كثو

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to accumulation, particularly of earth or solid matter. It also extends to concepts of scarcity or a small amount of liquid, and to specific plants and place names.

Derived headwords

الكثوnoun

1.
accumulated earthboth
A mound or heap of earth, soil, or similar material.
2.
small amount of milkclassical
A small quantity of milk, specifically referring to curdled or thickened milk.
3.
sandgrouseclassical
A type of bird, specifically the sandgrouse.

الكثوةnoun

1.
mound of earthboth
A heap or mound of earth, similar to a 'juthwah'.
2.
thickened milkclassical
The thickened or curdled part of milk.

الكثاnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant similar to 'ghubayra', but without a strong scent, bearing small fruit before ripening.

الكثاةnoun

1.
plantclassical
A plant, possibly referring to the same plant as 'al-kathā', or specifically to 'ayhaqan' (rocket/arugula).

كُثبةname

1.
city nameclassical
The name of a city in the region of Yazd, originally named 'Kuthwah'.

كثوةname

1.
man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man, possibly derived from the concept of a mound of earth.

كثوىname

1.
man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man, possibly the father or mother of the poet Zayd ibn Kathwah, or the name of Abu Salih (peace be upon him).

Parallel reading

الكثو: بالضم

Al-kathw: with dammah.

والكثو: هو (التراب المجتمع)

And al-kathw: is (accumulated earth).

والذي في المحكم والتكملة: {الكثوة، بالهاء، بهذا المعنى، كالجثوة.

And what is in Al-Muhkam and Al-Takmilah: {Al-kathwah, with haa, with this meaning, like al-juthwah.

والكثو: (القليل من اللبن)

And al-kathw: (a small amount of milk).

كثوة اللبن ككثأته، وهو الخاثر المجتمع عليه.

The kathwah of milk is like its kath'ah, and it is the thickened, curdled milk.

والكثو: (القطاة.

And al-kathw: (the sandgrouse).

الكثوة، (بهاء: ع.

Al-kathwah, (with haa: a name).

والكثا) ، بالفتح مقصور: شجر مثل الغبيراء سواء في كل شيء إلا أنه لا ريح له، وله ثمرة مثل صغار ثمر الغبيراء قبل أن يحمر، حكاه أبو حنيفة.

And al-kathā, (with fatha and shortened): a plant like al-ghubayra in all respects except that it has no scent, and it has fruit like small fruits of al-ghubayra before it ripens, narrated by Abu Hanifa.

قال ابن سيده: وهو بالواو لأنا لا نعرف في الكلام كثي؛ وقال أعرابي هو الكثاة، مقصورا.

Ibn Sidah said: It is with waw because we do not know of 'kathī' in speech; and an Arab said it is al-kathāh, shortened.

قال أبو مالك: (! الكثاة) ، بلا همز: (الأيهقان) ، وهو الجرجير؛ ورواه أبو حنيفة بالمد؛ (ج {كثا) ، بالضم مقصور.

Abu Malik said: (Al-kathāh), without hamza: (al-ayhaqan), which is arugula; and Abu Hanifa narrated it with madd; (plural of kathā), with dammah and shortened.

أو الكثاة: (شجر كالغبيراء) ، تقدم بيانه قريبا.

Or al-kathāh: (a plant like al-ghubayra), its explanation was given previously.

وكثة) ، كثبة: (اسم مدينة حومة يزد أصلها كثوة) ، بالضم.

And Kuthbah, Kathbah: (the name of a city in the region of Yazd, its origin is Kuthwah), with dammah.

كثوة: اسم رجل؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.

Kuthwah: the name of a man; from Ibn Al-A'rabi.

أبو كثوة: زيد بن كثوة، شاعر، يقال هي أمه، وقيل: أبوه.

Abu Kuthwah: Zayd ibn Kuthwah, a poet, it is said she was his mother, and it was said: his father.

وكثوى: اسم رجل؛ قيل: اسم أبي صالح، عليه السلام.

And Kathwa: the name of a man; it was said: the name of Abu Salih, peace be upon him.