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كثب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of gathering, collecting, or accumulating. It extends to the idea of something being poured or heaped up, leading to its application in describing sand dunes and quantities of milk.

Derived headwords

كَثَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectboth

    To bring together and accumulate something.

أَكْثَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to gatherclassical

    To make something gather or accumulate.

كَثْبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering or collecting.

اِنْكَثَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, accumulateboth

    To become gathered or accumulated, often used for sand.

  2. 2.
    to pour intoboth

    To pour or collect into something.

الكُثَيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    sand duneboth

    A heap or mound of sand, formed by accumulation.

الكُثْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunesboth

    Plural of 'kuthayb', referring to multiple heaps or mounds of sand.

الكُثْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    quantity of milkclassical

    A measure of milk, specifically the amount produced in one milking.

  2. 2.
    cupful of milkclassical

    The amount of milk that fills a cup.

الكُثَبnoun
  1. 1.
    quantity of milkclassical

    Plural of 'kuthbah', referring to quantities of milk.

Parallel reading

كثبت الشئ أكثبه كثبا، إذا جمعته.
You gather a thing, and you cause it to gather, with 'kathb', if you collect it.
وانكثب الرمل، أي اجتمع.
And the sand accumulated, meaning it gathered.
وكل ما انصب في شئ فقد انكثب فيه.
And anything that is poured into something has accumulated in it.
ومننه سمي الكثيب من الرمل، لأنه انصب في مكان فاجتمع فيه.
And from this, the sand dune is named, because it was poured into a place and gathered there.
والجمع الكثبان.
And the plural is 'al-kuthban'.
وهي تلال الرمل.
And they are hills of sand.
والكثبة من اللبن: قدر حلبة.
And the 'kuthbah' of milk is the amount of one milking.
وقال أبو زيد: ملء القدح من اللبن.
And Abu Zayd said: a cupful of milk.
والجمع كثب.
And the plural is 'kuthab'.
برح بالعينيين خطاب الكثب
He afflicted the two eyes with the speech of the 'kuthab' (quantity of milk).
يقول إنى خاطب وقد
Saying, 'Indeed, I am a suitor, and indeed...'