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الكلثب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is contracted, stingy, or miserly. It emphasizes a withholding or hoarding nature, often associated with a tight-fisted personality.

Derived headwords

الْكَلْثَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Miserboth

    A person who is contracted in their giving and stingy with their wealth.

  2. 2.
    Tight-fisted personclassical

    Someone who holds onto their possessions tightly and is unwilling to spend or share.

كَلْثَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To be miserlyclassical

    To act in a contracted and stingy manner, withholding resources.

Parallel reading

المنقبض البخيل
The contracted, the stingy.