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الكوث

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering or enclosing, particularly in the context of clothing for the feet. It also extends to concepts of growth and abundance, and in a more specific, less common usage, to expulsion.

Derived headwords

الْكَوْثnoun
  1. 1.
    foot coveringclassical

    A type of covering worn on the foot, likely a sock or shoe.

تَكْوِيثverb
  1. 1.
    to grow leavesclassical

    Referring to plants, specifically when they develop four or five leaves.

كَوَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to expelclassical

    To expel something, described as coming out like rabbit heads.

كَوَاثِيname
  1. 1.
    town in Iraq

    A place name, specifically a town located in Iraq.

كَوْثَىname
  1. 1.
    neighborhood in Mecca

    A place name, specifically a neighborhood in Mecca associated with the Banu Abd al-Dar tribe.

الْكَوْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    Refers to richness, fertility, or abundance.

الْكَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    foot coveringclassical

    Synonymous with 'al-kawth', referring to a covering for the foot.

Parallel reading

الكوث: القفش الذي يلبس في الرجل.
Al-kawth: The covering worn on the foot.
وتكويث الزرع: أن يصير أربع ورقات وخمسا.
And the 'takwīth' of a plant: is for it to become four or five leaves.
وكوث بغائطه تكويثا: أخرجه كرؤوس الأرانب.
And 'kawth ba-ghā'iṭihi takwīthan': he expelled it like rabbit heads.
وكوثى، بالضم: ة بالعراق، ومحلة بمكة لبني عبد الدار.
And Kawthā, with dammah: a town in Iraq, and a neighborhood in Mecca for Banu Abd al-Dar.
والكوثة: الخصب.
And al-kawthah: abundance.
والكاث، مخففة: بمعنى المشددة.
And al-kāth, with a lightened 'th': means the same as the stressed one.