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قثث

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of dragging, gathering, and collecting things in abundance. It also extends to meanings of uprooting, a type of plant, and terms related to abundance, children's toys, possessions, and even a genealogical name.

Derived headwords

القَثّnoun
  1. 1.
    dragging and drivingboth

    The act of dragging and driving things along, and gathering things in abundance.

  2. 2.
    uprootingboth

    The act of uprooting or plucking something out.

  3. 3.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant. The text notes that the correct spelling is with 'fāʼ' (ف), but this might be a variant pronunciation.

قَثَّverb
  1. 1.
    to drag and gatherboth

    To drag and gather something in abundance.

  2. 2.
    to drag wealthboth

    To drag wealth or a great deal of worldly possessions along.

  3. 3.
    to drive alongboth

    To drive or bring something along, as in the context of bringing wealth.

قث الشيء يقثه قثا — He dragged and gathered the thing, dragging and gathering it.
جاء فلان يقث مالا — So-and-so came dragging wealth.
ويقث معه دنيا عريضة — And he drags with him a vast amount of worldly possessions.
فجاء أبو بكر بماله يقثه — So Abu Bakr came with his wealth, driving it along.
قث السيل الغثاء — The flood dragged along the debris.
اقتَثَّverb
  1. 1.
    to uprootboth

    To uproot something completely from its origin, like uprooting a people from their roots or a stone from its place.

  2. 2.
    to pluck outboth

    To pluck out or extract something, such as a stone from its location.

اقتث القوم من أصلهم — The people were uprooted from their origin.
اقتث حجرا من مكانه — He uprooted a stone from its place.
اقتث واجتث — He uprooted and eradicated.
المَقَثَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceboth

    Abundance or a large quantity. It is used to describe people having many numbers or possessions.

بنو فلان ذوو مقثة — The people of so-and-so are possessed of abundance.
وما أكثر مقثتهم — And how great is their abundance!
المَقَثَّة والمَطَثَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    children's toyclassical

    A round, wide piece of wood that children play with. They set something up and then use this to dislodge it from its position.

قَثَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    possessions and goodsboth

    Goods, possessions, and similar items. It implies taking everything without leaving anything behind.

وجاءوا بقثاثهم وقثاثتهم — And they came with all their possessions and goods.
القَثَّاثnoun
  1. 1.
    slandererclassical

    A slanderer or talebearer. Some scholars dispute this meaning, suggesting it should be with a different letter, but it is cited as a possible meaning or dialectal variant.

القَثَاثname
  1. 1.
    ancestor's nameclassical

    A name of an ancestor, specifically a grandfather. There are variations in pronunciation and attribution among scholars.

القَثَاثِيّname
  1. 1.
    descendant of Qathathclassical

    A nisba (ancestry attribution) referring to someone who came to the Prophet Muhammad. There are variations in the pronunciation of the root letter.

القَثِيثَىnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering of wealthboth

    The act of gathering wealth, serving as the masdar (verbal noun) for the verb 'to gather wealth'.

القَثِيثَة والقَثَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleboth

    A group or gathering of people.

القَثْقَثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    filling a measureclassical

    The act of filling a measure completely when measuring goods.

  2. 2.
    wiggling a stakeclassical

    The act of wiggling or shaking a stake in order to pull it out of the ground.

جَثِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    newborn camelclassical

    A newborn camel, specifically when it is first being weaned from its mother. It is mentioned as being synonymous with 'qathith'.

قَثِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    newborn camelclassical

    A newborn camel, specifically when it is first being weaned from its mother. It is mentioned as being synonymous with 'jathith'.

Parallel reading

القَثّ: الجر والسوق وجمعك الشيء بكثرة.
Al-qathth: dragging and driving, and gathering things in abundance.
يقال: قث الشيء يقثه قثا: جره وجمعه في كثرة
It is said: He dragged and gathered the thing, dragging and gathering it in abundance.
وجاء فلان يقث مالا
And so-and-so came dragging wealth.
ويقث معه دنيا عريضة
And he drags with him a vast amount of worldly possessions.
أي يجرها معه
Meaning, he drags it along with him.
وفي الحديث: (حث النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمعلى الصدقة فجاء أبو بكر بماله يقثه)
And in the hadith: (The Prophet, peace be upon him, urged charity, so Abu Bakr came with his wealth, driving it along).
من قولهم: قث السيل الغثاء، وقيل: يجمعه.
From their saying: The flood dragged along the debris, and it was said: it gathered it.
والقَثّ: القلع، كالاقتثاث
And al-qathth: uprooting, like al-iqtithath.
يقال: اقتث القوم من أصلهم، واجتثهم، إذا استأصلهم
It is said: The people were uprooted from their origin, and eradicated, if they were completely removed.
واقتث حجرا من مكانه
And he uprooted a stone from its place.
واقتث واجتث، إذا قلع من أصله
And he uprooted and eradicated, if he plucked it from its origin.
والمقثة: الكثرة
And al-maqaththah: abundance.
بنو فلان ذوو مقثة، أي ذوو عدد كثير
The people of so-and-so are possessed of abundance, meaning they have a large number.
وما أكثر مقثتهم، قاله الأصمعي وغيره.
And how great is their abundance! Al-Asma'i and others said this.
وهي شبيهة بالخرارة
It is similar to al-kharrarah.
وجاءوا بقثاثهم وقثاثتهم، أي لم يدعوا وراءهم شيئا.
And they came with their possessions and their goods, meaning they left nothing behind them.
وهو ضعيف.
And it is weak.
والقثيثى بالكسر: جمع المال
And al-qathithā (with kasr): gathering wealth.
وهو مصدر قث المال، إذا جمعه.
It is the masdar of qathth al-māl, if he gathered the wealth.
والقثيثة والقثاثة، بالفتح فيهما: الجماعة من الناس.
And al-qathithah and al-qathāthah (with fath in both): a group of people.
وفاء المكيال
Filling the measure completely.
وتحريك الوتد (لنزعه) من الأرض.
And wiggling the stake (to pull it out) from the ground.
يقال للودي أول ما يقلع من أمه: جثيث وقثيث.
It is said of a newborn camel when it is first weaned from its mother: jathith and qathith.