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كعثر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root pertains to stumbling or tripping, particularly in one's gait. It is noted as a variant or dialectal form of another root with a similar meaning.

Derived headwords

كَعْثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to stumbleboth

    To trip or falter while walking, losing one's balance.

كَعْثَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a stumbleclassical

    The act or instance of stumbling or tripping.

Parallel reading

كعثر في مشيه
He stumbled in his walking.
بالمثلثة، لغة في كعتر
With the letter tha' (ث), it is a linguistic variant of ka'tara (كعتر).
نقله ابن القطاع
Ibn al-Qatta' transmitted it.