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كتح

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to eating to satiety, and secondarily to abrasive actions like wind blowing dust or insects consuming vegetation. It also describes minor skin abrasions.

Derived headwords

كََتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat until fullboth

    To consume food to the point of satiety.

  2. 2.
    to blow dustclassical

    Said of wind; to blow dust or sand onto someone.

  3. 3.
    to strip vegetationclassical

    Said of locusts or similar pests; to consume all vegetation from the ground.

الكَتْحnoun
  1. 1.
    eating to satietyboth

    The act of eating until one is full.

  2. 2.
    abrasionclassical

    A minor abrasion or scratch on the skin that leaves a mark.

  3. 3.
    gravelclassical

    Small stones or gravel, less severe than 'kadḥ' (كدح).

كَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to strip clothesclassical

    Said of wind; to snatch or pull at someone's clothes.

Parallel reading

كتح الطعام، كمنع: أكل حتى شبع
To eat food, like 'mana'a' (to prevent), means to eat until full.
والريح فلانا: سفت عليه التراب
And the wind (doing 'kataḥ' to) a person means it blew dust upon him.
أو نازعته ثيابه
Or it (the wind) snatched at his clothes.
والدبى الأرض: أكل ما عليها
And locusts (doing 'kataḥ' to) the land means they ate what was upon it.
والكتح: دون الكدح من الحصى
And 'al-kataḥ' refers to gravel, which is less severe than 'al-kadḥ'.
والشيء يصيب الجلد فيؤثر فيه
And 'al-kataḥ' is something that strikes the skin and leaves a mark.