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كحثم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a thick, dense, and possibly curly beard. It relates to the texture and volume of facial hair.

Derived headwords

كَحْثَمُ اللِّحْيَةِadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-beardedclassical

    Describing a man with a thick and dense beard.

كَحْثَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short, thick, curly beardclassical

    A description of a beard that is short, dense, and curly.

Parallel reading

رجل كحثم اللحية: كثيفها.
A man with a katham beard: its denseness.
ولحية كحثمة: قصرت وكثفت وجعدت، وقد تقدم في كثحم.
And a beard that is kathamah: it was short, dense, and curly, and this has preceded in (the root) kthama.