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كلبث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone who is stingy, tight-fisted, or miserly. It can also denote someone who is firm, strong, or severe.

Derived headwords

الكَلْبَثnoun
  1. 1.
    miserclassical

    A stingy and contracted person, someone who is tight-fisted with their money.

كَلْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyclassical

    To be miserly, contracted, and unwilling to spend.

  2. 2.
    to be firmclassical

    To be strong, severe, or unyielding.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن دريد: هو البخيل المنقبض
And Ibn Duraid said: he is the stingy, contracted one.
وهو أيضا: الصلب الشديد
And it is also: the firm, the severe.
كذا في اللسان
Thus it is in Al-Lisan.