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كثع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of thickness, richness, and abundance, often associated with liquids like milk or blood. It can also describe physical states like looseness or fullness, and metaphorically, undesirable qualities in people.

Derived headwords

الكثعةnoun
  1. 1.
    mudclassical

    Refers to mud or thick clay.

  2. 2.
    richness on milk

    The thick, fatty layer that forms on top of milk.

  3. 3.
    foam from pot

    The froth or scum that rises from a cooking pot.

  4. 4.
    upper lip grooveclassical

    The groove in the center of the upper lip.

كثعverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick/rich

    To have a thick, rich, or fatty quality, especially referring to milk.

  2. 2.
    to be looseclassical

    To have a loose or relaxed belly, leading to soft droppings.

  3. 3.
    to bleed profuselyclassical

    For gums or lips to bleed excessively.

  4. 4.
    to be long and thickclassical

    For a beard to grow long, abundant, and dense.

  5. 5.
    to froth

    For a cooking pot to produce froth or scum.

كثأverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick/richclassical

    An alternative form meaning to have a thick, rich, or fatty quality, especially referring to milk.

كثوعاnoun
  1. 1.
    looseness of bellyclassical

    The state of having a loose belly and producing soft droppings.

كثعnoun
  1. 1.
    soft droppingclassical

    A single soft dropping from sheep with loose bellies.

كثعتverb
  1. 1.
    to bleed profuselyclassical

    For gums or lips to bleed excessively, almost to the point of inversion.

  2. 2.
    to be redclassical

    For lips or gums to be very red.

  3. 3.
    to grow long and thickclassical

    For a beard to grow long, abundant, and dense.

  4. 4.
    to froth

    For a cooking pot to produce froth or scum.

كاثعةadjective
  1. 1.
    full and thickclassical

    Describing a lip that is full, thick, and abundant.

مكثعةadjective
  1. 1.
    full and thickclassical

    Describing a woman who is full-figured or abundant.

كثأتverb
  1. 1.
    to grow long and thickclassical

    For a beard to grow long, abundant, and dense.

كثعةadjective
  1. 1.
    long and thickclassical

    Describing a beard that is long, abundant, and dense.

الكوثعnoun
  1. 1.
    mean manclassical

    A base or ignoble man.

كوثعةnoun
  1. 1.
    mean womanclassical

    A base or ignoble woman.

أكثعverb
  1. 1.
    to eat the rich partclassical

    To eat the fatty or rich part that rises to the surface of a liquid, like milk.

أكثئهverb
  1. 1.
    to eat the rich partclassical

    To eat the fatty or rich part that rises to the surface of a liquid, like milk.

Parallel reading

وكثع أي كثأ.
And 'kath'a' means 'kath'a'.
وقد كثع وكثع أي علا دسمه وخثورته رأسه وصفا الماء من تحته.
And it became thick and rich, meaning its fat and cream rose to its head, and the water beneath became clear.
وشربت كثعة من لبن أي حين ظهرت زبدته.
And I drank a 'kath'ah' of milk, meaning when its cream appeared.
ذروني أكثع سقاءكم وأكثئه
Leave me to eat the rich part of your waterskin.
وكثعت الغنم كثوعا: استرخت بطونها فسلحت ورق ما يجيء منها
And the sheep became loose in their bellies, producing soft and watery droppings.
ورمت الغنم بكثوعها إذا رمت بثلوطها
And the sheep expelled their droppings with their looseness when they expelled their soft droppings.
وكثعت اللثة والشفة تكثع كثوعا وكثعت: كثر دمها حتى كادت تنقلب
And the gum and lip bled profusely, becoming so abundant with blood that they almost inverted.
وقيل: كثعت الشفة واللثة احمرت أيضا.
And it was said: the lip and gum also became red.
وشفة كاثعة باثعة أي ممتلئة غليظة
And a lip that is 'kath'ah' and 'bath'ah' means full and thick.
وامرأة مكثعة.
And a woman who is 'mukth'ah'.
وكثعت اللحية وكثأت، وهي كثعة: طالت وكثرت وكثفت.
And the beard grew, and it became thick, and it is 'kath'ah': it grew long, abundant, and dense.
والكوثع: اللئيم من الرجال
And 'al-kuth'a': the ignoble man.
وكثعت القدر: رمت بزبدها، وهو الكثعة.
And the pot foamed: it threw up its scum, which is 'al-kath'ah'.