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كثع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of thickening, curdling, or becoming rich, particularly related to milk and bodily fluids. It also extends to redness or swelling of lips, and the appearance of growth or richness on surfaces like wounds, beards, or the ground.

Derived headwords

كَثَعَverb
  1. 1.
    milk thickenedboth

    Milk became thick and rich in cream.

  2. 2.
    stomachs relaxedboth

    The bellies of camels and sheep became loose or diarrheal.

  3. 3.
    lips reddenedboth

    The lips became red, or excessively so, to the point of inversion.

  4. 4.
    wound healedboth

    The upper part of a wound healed.

  5. 5.
    vegetation emergedboth

    The vegetation of the land began to sprout.

  6. 6.
    pot foamedboth

    The pot cast off its foam or scum.

  7. 7.
    beard grewboth

    The beard grew out suddenly, or became long and abundant.

  8. 8.
    waterskin spoiledclassical

    The waterskin was affected by the richness/fat that rose to its surface.

كَمَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    milk thickenedclassical

    Milk became thick and rich in cream (synonymous with كثع).

كَثُعَverb
  1. 1.
    stomachs relaxedboth

    The bellies of camels and sheep became loose or diarrheal (variant of كثع).

  2. 2.
    lips reddenedboth

    The lips became red, or excessively so, to the point of inversion (variant of كثع).

كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    lips reddenedboth

    The lips became red, or excessively so, to the point of inversion (variant of كثع).

كَثْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    redness of lipsboth

    The state of the lips becoming red or excessively so.

كَثُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    looseness of stomachboth

    The state of the bellies of camels and sheep becoming loose or diarrheal.

  2. 2.
    redness of lipsboth

    The state of the lips becoming red or excessively so.

كَثْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scum from potboth

    What rises from a pot during cooking, like foam or scum.

  2. 2.
    cream on milkboth

    The cream and thickness that forms on top of milk.

  3. 3.
    upper lip grooveboth

    The groove in the middle of the upper lip.

  4. 4.
    mudboth

    Mud.

الكُثْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    upper lip grooveboth

    The groove in the middle of the upper lip.

تَكْثِيعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    healing of woundboth

    The process of the upper part of a wound healing.

كاثِعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    red-lippedboth

    Describing a lip that is red or excessively so.

أَكْثَعadjective
  1. 1.
    red-lipped (male)both

    A man with red or excessively red lips.

مُكَثِّعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    red-lipped (female)both

    A woman with red or excessively red lips.

الكُثْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mudboth

    Mud.

Parallel reading

كثع اللبن، كمنع: علا دسمه وخثورته
Milk thickened, like 'man'a': its cream and richness rose to the top.
و الإبل والغنم كثوعا: استرخت بطونها، أو استرخت فثلطت، ككثعت
And camels and sheep became loose-stomached (kuthūʿan): their bellies became relaxed, or relaxed and diarrheal, as if they had 'kath'a'.
و الشفة كثعا وكثوعا: احمرت، أو كثر دمها حتى كادت تنقلب، ككثعت، كفرح
And the lip became red (kath'an wa kuthūʿan): it reddened, or its blood increased until it almost inverted, as if it had 'kath'a', like 'fariha'.
شفة ولثة كاثعة
A lip and gum that are red.
ورجل أكثع، وامرأة مكثعة
And a man with red lips (aktha'), and a woman with red lips (mukthi'ah).
والكثعة، ويضم: ما ترمي القدر من الطفاحة
And al-kath'ah, and with dammah: what the pot casts off from its scum.
وما على اللبن من الدسم والخثورة
And what is on the milk of cream and thickness.
وبالضم: الفرق الذي وسط ظاهر الشفة العليا
And with dammah: the groove that is in the middle of the upper lip.
وكثع الجرح تكثيعا: برأ أعلاه
And the wound healed (kath'a takthīʿan): its upper part healed.
والأرض: نجم نباتها
And the land: its vegetation sprouted.
والقدر: رمت بزبدها
And the pot: it cast off its foam.
ولحيته: خرجت دفعة، أو طالت وكثرت
And his beard: it grew out suddenly, or became long and abundant.
والسقاء: أكل ما علاه ms1023 من الدسم
And the waterskin: it was affected by what rose to its surface of richness.
والكثعة، محركة: الطين
And al-kath'ah, with harakah: mud.