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كحط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root is presented as a variant of the root قحط (qaḥaṭa), meaning drought or scarcity. The entry suggests that the initial 'k' (ك) in 'kaḥaṭa' might be a substitution for the 'q' (ق) in 'qaḥaṭa'. It primarily discusses the verb form and its relation to the concept of drought.

Derived headwords

كَحَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be in droughtclassical

    This verb form is presented as a linguistic variant of قَحَطَ (qaḥaṭa), meaning to experience drought or scarcity of rain.

قَحَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be in droughtboth

    The primary meaning of this root, referring to a period of severe dryness and lack of rainfall, leading to scarcity of water and vegetation.

Parallel reading

كَحَطَ المَطَرُ
The rain was scarce/in drought.
لُغَةٌ في قَحَطَ
It is a linguistic variant of qaḥaṭa.
زَعَمَ يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّ الكَافَ بَدَلٌ مِنَ القَافِ
Ya'qub claimed that the 'k' is a substitution for the 'q'.