كتن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being dirty, soiled, or sticky, often with a connotation of accumulated grime or residue. It can also refer to a specific plant and its properties.

Derived headwords

الكتّانnoun

1.
well-known (linen)both
well-known (linen)

الكتنnoun

1.
dirt, grimeboth
Dirt, filth, and accumulated grime.
2.
soot, residueclassical
The residue or effect of smoke within a house.

كتنتverb

1.
to be soiled, stickyclassical
The flanks of a camel became soiled from eating grass, meaning the green residue stuck to them.
2.
to be soiled, dirtyboth
General meaning of becoming soiled or dirty.
3.
to be sticky, viscousclassical
Referring to a waterskin becoming sticky with dirt or residue.

المكتانnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A type of plant, considered among the best plants. The singular is 'maktana'.

مكتانةnoun

1.
a plant (singular)classical
The singular form of 'al-muktān', referring to a single plant of this type.

كتنverb

1.
to be soiled, dirtyboth
To be soiled or dirty. Anything that becomes dirty is described as 'katan'.
2.
to be sticky, viscousclassical
To be sticky or viscous, as in a waterskin that has become sticky with dirt.

كتنverb

1.
to be soiled, dirtyboth
The verb form indicating the state of being soiled or dirty.

Parallel reading

الكتّان بالفتح معروف

Al-kuttān, with the fatha, is known.

وهو الواهب المسمعات الشرو * ب بين الحرير وبين الكتن

And He is the Giver of the sounds of drinking between silk and between the grime.

كما حذفها ابن هرمة في قوله: بينا أحبر مدحا عاد مرثية

Just as Ibn Hirmah omitted it in his saying: 'While I was enjoying praise, it turned into elegy'.

والعدد: العداد، وهو اهتياج وجع اللديغ

And 'al-'adad' means the count, and it is the throbbing pain of the stung.

والكتن: الدرن والوسخ، وأثر الدخان في البيت

And 'al-katan' is the dirt and filth, and the effect of smoke in the house.

وكتنت جحافل البعير من أكل العشب، إذا لزق به أثر خضرته

And the camel's flanks became soiled from eating grass, if the trace of its greenness stuck to them.

والعير ينفخ في المكتان قد كتنت * من جحافله والعضرس الثجر

And the wild ass blows in the Maktan (plant) whose flanks have become soiled from its dung, and the 'adras' is the tree.

والمكتان: نبت، وهو من خير النبت، الواحدة مكتانة

And 'al-muktān' is a plant, and it is among the best of plants; the singular is 'maktāna'.

وكتنت: لزجت واتسخت

And 'katnat': it became sticky and dirty.

وكل ما اتسخ فقد كتن

And everything that becomes dirty has become 'katan'.

ويقال حشر الوطب وكتن، إذا اتسخ وكثر عليه [اللبن]

And it is said the milk-skin is full and dirty, if it becomes dirty and the milk is abundant upon it.

وسقاء كتن، إذا تلزج به الدرن

And a waterskin 'katan', if dirt has become sticky to it.