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كثث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of density, thickness, and abundance. It describes physical attributes like a thick beard or dense material, and can also refer to a collection of small particles.

Derived headwords

كَثَّverb
  1. 1.
    The thing became dense, from the pattern of 'salima'.both

    The thing became dense, from the pattern of 'salima'.

  2. 2.
    And a man with a dense beard.both

    And a man with a dense beard.

كَثَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    densityboth

    The state or quality of being dense, thick, or abundant.

كَثِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    thick, denseboth

    thick, dense

لِحْيَةٌ كَثَّةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    thick beardboth

    A beard that is dense and abundant.

كَثٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    The thing became dense, from the pattern of 'salima'.both

    The thing became dense, from the pattern of 'salima'.

  2. 2.
    And a man with a dense beard.both

    And a man with a dense beard.

كَثْكَثnoun
  1. 1.
    gravelclassical

    Small stones or pebbles, or fragments of stone or earth.

  2. 2.
    debrisclassical

    Waste or remains of something; scattered fragments.

Parallel reading

كَثَّ الشئ كثاثة، أي كثف.
A thing was dense, density, meaning it was thick.
ولحية كثة وكثاء أيضا.
And a thick beard, and thickness also.
ورجل كث اللحية
And a man with a thick beard
وقوم كث، مثل قولك رجل صدق اللقاء وقوم صدق.
And a dense people, like your saying 'a man of true encounter' and 'people of truth'.
والكثكث والكثكث: فتات الحجارة والتراب، مثل الأثلب والإثلب.
And al-kathkath and al-kathkath: fragments of stones and earth, like al-athlab and al-ithlab.
يقال: فيه الكثكث، والكثكث.
It is said: in it is al-kathkath, and al-kathkath.