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كثء

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the process of frothing, skimming, or rising to the surface, particularly in liquids like boiling pots or milk. It also extends to meanings of abundance, thickness, and growth in plants and hair.

Derived headwords

كثأتverb
  1. 1.
    frothboth

    The pot frothed due to boiling.

كثأnoun
  1. 1.
    frothboth

    The froth of a pot.

  2. 2.
    skimmed frothclassical

    It is said: Take the froth of your pot and its skimmed froth, which is what rises from it after it boils.

كثأةnoun
  1. 1.
    frothboth

    The froth of milk, its scum on top of the water.

  2. 2.
    thickened creamclassical

    It is said to be when its fat and curd rise to the top.

  3. 3.
    mallowclassical

    The mallow plant.

  4. 4.
    leekclassical

    The leek plant.

  5. 5.
    rocket seedsclassical

    The seeds of rocket.

كثأverb
  1. 1.
    frothboth

    Milk frothed and separated, with the water clearing from beneath the milk.

كثعverb
  1. 1.
    frothboth

    Milk frothed and separated, with the water clearing from beneath the milk.

  2. 2.
    thicken and skimclassical

    It means to thicken and have its fat rise to the top.

كثعnoun
  1. 1.
    frothboth

    The froth and scum that rises.

  2. 2.
    thickened creamclassical

    It is the froth and scum that rises.

كثأتverb
  1. 1.
    ate the skimmed frothclassical

    She ate what was on top of the milk.

الكثءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of dried cheeseclassical

    A type of dried cheese (aqt) that thickens in the pot and solidifies, having a thick top and yellowish liquid below.

أكثأتverb
  1. 1.
    became abundantclassical

    The land became abundant with its froth/growth.

كثأverb
  1. 1.
    grewboth

    The plant and wool grew and emerged.

  2. 2.
    thickenedboth

    The plant became thick, dense, and tall.

كاثئadjective
  1. 1.
    growingboth

    Growing and emerging.

  2. 2.
    thickboth

    Thick, dense, and tall.

كثأverb
  1. 1.
    thickenedboth

    The crops became thick and dense.

تكثئةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickeningboth

    The process of thickening, as with milk, wool, or plants.

  2. 2.
    growthboth

    The process of growth, as with a beard.

كثأتverb
  1. 1.
    grew thickboth

    The beard grew thick.

أكثأتverb
  1. 1.
    grew thickboth

    The beard grew thick.

كنثأتverb
  1. 1.
    grew thickclassical

    The beard grew thick.

كنثأةnoun
  1. 1.
    thick beardclassical

    A thick beard.

كنثاءadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-beardedclassical

    Having a thick beard.

كنثؤهاnoun
  1. 1.
    its thicknessclassical

    The thickness of the beard.

Parallel reading

كثأت القدر كثأ: أزبدت للغلي.
The pot frothed, كثأ: it frothed from boiling.
خذ كثأة قدرك وكثأتها، وهو ما ارتفع منها بعد ما تغلي
Take the froth of your pot and its skimmed froth, which is what rises from it after it boils.
وكثأة اللبن: طفاوته فوق الماء، وقيل: هو أن يعلو دسمه وخثورته رأسه.
And the froth of milk is its scum on top of the water, and it is said: it is when its fat and curd rise to its head.
وقد كثأ اللبن وكثع، يكثأ كثأ إذا ارتفع فوق الماء وصفا الماء من تحت اللبن.
And milk has frothed and separated, it froths and separates when it rises above the water and the water becomes clear from beneath the milk.
ويقال: كثأ وكثع إذا خثر وعلاه دسمه، وهو الكثأة والكثعة.
And it is said: كثأ and كثع when it thickens and its fat rises to the top, and it is الكثأة and الكثعة.
ويقال: كثأت إذا أكلت ما على رأس اللبن.
And it is said: كثأت when she ate what was on top of the milk.
من الأقط الكثء، وهو ما يكثأ في القدر وينصب، ويكون أعلاه غليظا وأسفله ماء أصفر
Among the dried cheeses is الكثء, which is what thickens in the pot and solidifies, its top being thick and its bottom yellowish water.
أكثأت الأرض: كثرت كثأتها.
The land became abundant with its growth (كثأتها).
وكثأ النبت والوبر يكثأ كثأ، وهو كاثئ: نبت وطلع، وقيل كثف وغلظ وطال.
And the plant and wool grew and emerged (يكثأ كثأ), and it is كاثئ: it grew and emerged, and it is said it became dense, thick, and tall.
وكثأ الزرع: غلظ والتف.
And the crops thickened and became dense (غلظ والتف).
وكثأ اللبن والوبر والنبت تكثئة، وكذلك كثأت اللحية وأكثأت وكنثأت.
And milk, wool, and plants thickened (تكثئة), and likewise the beard thickened (كثأت) and grew thick (أكثأت) and grew thick (كنثأت).
وأنت امرؤ قد كثأت لك لحية، ... كأنك منها قاعد في جوالق
And you are a man whose beard has grown thick, ... as if you are sitting in sacks because of it.
ويروى كنثأت.
And it is narrated كنثأت.