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كرثء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe things that are clustered, accumulated, or gathered together. It is applied to plants, hair, clouds, and even foam, suggesting a sense of density and cohesion.

Derived headwords

الْكَرِثْئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Clustered plantboth

    A plant that grows in a clustered, intertwined manner.

  2. 2.
    Foam of milkclassical

    The foam that rises from milk when ewe's milk is added and stirred.

كَرِثَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To cluster, gatherclassical

    Used to describe hair that has become abundant and intertwined.

تَكَرَّثَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To accumulate, pile upclassical

    Used to describe clouds that are accumulating and piling up.

الْكَرِثْئُadjective
  1. 1.
    Accumulated, piled upclassical

    Describing clouds that are accumulated or piled up.

Parallel reading

النبت المجتمع الملتف
The clustered, intertwined plant.
كرثأ شعر الرجل: كثر والتف
The man's hair clustered: it became abundant and intertwined.
في لغة بني أسد
In the dialect of Banu Asad.
الكرثئة: رغوة المحض إذا حلب عليه لبن شاة فارتفع
Al-karith'ah: the foam of milk when ewe's milk is added and stirred, causing it to rise.
وتكرثأ السحاب: تراكم
And the clouds accumulated: they piled up.
وكل ذلك ثلاثي عند سيبويه
And all of that is triliteral according to Sibawayh.
والكرثئ من السحاب
And the accumulated from the clouds.