثُ, (K,) and ↓ رَجُلٌ أَكَثُّ, (Lth,) and كَثٌّ, (Lth, K,) A man having a thick, or dense, beard; (S, K;) not one that is thin or long. (TA.) You say قَوْمٌ كُثٌّ, A thick-bearded people: (S. K:) [كُثٌّ being pl. of كَثٌّ:] like as you say رَجُلٌ صَدْقُ اللِّقَاآءِ, and قَوْمٌ صُدْقٌ: (S:) [or of أَكَثُّ:] كِثَاثٌ is also pl. of كَثٌ. (K.) ― -b4- اـِمْرَأَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, and ↓ كَثَّاآءُ, A woman having thick, or dense, hair. (IDrd.) ― -b5- By اللِّهَمَ الكِثَاثَ, occurring in a verse cited in art. حوث, is meant [ The thick, or dense, ] plants. (TA.) ― -b6- Thaalabeh Ibn-'Obeyd El-'Adawee applies the epithet كَثَّة to palm-trees, using the expression كَثَّةُ الأَوْبَارِ; thus likening them to camels. (TA.) ― -b7- قُدُومُهُ عَلَى كَثِّ مَنْخِرِهِ i. q. عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِهِ [ His coming is in spite of himself ]. (TA.)

كثاث ذ [so in the L and TA: in the former, in a restored portion of a leaf:] Dust: mentioned by El-Khattábee as being considered by him not of established authority. (TA.)

كَثَاثَاءُ ذ Land (أَرْضٌ) abounding in dust. (K.)

كَاثٌّ ذ What grows from that which is scattered, or from that which falls about, of what is reaped. (K.) [See also زِرِّيعٌ.]