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قحثت

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the act of taking something completely or thoroughly. It implies a comprehensive acquisition or consumption of an object.

Derived headwords

قَحَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to take completelyclassical

    To take something from its beginning to its end, leaving nothing behind.

قَحَثْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I took it completelyclassical

    The first-person singular past tense of the verb 'qahatha', meaning to take something entirely.

قَحَثْتُهُ عَنْ آخِرِهِverb
  1. 1.
    took it to the endclassical

    To take something completely, from beginning to end, implying thoroughness.

Parallel reading

قحثت الشيء، كمنعته: أخذته عن آخره.
I took the thing completely, like I took it, meaning I took it to its end.