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الكلبث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a person characterized by stinginess and a withdrawn, ungenerous nature. It focuses on the negative traits of being miserly and uncommunicative.

Derived headwords

الكَلْبَثnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personclassical

    A person who is extremely miserly and unwilling to spend or give.

  2. 2.
    withdrawn personclassical

    Someone who is uncommunicative, contracted in their dealings, and not open.

كَلْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyclassical

    To act in a miserly and ungenerous manner.

  2. 2.
    to be withdrawnclassical

    To be contracted, uncommunicative, and withdrawn in behavior.

Parallel reading

البخيل المنقبض
The stingy, withdrawn person.