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الكث

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of abundance, density, and thickness, particularly concerning hair, vegetation, and earth. It also extends to meanings of accumulation and, metaphorically, to throwing or casting.

Derived headwords

الكثيفadjective
  1. 1.
    dense, thickboth

    Describing something that is closely packed together, not sparse. This can apply to physical substances like hair or vegetation.

كث اللحيةverb
  1. 1.
    to have a thick beardclassical

    Used to describe a man possessing a dense and abundant beard.

كثيثadjective
  1. 1.
    thick, abundant (beard)classical

    An adjective describing a beard that is thick, dense, and plentiful.

كثةadjective
  1. 1.
    thick, abundant (beard)classical

    Similar to 'kathiith', this adjective denotes a beard that is thick and abundant.

كثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness, abundance (beard)classical

    The state or quality of being thick and abundant, specifically referring to a beard.

قوم كثnoun
  1. 1.
    a dense group of peopleclassical

    Referring to a group of people who are numerous and closely gathered.

الكثكثnoun
  1. 1.
    earth, soilclassical

    Refers to loose earth or soil.

  2. 2.
    gravel, small stonesclassical

    Also denotes small fragments of stones or gravel.

الكثكثىnoun
  1. 1.
    game with earthclassical

    A children's game involving playing with earth or soil.

الكاثnoun
  1. 1.
    growth from fallen harvestclassical

    Refers to the new growth that emerges from the remnants of a harvested crop.

الكثاثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    earthy landclassical

    Land characterized by an abundance of soil or earth.

كث بسلحهverb
  1. 1.
    to throw, castclassical

    To throw something with force, often implying a casting motion.

كثاثةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of rootsclassical

    The state of having numerous or dense roots.

كثوثةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of rootsclassical

    Similar to 'kathathah', referring to the density or abundance of roots.

كثثاnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of rootsclassical

    Another term for the state of having abundant or dense roots.

كثفت (اللّحية)verb
  1. 1.
    beard became thickclassical

    The beard grew thick, dense, and possibly shorter and curly.

قصرت (اللّحية)verb
  1. 1.
    beard became shortclassical

    The beard grew short in length.

جعدت (اللّحية)verb
  1. 1.
    beard became curlyclassical

    The beard developed curls.

رجل كثnoun
  1. 1.
    a man with thick beardclassical

    A man characterized by a dense and abundant beard.

كثاثnoun
  1. 1.
    thick beardsclassical

    The plural form referring to multiple thick beards.

أكثverb
  1. 1.
    to become abundantclassical

    To grow in number or quantity, to become plentiful.

كثكثverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulate, gatherclassical

    To pile up or gather together, often referring to earth or dust.

Parallel reading

ورجل كث اللحية وكثيثها
And a man with a thick beard and its abundance.
ولحية كثة وكثاء
And a beard that is thick and abundant.
وقوم كث، بالضم
And a dense group of people, with dammah.
والكثكث، كجعفر وزبرج: التراب، وفتات الحجارة
And Al-Kathkath, like Ja'far and Zubruj: the earth, and fragments of stones.
والكثكثى، بالضم مقصورا، وتفتح كافاه: لعبة بالتراب
And Al-Kathkathā, with dammah and shortened, and its kafs are opened: a game with earth.
والكاث: ما ينبت مما يتناثر من الحصيد
And Al-Kāth: what grows from what is scattered from the harvest.
والكثاثاء: الأرض الكثيرة التراب
And Al-Kathāthā': the land with abundant earth.
وكث بسلحه: رمى
And Kath bi-silāḥihi: he threw.
واللحية كثاثة وكثوثة وكثثا: كثرت أصولها، وكثفت، وقصرت، وجعدت
And the beard had abundance of roots, and became thick, and became short, and became curly.
ورجل كث، ج: كثاث
And a man is Kath (thick-bearded), plural: Kathāth.
وقد أكث وكثكث
And he became abundant and accumulated.