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أ
4 اقثأت الأَرْضُ, (
Az,
S,
O,) or اقثأ المَكَانُ, (
K,) The land, or the place, abounded with the [species of cucumber called] قِثّآء. (
Az,
S,
O,
K.) and اقثأ القَوْمُ The people had abundance of قثّآء. (
S,
O,
K.) قِثَّآءٌ (
S,
O,
Msb,
K) and قُثَّآءٌ, (
O,
Msb,
K,) the former of which, with kesr, in the more common, (
Msb,
TA,) [A certain vegetable,] well-known: (
K,
TA:) [a species of cucumber; cucumis sativus β fructu flavo majore: (Delile's Floræ Ægypt. Illustr., no. 928:]) or the [cucumber called] خِيَار [
q. v.]: (
S,
O,
K:) or a general name for the خِيَار, the عَجُور [
q. v.], and the فَقُّوس [or فَقُّوص
q. v.]: but some apply the name to a species resembling the خيار: (
Msb,
TA:) and it is said that it is lighter (أَخَفُّ) than the خيار: also that عَجُور signifies large قِثّآء: (
TA:) the
n. un. is قثّآءة. (
S,
O,
Msb.)
b2: قِثَّآءُ الحِمَارِ see
voce عَلْقَمٌ.
مَقْثَأَةٌ and مَقْثُؤَةٌ, (
S,
O,
K,
TA,) or أَرْضٌ مَقْثَأَةٌ and مَقْثُؤَةٌ, (
Msb,) A place, or land, of قثّآء, (
S,
Msb,
K,) where قثّآء are sown and grow. (
TA.)