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كرث

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of intense distress, hardship, and burden. It also extends to the idea of not caring or being concerned about something.

Derived headwords

الكُرّاثnoun
  1. 1.
    A vegetable (leek).both

    A vegetable (leek).

كَرِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be distressedclassical

    Distress or hardship intensely affected him and reached its limit.

يَكْرِثُverb
  1. 1.
    to distressclassical

    Distress or hardship intensely affected him and reached its limit.

أَكْرَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to distressclassical

    Distress or hardship intensely affected him and reached its limit.

أَكْتَرِثُverb
  1. 1.
    to caremodern

    To be concerned or to pay attention to something.

  2. 2.
    to mindmodern

    To be bothered or affected by something.

الكَرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    and likewise 'al-karb'.both

    and likewise 'al-karb'.

  2. 2.
    that which remains on the palm trunk after cutting the frondsboth

    that which remains on the palm trunk after cutting the fronds

الكَوْارِثnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesboth

    Plural of calamity; great misfortunes or disasters.

Parallel reading

وكرثه الغم يكرثه بالضم ، إذا اشتد عليه وبلغ منه المشقة.
And distress (غم) distressed him, making it intense and reaching hardship for him.
وأكرثه مثله.
And it (distress) distressed him similarly.
لا يقال كرثه وإنما يقال أكرثه.
It is not said 'karathahu' but rather 'akrathahu'.
وقد تجلى الكرب الكوارث
And the distress of calamities has become evident.
ما أكترث له، أي ما أبالي به.
I do not care about it, meaning I do not pay attention to it.