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قيث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concepts of gathering, collecting, and withholding. It also has a contrasting meaning of giving or bestowing.

Derived headwords

التقييثnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering and withholdingclassical

    The act of collecting things together and preventing them from being dispersed or used.

التقييثverb
  1. 1.
    to gather and withholdclassical

    To collect and keep something, preventing its distribution or use.

التهيثverb
  1. 1.
    to giveclassical

    To bestow or grant something to someone.

Parallel reading

هو (الجمع والمنع)
It is (gathering and withholding).
نعم استطرده صاحب اللسان، في مادة التخيث، عن أبي عمر و: التقيث: الجمع والمنع، والتهيث: الإعطاء.
Yes, the author of Al-Lisan mentioned it digressively, under the entry 'takhith', from Abu 'Amr: Al-Taqyith means gathering and withholding, and Al-Tahyth means giving.
التقييث: الجمع والمنع
Al-Taqyith: gathering and withholding.
والتهيث: الإعطاء
And Al-Tahyth: giving.