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قثم

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of gathering, collecting, and accumulating, often with a connotation of abundance or excess. It also extends to meanings of obscuring, covering, and a dark or dusty appearance, as well as specific proper nouns and terms for animals.

Derived headwords

قثمverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To collect, accumulate, or gather something, especially wealth or provisions.

  2. 2.
    to obscureboth

    To become dusty or covered with dust; to appear dark or grimy.

قثمname
  1. 1.
    Ibn al-Abbasclassical

    A proper name referring to Ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

قثمadjective
  1. 1.
    generousclassical

    Describing someone who is abundant in giving; very generous.

قثومnoun
  1. 1.
    gatherer for goodclassical

    A collective noun for those who gather or accumulate things for good purposes, or for their families and dependents.

قثومnoun
  1. 1.
    gatherer for evilclassical

    A collective noun for those who gather or accumulate things for evil purposes.

قثومnoun
  1. 1.
    hyenaclassical

    A name for a hyena.

قثامnoun
  1. 1.
    female hyenaclassical

    A feminine form, used as a name for a female hyena.

قثامnoun
  1. 1.
    female slaveclassical

    A name for a female slave.

قثامnoun
  1. 1.
    abundant spoilsclassical

    A name for abundant spoils or booty.

اقتثمهverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootclassical

    To uproot something completely, to extirpate it.

  2. 2.
    to seizeclassical

    To seize, sweep away, or gather a large amount of wealth.

قثمهverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather, collect, or accumulate something.

قثمةnoun
  1. 1.
    dustinessboth

    Dustiness, a state of being covered in dust or grime.

قثمverb
  1. 1.
    to be dustyboth

    To become dusty, grimy, or covered in dirt.

قثامةnoun
  1. 1.
    dustinessboth

    Dustiness, a state of being covered in dust or grime.

قثمnoun
  1. 1.
    dungclassical

    A smear or lump of dung, specifically from a beetle.

قثمةnoun
  1. 1.
    dustinessboth

    Dustiness, a state of being covered in dust or grime.

قثمverb
  1. 1.
    to be dustyboth

    To become dusty, grimy, or covered in dirt.

قثمverb
  1. 1.
    to be dustyboth

    To become dusty, grimy, or covered in dirt.

Parallel reading

قثم له من المال: غثم.
Qathama for him from the wealth: it was abundant.
والكثير العطاء، معدول عن قائم
And abundant in giving, a modification of 'qā'im'.
والجموع للخير والعيال، كالقثوم
And the gatherings for good and for the family, like al-quthūm.
والجموع للشر، ضد
And the gatherings for evil, its opposite.
واسم للضبعان
And a name for the hyena.
وللأنثى، وللأمة، وللغنيمة الكثيرة.
And for the female, and for the female slave, and for abundant spoils.
واقتثمه: استأصله
And iqtathama-hu: he uprooted it.
ومالا كثيرا: أخذه، واجترفه، وجمعه، كقثمه يقثمه.
And much wealth: he took it, swept it away, and gathered it, like qathama-hu, yaqthumu-hu.
والقثمة، بالضم: الغبرة.
And al-qathmah, with dammah: dustiness.
قثم، ككرم، قثما وقثامة: اغبر.
Qathama, like karuma, qathaman and qathāmah: he became dusty.
والقثم: لطخ الجعر، والاسم: القثمة، بالضم
And al-qathm: a smear of dung, and the noun is: al-qathmah, with dammah.
وقد قثم، كفرح وكرم، قثمة، بالضم وقثما، محركة.
And he became qathima, like fariha, and qathuma, qathmah, with dammah, and qathaman, movable.