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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of gathering and accumulating wealth or other things. It also extends to the consumption of specific plants and the sound produced when eating certain foods.

Derived headwords

القَثْوُnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering wealthboth

    The act of collecting and accumulating money or other possessions.

  2. 2.
    gathering other thingsboth

    The act of collecting and accumulating things in general, not limited to wealth.

الاقتثاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering wealthboth

    The act of collecting and accumulating money or other possessions, similar to القثو.

  2. 2.
    gathering other thingsboth

    The act of collecting and accumulating things in general, similar to القثو.

أكل القثدverb
  1. 1.
    eating qasabclassical

    To consume the plant known as qasab.

أكل الكزبرةverb
  1. 1.
    eating corianderboth

    To consume the herb coriander.

القَثْوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of people coming together or assembling in one place.

القَثَاnoun
  1. 1.
    eating soundclassical

    The sound produced under the molars when eating one's wealth, implying a destructive or wasteful consumption.

Parallel reading

القثو: جمع المال وغيره، كالاقتثاء
Al-qathw: gathering wealth and other things, like al-iqtithaa'.
وأكل القثد والكزبرة
And eating qasab and coriander.
والقثوى، كسكرى: الاجتماع
And al-qathwaa, like sukkaraa: gathering.
والقثا: أكل ماله صوت تحت الأضراس
And al-qathaa: eating one's wealth with a sound under the molars.