كثف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of density, abundance, thickness, and accumulation. It describes things being numerous, crowded together, or substantial in volume or texture.

Derived headwords

كَثُفَverb

1.
to be denseboth
To be thick, abundant, or crowded together.
2.
to be voluminousclassical
To be substantial in volume or thickness.

كَثَّفَverb

1.
to make denseboth
To make something thick, abundant, or crowded.
2.
to intensifymodern
To increase the intensity or concentration of something.

كَثَافَةnoun

1.
densityboth
The state of being dense, thick, or crowded.
2.
abundanceboth
A large quantity or number of something.
3.
thicknessboth
The quality of being thick or substantial.

كَثِيفadjective

1.
denseboth
Thick, crowded, or abundant.
2.
voluminousboth
Large in volume or quantity.
3.
thickboth
Having great thickness or substance.
4.
swordclassical
A sword.

اِسْتَكْثَفَverb

1.
to become denseclassical
To become thick, crowded, or abundant.
2.
to rise highclassical
To ascend or become elevated.

اِسْتِكْثَافnoun

1.
becoming denseclassical
The act or process of becoming thick, crowded, or abundant.
2.
elevationclassical
The act of rising high or becoming elevated.

تَكَثَّفَverb

1.
to become denseboth
To become thick, crowded, or abundant.
2.
to accumulateboth
To gather or pile up.

تَكْثِيفnoun

1.
densificationboth
The process of becoming dense, thick, or crowded.
2.
intensificationmodern
The act of making something more intense or concentrated.
3.
accumulationboth
The act of gathering or piling up.

كَثِفَةnoun

1.
densityclassical
Thickness, abundance, or crowdedness.
2.
thick massclassical
A dense or thick collection of something.

كَثَفnoun

1.
thick massclassical
A dense, thick, or substantial mass.
2.
crowdclassical
A large group or multitude of people.

أَكْثَفnoun

1.
dense massclassical
A very dense or thick mass.

مُكَثَّفadjective

1.
denseboth
Made dense or thick.
2.
concentratedmodern
Made more intense or concentrated.

مُكَثَّفَةadjective

1.
dense (woman)classical
A woman who is fleshy or corpulent.

مُؤَثَّفَةadjective

1.
well-formed (woman)classical
A woman who is well-formed or established, possibly referring to marital status.

أَكْثِفَةnoun

1.
thick wallsclassical
Thick walls, referring to the structure of hell's gates.

مَكْثُوفَةadjective

1.
denseclassical
Made dense or thick.

Parallel reading

الكثافة: الكثرة والالتفاف

Density: abundance and crowding together.

والفعل كثف يكثف كثافة

And the verb is kathafa, yakthifu, kathafan.

والكثيف اسم كثرته يوصف به العسكر والماء والسحاب

And al-kathif is a noun for its abundance, used to describe armies, water, and clouds.

وتحت كثيف الماء، في باطن الثرى

And beneath the dense water, in the depths of the earth,

ويقال: استكثف الشيء استكثافا، وقد كثفته أنا تكثيفا

And it is said: istakthafa the thing istikthafan, and I have made it dense takthifan.

والكثيف والكثاف الكثير، وهو أيضا الكثير المتراكب الملتف من كل شيء

And al-kathif and al-kathaf are the abundant, and it is also the abundant, piled up, and intertwined of everything.

وكثفه: كثره وغلظه

And kathafahu: to make it abundant and thick.

أنه انتهى إلى علي، عليه السلام، يوم صفين وهو في كثف أي في حشد وجماعة

That he reached Ali, peace be upon him, on the day of Siffin, and he was in a kathf, meaning in a crowd and a group.

فاستكثف أمره أي ارتفع وعلا

So his affair became elevated, meaning it rose and became high.

والكثافة: الغلظ

And al-kathafah: thickness.

وكثف الشيء، فهو كثيف، وتكاثف الشيء

And the thing became dense, so it is kathif, and the thing became dense.

لسرادق النار أربعة جدر كثف ؛ الكثف: جمع كثيف، وهو الثخين الغليظ

For the tent-hangings of the Fire are four dense walls; al-kathf is the plural of kathif, which is the thick and substantial.

شققن أكثف مروطهن فاختمرن به

They tore the thickest parts of their loincloths and veiled themselves with them.

امرأة مكثفة: كثيرة اللحم

A mukaththafah woman: fleshy.

إني أنا المكثفة المؤثفة

Indeed, I am the fleshy, the well-formed.

فالمكثفة المحكمة الفرج، والمؤنفة التي قد استؤنفت بالنكاح أولا

So al-mukaththafah is the one with a firm vulva, and al-mu'annafah is the one who has been newly married.

والكثيف: السيف؛ عن كراع

And al-kathif: the sword; according to Kura'.