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كتح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating voraciously or consuming something completely. It also extends to the idea of a strong wind blowing dust or stripping things away, and the consumption of vegetation by locusts.

Derived headwords

كَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat until fullboth

    To eat food until one is satisfied or full. This implies a thorough and complete consumption.

كَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to blow dustclassical

    Used to describe a wind that blows dust or sand onto someone.

كَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to strip clothesclassical

    Used to describe a wind that pulls or snatches at someone's clothes.

كَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to consume vegetationclassical

    Used to describe locusts (دبى) eating all the vegetation or plants from the ground.

الكُتُحnoun
  1. 1.
    eating until fullboth

    The act of eating until one is satisfied or full.

الكُتُحnoun
  1. 1.
    wind blowing dustclassical

    A strong wind that blows dust or sand.

الكُتُحnoun
  1. 1.
    consumption by locustsclassical

    The act of locusts consuming vegetation.

Parallel reading

أكل الطعام كمنع: أكل منه حتى شبع.
He ate the food like (he ate) until he was full.
وكتحت الريح فلانا: سفت عليه التراب، أو نازعته ثيابه.
And the wind blew dust on him, or snatched at his clothes.
وكتح الدبى الأرض: أكل ما عليها من نبات أو شجر.
And the locusts consumed the land, eating what was on it of plants or trees.
لهم أشد عليكم يوم ذالكم من الكواتح من ذاك الدبى السود
They are fiercer against you on that day than the consumers (or wind-blown dust) from those black locusts.