كثث

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of density, thickness, and abundance, particularly in relation to hair, vegetation, and physical substances like dust. It also extends to meanings of being plentiful, compact, or even stubborn.

Derived headwords

الكثيفadjective

1.
dense, thickboth
Describing something that is thick, abundant, and closely packed, often used for hair or vegetation.

كثاثةnoun

1.
density, thicknessboth
The state or quality of being dense, thick, or abundant, especially referring to hair growth.

كثadjective

1.
dense, thickboth
Describing a person with dense or thick hair, particularly a beard.
2.
plentiful, abundantclassical
Used metaphorically to describe a group of people who are numerous or strong in their encounter.

كث اللحيةadjective

1.
thick-beardedboth
Describing a man with a dense, abundant beard, characterized by the thickness of its roots and hair.

كثيثadjective

1.
thick, denseboth
Describing hair, especially a beard, that is thick, abundant, and closely grown.

كثاثnoun

1.
dense growthclassical
Refers to the dense growth of hair, particularly the roots of a beard.

كثاءadjective

1.
thick-hairedboth
Describing a woman with abundant and thick hair.

كثةadjective

1.
thick-hairedboth
Describing a woman with abundant and thick hair.

كثكثnoun

1.
fine dust, gritclassical
Refers to fine dust or small fragments of stones, often found in the mouth.

الكثكثىnoun

1.
game with dustclassical
A children's game involving playing with dust.

الكاثnoun

1.
regrowth from harvestclassical
The new growth that emerges from the stubble after a harvest, in the following year.

الكثاثاءnoun

1.
dusty landclassical
Land characterized by a large amount of dust.

كثverb

1.
to throwclassical
To throw something, specifically referring to a man throwing his dung.

كاثadjective

1.
one who throwsclassical
An active participle describing someone who throws, specifically in the context of throwing dung.

تكثverb

1.
to grow thicklyboth
The beard grew thickly, its roots becoming abundant, dense, short, and curly.

كثوثةnoun

1.
thickness of hairboth
The quality of having thick, abundant, and dense hair, particularly a beard.

كثثverb

1.
to grow thicklyboth
The beard grew thickly, its roots becoming abundant, dense, short, and curly.

كثةadjective

1.
thickly grownclassical
Describing palm trees with abundant fronds or leaves.

كثاثnoun

1.
dense growthclassical
Refers to the dense growth of plants or hair.

أكثverb

1.
to have thick hairboth
To possess thick hair, particularly a beard.

كثكثverb

1.
to gather, accumulateclassical
To gather or accumulate, used in the context of dust or small particles.

أكثadjective

1.
thick-beardedboth
Describing a man with a thick beard.

الكثثnoun

1.
thick growthclassical
The quality of dense and abundant growth, especially of hair.

يكثverb

1.
to grow thicklyboth
The beard grew thickly, its roots becoming abundant, dense, short, and curly.

الكثاثnoun

1.
dustclassical
Refers to dust, though its confirmation as a distinct meaning is debated.

كثاثاnoun

1.
dense growthclassical
Refers to the dense growth of hair or plants.

كثnoun

1.
stubbornness, reluctanceclassical
Used in the phrase 'على كث منخره' to mean against one's will or despite their reluctance.

كثاثةnoun

1.
density, abundanceclassical
The state of being dense or abundant, used metaphorically in relation to mental acuity.

غثاثةnoun

1.
weakness, foolishnessclassical
Refers to a lack of mental acuity or foolishness, often contrasted with density.

Parallel reading

كث الشيء كثاثة، أي كثف.

A thing became dense, with density, meaning it became thick.

ورجل كث اللحية، وكثيثها

And a man with a thick beard, and its thickness.

وفي صفته صلى الله عليه وسلم (أنه كان كث اللحية)

And in his description, peace be upon him (he had a thick beard).

أراد كثرة أصولها وشعرها، وأنها ليست بدقيقة ولا طويلة، وفيها كثافة.

He intended the abundance of its roots and hair, that it was neither fine nor long, and it had density.

ولحية كثة: كثيرة النبات، قال: وكذالك الجمة.

And a thick beard: abundant in growth, he said: and likewise the forelock.

وامرأة كثاء وكثة، إذا كان شعرها كثا.

And a woman with abundant hair and thick hair, if her hair was dense.

وقوم كث، بالضم، مثل قولك: رجل صدق اللقاء، وقوم صدق.

And a people dense, with the vowel 'damm', like your saying: a man of true encounter, and a people of truth.

والكثكث، كجعفر، وزبرج: دقاق التراب، وفتات الحجارة

And al-kathkath, like Ja'far, and Zubruj: fine dust, and fragments of stones.

ويقال: بفيه الكثكث مثل الأثلب والإثلب.

And it is said: in his mouth is dust like al-athlab and al-ithlab.

والكاث، مشددا: ما ينبت مما يتناثر من الحصيد فينبت عاما قابلا

And al-kath, with 'shadda': what grows from what is scattered from the harvest, growing in the following year.

والكثاثاء، بالمد: الأرض الكثيرة التراب

And al-kathathaa', with 'madd': land with abundant dust.

وكث الرجل بسلحه: رمى فهو كاث

And a man threw with his dung: he threw, so he is a thrower.

وكثت (اللحية) تكث كثا، وكثاثة وكثوثة وكثثا، بفك الإدغام: كثرت أصولها، وكثفت وقصرت وجعدت فلم تنبسط.

And the beard grew thickly, it grew thickly with thickness, and with density, and with thickness, by un-assimilating the 'dagg': its roots became abundant, and it became dense, short, and curly, not straight.

شتت كثة الأوبار لا القر تتقى ولا الذئب تخشى وهي بالبلد المقصى

Scattered are the thickly grown fronds, not fearing the cold nor the wolf, and it is in a remote land.

ورجل كث، ج كثاث.

And a man is dense, plural 'kathath'.

وقد أكث وكثكث

And he had thick hair and gathered dust.

الكث والأكث: نعت كثيث اللحية، ومصدره الكثوثة.

Al-kath and al-akth: an adjective for a thick-bearded man, and its مصدر is al-kathuthah.

رجل أكث، ولحية كثاء بينة الكثث، والفعل يكث كثوثة.

A man with thick hair, and a clearly thick beard, and the verb is 'yakuth' with 'kathuthah'.

بحيث ناصى اللمم الكثاثا مور الكثيب فجرى وحاثا

Where the dense hair of the sand dune approached, it flowed and was urged on.

يعني باللمم الكثاث النبات، وأراد بحاث: حثا، فقلب.

He meant by 'al-lamam al-kathath' the growth, and by 'bathath' he meant 'haththan', so he inverted it.

فلان قدومه على كث منخره، أي على رغم أنفه.

So-and-so's arrival is against his will, meaning against his nose.

من كان في لحيته كثاثة، كان في عقله غثاثة.

Whoever has density in his beard, has weakness in his mind.