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قثء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cucumbers and their cultivation. It encompasses the plant itself, the place where it grows, and the state of having an abundance of it.

Derived headwords

القَثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Cucumberboth

    The fruit of a plant, commonly eaten as a vegetable, known for its refreshing quality.

قَثاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single cucumberboth

    The singular form referring to one unit of the cucumber plant's fruit.

المَقْثَأةnoun
  1. 1.
    Place of cucumbersboth

    A location where cucumbers are grown or found.

المَقْثُؤَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Place of cucumbersboth

    A location where cucumbers are grown or found. This is an alternative spelling for المقثأة.

أَقْثَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To have many cucumbersboth

    Said of a group of people when cucumbers become abundant among them.

أَقْثَأَتverb
  1. 1.
    To be abundant with cucumbersboth

    Said of land when it yields a plentiful amount of cucumbers.

Parallel reading

القَثاء: الخيار
Al-qathā': The cucumber.
الواحدة قَثاءَة
The singular unit is qathā'ah.
المَقْثَأة والمَقْثُؤَة: موضع القَثاء
Al-maqthā'ah and al-maqthū'ah: a place of cucumbers.
أَقْثَأَ القوم: كَثُرَ عندهم القَثاء
Aqtha'a al-qawm: cucumbers became abundant among them.
أَقْثَأَتِ الأرض، إذا كانت كثيرة القَثاء
Al-arḍ aqtha'at: if the land was abundant with cucumbers.