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القثد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of plant resembling a melon or cucumber, and the act of eating it. It also extends to the concept of cutting or severing.

Derived headwords

القَثْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Plant resembling melon/cucumberboth

    A plant that resembles qiththa' (melons or cucumbers), or a type of it, or specifically a cucumber. The singular form is qathdah.

قَثَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat the plant described by the root.

اِقْتِثَادnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    The act of cutting or severing.

Parallel reading

القثد، محركة: نبت يشبه القثاء، أو ضرب منه، أو الخيار، واحدته بهاء.
Al-qathd, with harakah: a plant resembling qiththa', or a type of it, or a cucumber; its singular is qathdah.
والقثد: أكله.
And al-qathd: eating it.
والاقتثاد: القطع.
And al-iqtithad: the cutting.