صنو

4 اصنى النَّخْلُ The palm-trees had pairs, or triplets, or more, growing together from single roots. (IKtt, TA.) صَنْوٌ: see the next paragraph.

صُنْوٌ: see the next paragraph.

صِنْوٌ One of a pair, (AHn, S, M, K,) or of three, (S, M,) or of more than two, (K,) or of more than three, (M,) or of five, or of six, (TA,) of palmtrees, (S, M, K,) or of any trees, (AHn, M, K,) or of trees resembling one another, (M,) growing from one root; (AHn, S, M, K;) each [or every one] of such being called the صِنْو of the other [or others growing with it]; (AHn, M;) as also ↓ صُنْوٌ, (M, K,) mentioned by Zj: (M:) two of such are termed صِنْوَانِ (S, K) and صُنْوَانِ and صَنْوَانِ, [which last implies that ↓ صَنْوٌ as well as صُنْوٌ is a dial. var. of صِنْوٌ,] and also صِنْيَانِ and صُنْيَانِ and صَنْيَانِ, [which imply that صِنْىٌ and صُنْىٌ and صَنْىٌ are also dial. vars. of صِنْوٌ and صُنْوٌ and صَنْوٌ;] (K;) and the pl. is صِنْوَانٌ (Az, S, M) and [of pauc.] أَصْنَآءٌ, (M,) the former pl. differing from the first of the duals mentioned above by being perfectly decl. (Az, S, * TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xiii. 4], صِنْوَانٍ وَغَيْرُِ صِنْوَانٍ, (TA,) i. e. Palmtrees having one root and [others] having distinct roots: Hafs read صُنْوَان, like قُنْوَان pl. of قِنْوٌ; of the dial. of Temeem. (Bd.) b2: And hence, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) A brother; but not so called unless coupled with another: (Sh, TA:) or a brother by the same father: (Az, TA:) [or a brother by the same mother; as is indicated by an explanation of one of the pls in what follows:] or a brother such as is termed شقِيق, (M, K,) which means by the father and mother: (TA in art. شق:) and a son; (M, K;) because he has branched forth from one stock [with his father]: (TA:) and a paternal uncle; (M, K;) but this last meaning is taken from a trad. cited in what follows: (TA:) the fem. is with ة: and the pl. is أَصْنَآءٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and صِنْوَانٌ [as above]. (M, K.) It is said in a trad., عَمُّ الرَّجُلِ صِنْوُ أَبِيهِ (tropical:) [The paternal uncle of the man is the صِنْو of his father]; (T, S;) meaning that the stock of both is one. (T, TA.) [And it is said that] صَنْوَانٌ وغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ, relating to a man's children, means (assumed tropical:) Sons of one mother by different fathers, and children of different mothers by one father. (Har p. 608.) b3: [Hence the pl.] أَصْنَآءٌ signifies also (assumed tropical:) Likes, or fellows. (IAar, TA.) b4: And رَكِيَّتَانِ صِنْوَانِ (tropical:) Two wells near together, (Az, S, M, K, TA,) or (so in the TA and in some copies of the K) that yield water from one spring. (Az, S, K, TA.) b5: صِنْوٌ also signifies A widened well (حَفَرٌ) from which water is not drawn and of the water of which no use is made: (Ibn-Buzurj, K:) pl. صِنْوَانٌ. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.) b6: See also what follows.

صُنَىٌّ A small حِسْى [q. v.] to which no one comes for water, (S, K,) and for which no one cares: dim. of ↓ صِنْوٌ: (S:) or, as some say, (S,) a cleft in a mountain: (S, TA:) or a ravine, or gap, (شِعْبٌ,) in which water flows, between two mountains. (TA.)

(خَضَرَ)
(هـ) فِيهِ «إِنَّ أخْوَف مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدي مَا يُخْرِج اللَّهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ زهْرَة الدُّنْيَا، وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِالْخَيْرِ، وَإِنَّ ممَّا يُنْبِتُ الربيعُ مَا يقْتُل حَبَطاً أَوْ يُلِمُّ، إلاَّ آكِلَةَ الخَضِرِ، فَإِنَّهَا أكَلتْ حَتَّى إِذَا امْتدَّت خَاصِرَتَاهَا اسْتَقْبَلت عينَ الشَّمْسِ فَثَلَطتْ وبالتْ ثُمَّ رَتعت، وَإِنَّمَا هَذَا المالُ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ، ونعْمَ صاحبُ المُسْلم، هُوَ لِمَنْ أعْطي مِنْهُ الْمِسْكِينَ واليَتيمَ وابنَ السَّبِيلِ» هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى شَرْح إلْفاظه مُجْتمعةً، فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا فُرّق لَا يَكَادُ يُفهم الْغَرَضُ مِنْهُ:
الحبَط بِالتَّحْرِيكِ: الْهَلَاكُ. يُقَالُ حَبِط يَحبَط حَبْطًا، وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ فِي الْحَاءِ. ويُلِمّ: يَقْرُب.
أَيْ يَدْنُو مِنَ الْهَلَاكِ. والخَضِرُ بِكَسْرِ الضَّادِ: نَوْعٌ مِنَ البُقول. لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحْرَارِهَا وجَيّدها. وثَلَطَ الْبَعِيرُ يَثْلِط إِذَا ألْقى رَجِيعه سَهْلاً رَقيقاً. ضَرَب فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مَثَلين: أحَدُهما لِلْمُفْرط فِي جَمْع الدُّنيا والمَنْع مِنْ حَقّها، وَالْآخَرُ للْمُقْتَصِدِ فِي أخْذِها والنَّفع بِهَا. فَقَوْلُهُ: إنَّ ممَّا يُنْبِتُ الربيعُ مَا يَقْتُلُ حَبَطاً أَوْ يُلِمُّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَثَل للمُفْرط الَّذِي يَأخُذ الدُّنْيَا بِغَيْرِ حَقّها، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الرَّبِيعَ يُنْبِتُ أَحْرَارَ البُقول فَتَسْتَكْثر الماشِية مِنْهُ لاسْتطَابَتِها إِيَّاهُ، حَتَّى تُنْتَفِخَ بُطُونُها عِنْدَ مُجَاوَزتِها حَدّ الاحْتمالِ، فتَنْشَقّ أمعاؤُها مِنْ ذَلِكَ فتّهْلِك أَوْ تُقَارب الْهَلَاكَ، وَكَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَجْمَع الدُّنيا مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلّها ويَمْنَعُها مُسْتَحِقّها قَدْ تَعرّض لِلْهَلَاكِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ بدخُول النَّار، وَفِي الدُّنْيَا بأذَى النَّاسِ لَهُ وحَسدهم إيَّاه، وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الأذَى. وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ إِلَّا آكِلة الْخَضِر، فَإِنَّهُ مَثَلٌ للمُقْتَصِد، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْخَضِر لَيْسَ مِنْ أحْرار البُقول وجَيّدِها الَّتِي يُنْبتُها الربيعُ بِتَوَالِي أمْطاره فتحْسُنُ وتَنْعُمُ، ولكنَّه مِنَ البُقول الَّتِي تَرْعَاهَا الْمَوَاشِي بَعْدَ هَيْج البُقول ويُبْسِها حَيْثُ لَا تَجِدُ سِوَاهَا، وتُسمِّيها العَربُ الجَنَبة، فَلَا تَرى الماشِية تُكثر مِنْ أكْلها وَلَا تَسْتَمْرِئها، فضرَب آكِلة الخَضِر مِنَ الْمَوَاشِي مَثَلًا لِمَنْ يَقتْصد فِي أخْذ الدُّنْيَا وجَمْعها، وَلَا يَحْمله الحِرْصُ عَلَى أخْذِها بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا، فَهُوَ بنَجْوةٍ مِنْ وَبَالِهَا، كَمَا نَجَتْ آكِلَةُ الخَضِر، أَلَا تَرَاهُ قَالَ: أكَلْت حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَدَّتْ خَاصِرَتاها اسْتَقْبَلت عَيْنَ الشَّمْسِ فَثَلَطَت وَبَالَتْ، أَرَادَ أَنَّهَا إِذَا شَبِعَت مِنْهَا برَكَت مُسْتَقْبِلةً عَيْنَ الشَّمْسِ تَسْتَمْرِئُ بِذَلِكَ مَا أكلَتْ، وتجْتَرُّ وتَثْلِطُ، فَإِذَا ثَلَطَت فَقَدْ زَالَ عَنْهَا الحَبَطُ. وَإِنَّمَا تَحبَط الْمَاشِيَةُ لِأَنَّهَا تَمْتَلِئُ بُطُونها وَلَا تَثْلِطُ وَلَا تَبُول، فتَنْتفِخُ أجْوَافها، فَيَعْرِضُ لَهَا الْمَرَضُ فتبهلك. وَأَرَادَ بزَهْرة الدُّنْيَا حُسنَها وبَهْجَتَها، وببَركات الأرضِ نَمَاءَها وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ نَبَاتِها.

دجو

1 دَجَا, (S, K,) aor. ـْ (S,) inf. n. دَجْوٌ (S, K) and دُجُوٌّ (K) [and app. دُجًا or دُجًى, q. v. infrà], It (the night) was, or became, dark; as also ↓ ادجى and ↓ تدجّى (S, K) and ↓ اِدْجَوْجَى: (K:) or, accord. to As, دَجَا, said of the night, is not from the being dark, but signifies it covered everything: and hence, he says, the phrase, مُنْذُ دَجَا الإِسْلَامُ, meaning Since [the religion of] El-Islám became strong, and covered everything; (S;) or became strong, and spread, and covered everything: (TA:) and he also said that دَجَا means It (the night) was, or became, still, or calm; and ↓ تدجّى is said to mean the same. (TA.) b2: Also It (the hair of a she-goat) was, or became, such that one part thereof overlay another, and it was not loose and sparse. (K.) b3: Also, (K,) inf. n. دُجُوٌّ, (TA,) It (a garment) was complete, full, or ample; [such as covered the wearer completely;] or long, reaching to the ground. (K.) b4: And, said of a man, i. q. جَامَعَ; (K;) as also دَحَا. (K in art. دحو.) You say, دَجَاهَا He compressed her. (IAar, TA.) b5: دَجَا

أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ means (assumed tropical:) [Their affair, or case,] became in a good, right, or proper, state [upon that ground, or condition: probably from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it was, or became, still, or calm ”]. (As, TA.) b6: دَجْ لَا دَجَ كُنَّ اللّٰهُ [app. Come hither, may God not protect you; if, as is probably the case, from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it covered everything; ”] is said in chiding the domestic fowl. (TA. [See دَجْ in art. دج.]) 3 داجى, (K,) inf. n. مُدَاجَاةٌ, (TA,) He treated another with concealment of enmity; (K and TA in art. دجى;) as though he came to him فى دُجْيَةٍ, i. e. in darkness; (TA;) or from أَدْجَيْتُ البَيْتَ [q. v. infrà]. (Har p. 393.) b2: [Hence,] مُدَاجَاةٌ signifies [also] The treating with gentleness, or blandishment; soothing, coaxing, wheedling, or cajoling; or deceiving, deluding, beguiling, circumventing, or outwitting; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to do so: (S, K:) the treating hypocritically: (Har ubi suprà:) the coaxing, or wheedling, with comely behaviour or speech, not rendering sincere brotherly affection; or simply the treating with comely behaviour: and the putting [one] off [in the matter of a right, or due], as one does by repeated promises. (TA.) You say, دَاجَيْتُهُ, meaning I treated him with gentleness, or blandishment; &c.; as though with concealment of enmity. (S.) b3: Also The preventing, or forbidding, or refusing, in a manner between that of severity and that of laxness. (AA, S, K.) 4 أَدْجَوَ see 1, first sentence. b2: [Hence,] أَدْجَيْتُ البَيْتَ I let down the curtain [of the door] of the chamber. (Har p. 393.) 5 تَدَجَّوَ see 1, first sentence, in two places. b2: [Hence,] تدجّى السَّحَابُ The clouds closed together and spread so as to cover the sky. (AHn.) 12 اِدْجَوْجَى: see 1, first sentence.

دُجَةٌ The three fingers [meaning the thumb and first and second fingers] with a mouthful upon [or between] them. (K.) And The mouthful [that is taken with the thumb and first and second fingers]. (TA.) ثَلَاثُ دُجَةٍ يَحْمِلْنَ دُجَةً إِلَى

الغَيْهَبَانِ وَالمِنْثَجَةِ is an enigma of the Arabs of the desert, meaning Three fingers conveying a mouthful to the belly and the anus. (TA.) A2: A button (T, M, K) of a shirt: (T, K:) pl. دُجَاتٌ and دُجًى. (K.) b2: See also art. دجى.

دُجًا (as written by some) or دُجًى (as written by others) Darkness; (S;) and so ↓ دُجْيَةٌ, of which, in this sense, [as well as in others, mentioned in art. دجى,] دُجًى is also the pl., (S, and K in art. دجى,) accord. to Ks, as mentioned by IJ, who holds it to be [only] sing.; (Har p. 611;) and so, too, ↓ دَاجِيَةٌ, of which the pl. is دَوَاجٍ: (TA:) or دُجًى signifies the blackness of night, with clouds, so that one sees not star nor moon: or, as some say, [the state of the night] when it covers everything; not from the being dark: [see 1, first sentence:] (TA:) and اللَّيْلُ ↓ دَيَاجِى signifies the darknesses, or intense darknesses, of night. (S, K.) b2: You say also لَيْلَةٌ دُجًى [A dark night, or a night that covers everything]: and لَيَالٍ دُجًى [dark nights, &c.]; not pluralizing the latter word, because it is an inf. n. used as an epithet. (TA.) [See also دَاجٍ.]

دِجْوٌ A like, or an equal: and a [friend, or companion, such as is termed] خِدْن. (TA.) دُجْيَةٌ: see دُجًا, above: and see also art. دجى.

دَجْوَآءُ, applied to a she-goat, (K,) and to a she-camel, (TA,) Having full, ample, or long, hair or fur. (K, TA.) دَجِىٌّ: see what next follows, in two places.

لَيْلٌ دَاجٍ and ↓ دَجِىٌّ Dark night. (TA, and K in art. دجى.) And لَيْلَةٌ دَاجِيَةٌ A dark night. (S.) b2: نِعْمَةٌ دَاجِيَةٌ (K) and نَعْمَآءُ دَاجِيَةٌ (IAar, TA) An ample benefit, boon, or blessing. (IAar, K. [Or, if the right reading in the former phrase be نَعْمَةٌ, both phrases may mean Ample enjoyment or good fortune.]) إِنَّهُ لَفِى عَيْشٍ دَاجٍ, (S,) or ↓ عَيْشٍ دَاجٍ دَجِىٍّ, (TA,) app. means Verily he is in an easy or a tranquil, or a plentiful and pleasant, or a soft or delicate, state of life. (S, TA.) دَاجِيَةٌ [fem. of دَاجٍ, q. v.: b2: ] as a subst.: see دُجًا.

دَيَاجِى اللَّيْلِ: see دُجًا.

صفو: في معجم ألكالا وبوشر: صفى ويقال: صفا (الصديقُ أو الحبيب بمعنى أخلص له الحب. المقري 2: 403) ويقال: صفا له ففي المقري (11: 485) (وانظر إضافات): ثم لم تَصْفُ لي بَعْدُ. أي لم تخلص لي الحب.
صفا. صفا اللون: بهت وصار أقل دكونة (بوشر).
صفا له: خلص له، كان من ملكه. ففي أماري (ص135) (وانظر تعليقات نقدية) في كلامه عن جزيرة صقلية: وقد كانت صَفَتْ للمسلمين ثم صَفَتْ للفرنج.
صفا له: تفرّغ له، تعاطاه، اهتم به. ففي المقري (1: 488): فكان صفوة للعِلْم أكثر منه للعَمَل.
صفا: أنجز، أتم، أكمل (فوك).
صفا: كفّ عن الشرب (ألكالا).
صَفَّى (بالتشديد): رشح، نضح، رَوَّق، نفاه مما يشوبه من الكدر وأمرّه من خلال قطعة نسيج (ألكالا، بوشر). صَفّى: قطّر، صعَّد (ألكالا) وفيه المصدر تصفيه.
صَفّى: مخض، نزع الزبدة من اللبن (ألكالا).
صَفَى: رتّب، نظَّم، فرّق، يقال مثلاً: صَفّى الشعر (ألكالا) وفيه تصفية الشعر.
صَفَّى: أصفى، خلّص من الكدر، نقّى (هلو).
صفَّى: أنجز، أكمل، أتم (فوك).
اللوم المُصَفّى: البخل التام، الشحّ الكامل. (دي سلان، البكري ص62).
صَفّى: اتخذه صَفيّاً أي صديقاً مختاراً (ديوان الهذليين ص203).
أصْفَى. أصفى رئيس الجند: أخذ نصيبه من الغنيمة (معجم البلاذري).
أصفَى: استصفى الأموال، واحتكرها، وصادرها (معجم البلاذري).
أصفى: طلى بالكلس؟ وفي تاريخ البربر (1: 265): وأضفى عليها من الكلس. غير أن في مخطوطة لندن وفي طبعة بولاق: وأضفى عليها بالصاد المهملة.
تصَفَّى: سال، انهمر. فعند أبو الوليد (ص201): يتصفى الغيث من غمامه.
تصفّى المالُ: راج، نفق (بوشر).
تصفَّى دَمُه: فقد كل دمه (ألف ليلة برسل 12: 83).
غير متصفّين من الدين: غير مختصين بالدين. دي سلان تاريخ البربر (1: 53).
تصافَى. والعامة تقول: تصافوا أي توافقوا وارتفع النزاع من بينهم (محيط المحيط) اصطفى. اصطفى رئيس الجند: أخذ حصته من الغنيمة (معجم البلاذري).
اصطفى: استصفى، احتكر، صادر (معجم البلاذري، معجم الطرائف) وفي حيّان (ص29 و): واصطفى الأمير عبد الله في خلافته أيضاً منية نَصْر الخصي.
استصفى: بدل أن يقال استصفى أموال فلان أي صادرها يقال في نفس المعنى استصفى فلاناً (تاريخ البربر 1: 172، 459، 621).
صَفْوَة: بهجة، جذل، بشاشة، سرور. ففي حكاية باسم الحداد: أغلظ الناس طبع من لم يكن في زمان الربيع ذو صفوة.
صَفْوَة: عند العامة رماد (همبرت ص197 محيط المحيط).
صَفْوَة: عند العامة الماء الذي ينقع فيه الرماد (محيط المحيط).
صُفْوة: عند العامة الإناء الذي ينقع فيه الرماد (محيط المحيط).
أولاد فلان ذكور صفوة: عند العامة أي ليس بينهم أنثى (محيط المحيط).
صفية: رماد (بوشر، همبرت ص197).
صَفَوان: تستعمل صفة، ففي حيان - بسام (3: 49) (في مخطوطة ب فقط) صخرة عظيمة الجرم صفوانة الخلق.
صَفَاء: معناه عند المحدثين تسلية، لهو، سرور، ويقولون: عمل صفاء مع أي لها مع فلان (فليشر معجم ص58).
صَفاء: اسم نوع من القلانس تعتمرها الثريات من نساء مصر (وصفت في الجريدة الأسيوية 1856، 1: 75).
صَفَاوَة: صفاء، نقاء، خلوص (بوشر).
صَفِيّ: صافٍ، صفو الشيء وخياره (ألكالا).
صَفِيّ. بستان صَفيّ: نَزِه. ففي حيّان (ص29 ق): قسم أوقات نزهه وفرجه ما بين هاتين المثنْيَتَيْن الصفيَّتين (وقد أدخلت أل التعريف على الكلمة الأخيرة وهي غير موجودة في المخطوطة).
صَفَايا: بعض أراضٍ العراق التي استصفاها الخليفة عمر، وهي أراضٍ مات أصحابها في حرب المسلمين وأراضٍ كانت ملكاً للأجنبي الغاصب وقواده وأسرته وأراضي الأديرة وبيوت النار، وكل أرض يسهل استصلاحها. ((وهذا ما يسمى قطائع العراق فيما يقول قدامة)).
دي سلان الجريدة الأسيوية 1863، 1: 80 - 81) صفايا الملوك في الأندلس هي الثلاثة آلاف إقطاعة التي كان يملكها ويتيزا وتركها المسلمون لأولاده مكافأة لهم (ابن القوطية ص2 و، المقري 1: 162).
صفايا: تطلق على الأشخاص الذين أصبحوا خاضعين للأمير ويؤدون إليه الجزية. (تاريخ البربر 2: 33).
صُفَّية: مِصفاة، راووق (ويرن ص73).
صافٍ: حاصل، دخل (بوشر)، وهي في اصطلاح التجار الحاصل من ثمن المبيع بعد خصم التكاليف والنوافذ (محيط المحيط).
صافٍ: الصافي عند العامة الخلاصة والوجه الذي استقر عليه الرأي (محيط المحيط).
بياض صافٍ: عند العامة نقي خالص (محيط المحيط).
الأحمر الصافي: عند العامة ما يسمى بشديد الحمرة (محيط المحيط).
صافٍ: نبيذ يعمل من الزبيب (هوست ص218).
صافي الماية: لحن من ألحان الموسيقى (هوست ص258).
الصوافي: ما استصفى من الأراضي (معجم البلاذري). وأملاك الأمير (معجم الطرائف).
أصفَى: أكثر فرحاً وسروراً. (عباداً: 65، كوسج طرائف ص71).
تَصَّفَية: سيلان، حرقة البول. (شيرب) والتهاب الحالب. (دوماس حياة العرب ص425).
التصافي: هذه الكلمة التي يذكرها فريتاج مثلاً عن دي ساسي مشكوك فيها جداً كما أشار إلى ذلك دي ساسي (2: 61) نفسه.
مِصْفة: مصفاة، راووق (بوشر) وهي تصحيف مصْفى.
نصفى: مصفاة، راووق (بوشر).
مِصْفى الراعي: بلسكي، غاليون (نبات). (بوشر). ويعرف بالأندلس بمصفى الرعاة وذلك أن الرعاة تستعمله مكان المصفاة إذا أرادوا تصفية اللبن من الشعر الذي يسقط فيه (ابن البيطار 1: 170).
مِصْفَى: ابريق القهوة، دَلْوة، دَلَّة (زيشر 92: 100 رقم 35).
مُصَفٍ: غاسل الثياب (ألكالا) وفيه أيضاً: مُصَفّية: غاسلة الثياب.
مَصّفا: كلمة تكتب على النقود لتدل على أنها نقية المعدن (زيشر 9: 823).
مِصْفاة: مِشواة، مُصَبَّع (بابن سميث 1516).

صفو

1 صَفَا, (S, M, Msb,) aor. ـْ (S, Msb,) inf. n. صَفَآءٌ (S, M, Msb, K *) and صُفُوٌّ (M, Msb, K *) and صَفْوٌ (K, * TK) and صَفْوَةٌٰ and صِفْوَةٌ, (MA,) said of wine, or beverage, (S,) or of water, (TK,) or of a thing, (M,) It was, or became, clear, limpid, or pure; contr. of كَدِرَ; (S, M, K; *) or free from الكَدَر [i. e. turbidness, thickness, or muddiness]; (Msb;) or free from admixture. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And, said of the air, or atmosphere, It was, or became, cloudless; free from any particle of cloud. (M, K.) [And it is also said, tropically, of life; and of the mind, or heart; and of love, or affection; &c.] b2: صَفَتْ, (AA, S, M, K,) aor. ـْ (AA, S;) and صَفُوتْ; (M, K;) said of a she-camel, (AA, S, M, K,) and of a ewe, or she-goat, (AA, S,) She abounded with milk. (AA, S, M, K.) A2: صَفَا الشَّىْءَ He took the clear, or pure, part, or portion, of the thing; (M, TA;) as also صَفْوَهُ ↓ استصفى; (M;) and ↓ استصفاهُ [alone] signifies the same; (K, TA;) as also ↓ اصطفاهُ; (Er-Rághib, TA;) or he took the best, or choice, part, or portion, of it. (TA.) Yousay, صَفَوْتُ القِدْرَ I took the clear, or pure, part, or portion, [of the contents] of the cooking-pot. (S.) 2 صفّاهُ, inf. n. تَصْفِيَةٌ, He cleared, or clarified, it, namely, wine, or beverage, (S, TA,) by means of the رَاوُوق [or مِصْفَاة]. (TA.) And He removed from it the floating particles, or motes, or the like, that had fallen into it; (TA;) or so صفّاهُ مِنَ القَذَى. (Msb.) b2: And صفّى عَرَمَتَهُ, inf. n. as above, He winnowed his heap of trodden-out corn, or grain. (TA.) 3 صافاهُ, (S, M, K, TA,) inf. n. مُصَافَاةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He regarded him, or acted towards him, with reciprocal purity of mind, or sincerity; or with reciprocal purity, or sincerity, of love, or affection; syn. خَالَصَهُ; (S in art. خلص;) he rendered him true, or sincere, brotherly affection; (M, K, TA;) as also ↓ اصفاهُ; (K;) or الوُدَّ ↓ اصفاهُ, (S, Msb,) or المَوَدَّةَ, (TA,) he rendered him pure, or sincere, love or affection; (S, Msb, TA;) and [in like manner] one says also صافاهُ الإِخَآءَ. (TA.) 4 اصفاهُ الشَّىْءَ He made the thing to be his, or he assigned, or appropriated, to him the thing, purely, absolutely, or exclusively. (TA.) b2: See also 3 in two places. b3: And اصفاهُ (S, Msb, K, TA) بِالشَّىْءِ (S) or بِكَذَا (K, TA) (tropical:) He chose him in preference to others (S, Msb, K, TA) for, or to give him, the thing or such a thing; (S, K, TA;) and he distinguished him particularly, peculiarly, or specially, i. e. above, or from, or exclusively of, others, by the thing or by such a thing. (TA.) b4: And اصفى عِيَالَهُ بِشَىْءٍ قَلِيلٍ (assumed tropical:) He contented, or satisfied, his family, or household, with something little, or scanty. (TA.) b5: اصفى الأَمِيرُ دَارَ فُلَانٍ means (assumed tropical:) The prince, or governor, took what was in the house of such a one: (S, * TA:) and مَالَهُ ↓ استصفى (tropical:) He took all his property. (S, K, TA.) A2: اصفى, intrans., (tropical:) He was, or became, destitute, or devoid, مِنَ المَالِ [of property], and مِنَ الأَدَبِ [of good education, good breeding, or polite accomplishments, &c.]: (S, K, TA:) as though clear thereof. (TA.) b2: And (tropical:) He (a man, TA) became exhausted of his sperma by women: (Az, K, TA:) or he ceased from sexual intercourse. (IKtt, TA.) b3: And اصفت said of a hen, (assumed tropical:) She ceased to lay eggs: (S, M, K, TA:) as though she became clear. (TA.) b4: Hence, (TA,) اصفى said of a poet, (tropical:) He ceased to utter poetry, or to poetize. (S, M, A, K, * TA.) A3: اصفى القَوْمُ The people had abundance of milk in their camels, and in their sheep or goats. (TA.) A4: اصفى said of a digger, He reached stone (صَفًا, M, TA, i. e. حَجَرًا, TA), so that he was repelled [thereby], (M, TA,) or prevented from digging [further]. (TA.) 5 تصفّى [It became cleared, or clarified]. (K in art. نطب.) 6 تَصَافَيْنَا We regarded one another, or acted reciprocally, with purity, or sincerity, [of mind, or] of love, or affection; syn. تَخَالَصْنَا. (S. [See also 3.]) 8 اصطفاهُ: see 1, last sentence but one. b2: Also He took it clear, limpid, or pure; (M, TA;) and so [accord. to SM, which, however, I think doubtful,] ↓ استصفاهُ, which is expl. in the K as signifying he reckoned it clear, limpid, or pure; though the former meaning is assigned in the M to اصطفاهُ only. (TA.) b3: And He chose, made choice of, selected, elected, or preferred, it, (S, M, K,) namely, a thing; (M;) as also ↓ استصفاهُ. (M, K.) And اِصْطَفَيْتُ كَذَا عَلَى كَذَا I chose such a thing in preference to such a thing. (TA.) But اِصْطِفَآءُ اللّٰهِ عِبَادَهُ [sometimes means God's creating his servants pure; for it] is sometimes by his bringing them into existence clear from the admixture that is found in others: and sometimes it is by his choice and judgment. (TA.) 10 إِسْتَصْفَوَ see 1, last sentence but one, in two places: b2: see also 8, in two places: b3: and see 4.

صَفًا Stones: or smooth stones: and one thereof is termed صَفَاةٌ: [i. e. the former word is a coll. gen. n., and the latter is its n. un.:] the two words being like حَصًى and حَصَاةٌ: (Msb:) or صَفَاةٌ signifies a smooth rock: (S:) or a hard and smooth stone, large, and such as does not give growth to anything: (M, K:) and the pl. of this is صَفًا [improperly thus termed a pl.] (S, M, K) and صَفَوَاتٌ, (M, K,) and (S, M, K) that of صَفًا, (M, K, *) not of صَفَاةٌ, (M,) أَصْفَآءٌ and صُفِىٌّ (S, M, K) and صِفِىٌّ: (M, K:) or صَفًا signifies stones that are broad and smooth: (ISk, TA:) and [accord. to F,] ↓ صَفْوَآءُ signifies the same as صَفَاةٌ, as also صَفْوَانَةٌ [in the CK erroneously written صَفْوَاة], of which the pl. is ↓ صَفْوَانٌ and ↓ صَفَوَانٌ, (K,) which last is said by El-Háfidh to be a mistaken pronunciation of صَفْوَانٌ; (TA;) [but correctly,] ↓ صَفْوَآءُ [which is a quasi-pl. n.] and ↓ صَفْوَانٌ [a coll. gen. n.] (As, T, S, M, TA) of which the sing. or n. un. is صَفْوَانَةٌ (S, M, TA) signify the same as صَفًا, (As, T, M, TA,) or stones, (S,) or soft, smooth stones; (TA;) or ↓ صَفْوَانٌ is used as a pl. and as a sing.; as a pl. meaning smooth stones, one of which is termed صَفْوَانَةٌ; and as a sing., stone, or a stone: (Msb:) the dual of صَفًا is صَفَوَانِ. (ISk, TA.) مَا تَنْدَى صَفَاتُهُ is a prov., (S,) applied to the niggardly, like مَا يَبِضُّ حَجَرُهُ, (S, in art. بض,) meaning (assumed tropical:) No good is obtained from him. (TA in that art.) And one says also, قَرَعَ صَفَاتَهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He im-pugned his character; blamed, or censured, him; or spoke against him. (Mgh in art. غمز.) b2: الصَّفَا A certain place in Mekkeh (S, Msb) may be masc. or fem., as meaning either the مَكَان or the بُقْعَة. (Msb.) b3: [بِنْتُ صَفًا, accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, signifies The echo.]

صَفْوٌ Clearness, limpidness, or purity; contr. of كَدَرٌ; (M, K;) like [the inf. ns.] صَفَآءٌ and صُفُوٌّ [&c. when used as simple substs.: see 1, first sentence]. (K.) See also صَفَآءٌ, below. b2: Also, and ↓ صَفْوَةٌ and ↓ صِفْوَةٌ and ↓ صُفْوَةٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) but only with fet-h when without ة, (AO, S,) The clear, or pure, part, or portion, of a thing; (S, M, Msb, K;) the best, or choice, part, or portion; (TA;) and so ↓ صَفِىٌّ, (K, * TA,) of a thing. (K, TA.) One says المَآءِ ↓ صَفْوَةُ, (T, TA,) and المَالِ, (AO, T, S, TA,) and الآخَآءِ, (T, TA,) and ↓ صِفْوَتُهُ, (AO, T, S, TA,) and ↓ صُفْوَتُهُ, (AO, S,) [i. e. The clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of water, and of property, and of brothers,] but only صَفْوُ الإِهَالَةِ [the clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of the grease, or melted fat, &c.]. (T, TA.) and Mohammad is said to be اللّٰهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ ↓ صَفْوَةُ and ↓ مُصْطَفَاهُ [i. e. God's choice one, or elect, or favourite, of his creatures]: (S:) and [in like manner] Adam is said to be اللّٰهِ ↓ صَفِىُّ i. e. the chosen one, or elect, of God. (TA.) صَفَاةٌ as meaning صَافِيَةٌ: see صَافٍ.

A2: Also n. un. of صَفًا [q. v.].

صَفْوَةٌ: see صَفْوٌ, in three places.

صُفْوَةٌ: see صَفْوٌ, in two places.

صِفْوَةٌ: see صَفْوٌ, in two places. b2: One says also, فِى الإِنَآءِ صِفْوَةٌ مِنْ مَآءٍ, or خَمْرٍ, i. e. [In the vessel is] a small quantity [of water, or of wine]. (M.) صَفْوَآءُ: see صَفًا, in two places.

يَوْمٌ صَفْوَانُ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ صَافٍ, (M, K,) A day in which the sun is clear, and which is very cold: (S:) or a cold day, (K,) or a very cold day, (M,) without clouds and without thickness [of the air]. (M, K.) b2: صَفْوَانُ is also a name of The second of the days of cold: (K, TA:) so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds: [as a proper name,] it is determinate, and imperfectly decl. (TA. [See also صُفَيَّةُ.]) A2: صَفْوَانٌ [as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة; and said to be used as a sing. and as a pl.]: see صَفًا, in three places.

صَفَوَانٌ: see صَفًا.

صَفَآءٌ an inf. n. of صَفَا. (S, M, &c. [See 1, first sentence.]) b2: [It is often used by moderns as meaning (assumed tropical:) Serenity of life, and of the mind; freedom from trouble; comfort; content; complacency; happiness, joy, or pleasure: and so, sometimes, ↓ صَفْوٌ.] b3: Also (tropical:) [Reciprocal purity or sincerity of mind, or of love or affection, or of brotherly affection; or pure, or sincere, reciprocal love &c.;] a subst, from صَافَاهُ. (TA.) صَفِىٌّ: see صَافٍ. b2: Also (tropical:) A friend who regards one, or behaves towards one, with reciprocal purity or sincerity of love or affection, or of brotherly affection: (S, * M, * K, TA:) pl. أَصْفِيَآءُ. (TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) [Such a man is the friend &c. of such a man]: and فُلَانَةُ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ and صَفِيَّتُهُ (assumed tropical:) [Such a woman is the friend, &c. of such a man]. (Ham p. 430.) b3: See also صَفْوٌ, in two places. b4: Also (tropical:) The portion, of the spoil, which the chief, or commander, chooses for himself before the division; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓ صَفِيَّةٌ, of which the pl. is صَفَايَا: (S, Msb:) or, accord. to As, صَفَايَا is pl. of صَفِىٌّ, which signifies the portion which the chief chooses for himself, exclusively of his companions, such as the horse, and that which cannot be divided among the army: or, as AO says, the portion which the chief chose for himself, after [taking] the fourth part, such as the she-camel, and the horse, and the sword, and the girl or young woman; and thus it continued to be in the case of El-Islám, but the fourth became reduced to the fifth. (Msb.) b5: Also, applied to a she-camel, (S, M, K,) and to a ewe, or she-goat, (S,) Abounding with milk; (S, M, K;) or so ↓ صَفِيَّةٌ: (Z, TA:) or the former, a she-camel whose milk lasts throughout the year: (IAar, TA in art. شكر:) pl. of the former, (Sb, S, M, K,) or of the latter, (Z, TA,) as above: (Sb, S, M, Z, K:) Sb says that it is not pluralized with ا and ت because the sing. is without ة. (M.) b6: And A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) abounding with fruit; (M, K;) or so ↓ صَفِيَّةٌ: (Z, TA:) pl. of the former, (TA,) or of the latter, as above. (Z, TA.) صَفِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.

صُفَيَّةُ a name of The first of the days of cold: (K, TA:) so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds. (TA. [See also صَفْوَانُ.]) صَافٍ Clear, limpid, or pure; free from كَدَر [or turbidness, &c.]; (Msb;) and so ↓ صَفِىٌّ, applied to anything. (M.) Applied to pasturage, the former word may mean Clear of dried-up leaves or similar rubbish: or it may be formed by transposition from صَائِفٌ, meaning “ of the [season called] صَيْف,” and so belonging to art. صيف. (M. [See also صَافٍ in another sense as formed by transposition from صَائِفٌ, voce صَافٌ, in art. صوف.]) In the phrase اللَّوْنِ ↓ صَفَاةُ applied by the poet Kutheiyir-'Azzeh to honey (جَنَاةُ النَّحْلِ), and expl. as meaning Clear in respect of colour, [ISd says,] I think that صفاة is originally صَفِيَة, as a possessive epithet. (M.) [صَافٍ is also applied to a sword, and the like, as meaning Bright, or free from rust.] And in the Kur xxii. 37, [instead of the common reading صَوَافَّ, pl. of صَافٌّ and صَافَّةٌ,] some read صَوَافِىَ, [pl. of صَافِيَةٌ, as well as of صَافٍ applied to irrational animals,] as meaning that the animals there mentioned are [to be regarded as] things purely [or exclusively] belonging to God. (TA.) b2: See also صَفْوَانُ.

A2: Also A certain fish, which [it is said] chews the cud; pl. صَوَافٍ. (TA.) صَافِيَةٌ [fem. of صَافٍ, q. v. b2: And also, as a subst.,] (tropical:) One of what are termed صَوَافِى الإِمَامِ, which means the towns, or villages, of those who have rebelled against him, which the Imám [or Khaleefeh] chooses for himself [as his peculiar property]: (A, TA:) or, as in the T, الصَّوَافِى signifies what the Sultán appropriates exclusively to those persons whom he specially favours: or, as some say, it means the possessions and lands which their owners have abandoned, or of which the owners have died leaving no heirs thereof. (TA.) مِصْفَاةٌ i. q. رَاوُوقٌ; (S, MA, K, TA;) i. e. A strainer; (MA; [thus accord. to modern usage;]) a clarifier; i. e. a thing from which clearing, or clarifying, is effected; called by the vulgar مصفيَّة [i. e. مِصْفَيَّة, and also مِصْفَايَة]: pl. مَصَافٍ. (TA.) عَسَلٌ مُصَفًّى [Clarified honey; or] honey cleared of the floating particles, or motes, or the like, that had fallen into it. (TA.) مُصْطَفًى: see صَفْوٌ, last sentence.

حث

1 حَثَّهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. حَثٌّ, He hastened him, or hurried him uninterruptedly, or in any manner. (TA.) And حَثَّهُ عَلَيْهِ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (Msb,) inf. n. حَثٌّ, (S, Msb, K,) with which are syn. ↓ حُثْحُوثٌ [app. a quasi-inf. n.] and ↓ حِثِّيثَى [an intensive inf. n.]; and ↓ استحثّهُ; and ↓ حثّثهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. تَحْثِيتٌ; (S;) and ↓ احتثّهُ; (A, K;) and ↓ احثّهُ; (K;) and ↓ حَثْحَثَهُ; (S, A, K;) He incited, excited, urged, or instigated, him to it, or to do it, (S, A, Msb, K,) namely, a thing; (S, Msb;) syn. حَرَّضَهُ; (Msb;) or حَضَّهُ; (S, A, K;) or حَثَّ is used in relation to pace, or journeying, or marching; and حَضَّ in other cases: so says El-Hareeree, on the authority of Kh. (TA.) You say, حَثّ دَابّتَهُ, and ↓ حَثْحَثَهَا, [He incited, or urged, his beast,] بِالسَّوْطِ [with the whip]. (A.) And حَثَّ الفَرَسَ عَلَى العَدْوِ, and ↓ استحثّهُ, He made the horse to go quickly, or in a brisk or sprightly manner; or urged him to run by striking him with the foot, or by beating him. (Msb.) b2: See also R. Q. 1.2 حَثَّّ see 1.4 أَحْثَ3َ see 1.6 تحاثّوا, (S, A,) inf. n. تَحَاثٌّ, (K,) They incited, excited, urged, or instigated, one another. (K, TA.) You say, لَا يَتَحَاثَّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ المِسْكيِنِ They do not incite, excite, urge, or instigate, one another to feed the needy. (S, TA.) and التَّقْوَى أَصْلُ مَا تَحَاثُّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ [Piety is the principal, or best, thing to which men incite one another.] (A, TA.) 8 احتثّ He was, or became, incited, excited, urged, or instigated. (S, K.) A2: See also 1. This verb is both trans. and intrans. (K.) 10 إِسْتَحْثَ3َ see 1, in two places. R. Q. 1 حَثْحَثَ: see 1, in two places. b2: Also He moved about [a thing]; or put [it] in motion, or into a state of commotion; (K;) [and so ↓ حَثَّ, as is implied in the M, voce فَدَّ, where it is used as meaning it (a bird) moved, or flapped, its wings.] You say, حَثْحَثَ المِيلَ فِى العَيْنِ He moved about the collyrium-style in the eye. (A, TA.) and [hence,] حَثْحَثُوا ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرَ ثُمَّ تَرَكُوهُ (assumed tropical:) They stirred up (حَرَّكُوا) that affair, and then left it, or abandoned it. (TA.) b3: He scattered about the utensils, or furniture, of his house, or tent; as also عَثْعَثَ. (TA in art. عث.) A2: Also, inf. n. حَثْحَثَةٌ, It was, or became, in a state of commotion: (L:) or in a state of consecutive motion. (TA.) It (lightning) was, or became, in a state of commotion, (K, TA,) as some say, (TA,) in the clouds. (K, TA.) b2: It (rain, and hail, and snow,) appeared and went away, without pouring down. (L.) A3: He (a man) slept. (TA.) حُثٌّ Small particles of straw. (S, K, TA.) b2: Anything bruised, brayed, or broken into small particles. (L.) b3: Coarse sand: (As, S:) or what is مُتَرَقْرِق, (K,) probably, [says SM,] a mistake for مَدْقُوق [broken into small particles], agreeably with an explanation of حُثٌّ in the L, for, as to مترقرق, [he adds,] I have not found it in any book, (TA, [meaning that he had not found a signification assigned to it that is appropriate here,]) of sand, and of earth, or dust: or what is dry, or firm, or hard, and coarse, of sand. (K, TA.) b4: Bread without any seasoning, or condiment, to render it pleasant, or savoury. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) b5: سَوِيقٌ حُثٌّ, (S, K,) as also عُثٌّ, (TA in art. عث,) [Meal of parched barley or wheat] not moistened, or stirred about, with water &c.; expl. by غَيْرُ مَلْتُوتٍ; (S, and in a similar manner in the K;) and in like manner حُثٌّ is applied to collyrium (كُحْل), and to musk: or سويق not finely ground. (TA.) [See also حُثٌّ.] b6: تَمْرٌ حُثٌّ Dates not sticking together. (IAar, TA.) [See also حَثٌّ.]

حَثَاثٌ and ↓ حِثَاثٌ Sleep; as also ↓ حَثْحَاثٌ and ↓ حُثْحُوثٌ. (TA.) You say, مَا ذُقْتُ حثاثًا I tasted not sleep. (TA.) And مَا اكْتَحَلْتُ حَثَاثًا and حِثَاثًا I slept not: (S, K:) As says the latter; but A 'Obeyd asserts the former to be the more correct: (S:) Th mentions both. (TA.) And مَا كَحَلْتُ عَيْنِى بِحثاثٍ I have not anointed my eye with sleep. (TA.) And مَا جَعَلْتُ فِى عَيْنِى حثاثًا [I have not put any sleep into my eye]; (A, TA;) meaning I have been very wakeful. (TA.) Or حثاث signifies Light, or little, sleep. (IDrst, TA.) It is related on the authority of an Arab of the desert that it signifies A little collyrium: and on the authority of El-Fihree, that it is syn. with بَرُودٌ, i. e. كُحْلٌ [collyrium]. (TA.) b2: نَوْمٌ حَثَاثٌ or حِثَاثٌ Little sleep. (TA.) [See also حَثِيثٌ.]

حِثَاثٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

حَثُوثٌ: see what next follows, in two places.

حَثِيثٌ, in the sense of حَاثَّةٌ, A woman inciting, exciting, urging, or instigating. (TA.) b2: and in the sense of مَحْثُوثَةٌ, A woman incited, excited, urged, or instigated. (TA.) [So, too, a man.]

b3: And [hence,] A sharp man, quick in his affair; as though his soul incited him; as also ↓ حَثُوثٌ. (TA.) b4: And Quick, or swift; as also ↓ حَثُوثٌ and ↓ حَثْحَاثٌ and ↓ حُثْحُوثٌ: (K:) pl. of the first حِثَاثٌ. (L.) You say فَرَسٌ حَثِيثُ السَّيْرِ [A horse quick, or swift, of pace]. (A.) and مَضَى حَثِيثًا (A, Msb) He passed, or went away, quickly, or swiftly. (Msb.) And وَلَّى حَثِيثًا He retreated quickly and eagerly. (S.) And قَرَبٌ

↓ حَثْحَاثٌ i. e. [A] quick [night-journey to water], in which is no flagging: (S:) or [a] hard [nightjourney to water]; as also ثَحْثَاحٌ and حَذْحَاذٌ. (TA.) And ↓ خِمْسٌ حَثْحَاثٌ i. e. [A journey in which the second and third and fourth days are without water,] in which is no flagging; as also حَذْ حَاذٌ: or long and fatiguing, in which is no flagging; as also قَعْقَاعٌ. (TA.) And ↓ حَيَّةٌ حَثْحَاثٌ A serpent that is in constant motion. (TA.) b5: نَوْمٌ حَثِيثُ Light sleep. (IDrst, TA.) [See also حَثَاثٌ.]

حِثِّيثَى: see 1.

حَثْحَاثٌ: see حَثَاثٌ: A2: and see also حَثِيثٌ, in four places.

حُثْحُوثٌ: see 1: A2: and see also حَثَاثٌ: A3: and حَثِيثٌ.

فَرَسٌ جَوَادُ المَحَثَّةِ A horse that runs repeatedly when incited [to do so]. (S.)

كث

1 كَثَّ, [aor. ـِ inf. n. كَثَاثَةٌ, It (a thing) became thick, or dense. (S.) b2: كَثَّ, aor. ـِ inf. n. كُثُوثَةٌ and كَثَاثَةٌ; and كَثَّ, originally كَثِثَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. كَثَثٌ; It (hair) became thick, or dense, without being long. (Msb.) b3: كَثَّتِ اللِّحْيَةُ, (aor.

كَثِ3َ, TA, or كَثُّ, A,) inf. n. كَثَاثَةٌ and كُثُوثَةٌ and كَثَثٌ, (and كَثٌّ, TA,) The beard became thick, or dense; and short and crisp; (K;) not spreading. (TA.) A2: كَثَّ بِسَلْحِهِ Alvum dejecit. (K.) 4 اكثّ and ↓ كَثْكَثَ He became thick, or dense, in the beard. (K.) R. Q. 1 see 4.

كَثٌّ Thick, or dense. (K.) b2: لِحْيَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, (IDrd, S, K,) and ↓ كَثَّآءُ, (S, K,) A thick, or dense, beard. (IDrd, &c.) b3: رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ, (S, K,) and اللحية ↓ كَثِيثُ, (K,) and ↓ رَجُلٌ أَكَثُّ, (Lth,) and كَثٌّ, (Lth, K,) A man having a thick, or dense, beard; (S, K;) not one that is thin or long. (TA.) You say قَوْمٌ كُثٌّ, A thick-bearded people: (S. K:) [كُثٌّ being pl. of كَثٌّ:] like as you say رَجُلٌ صَدْقُ اللِّقَآءِ, and قَوْمٌ صُدْقٌ: (S:) [or of أَكَثُّ:] كِثَاثٌ is also pl. of كَثٌ. (K.) b4: إِمْرَأَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, and ↓ كَثَّآءُ, A woman having thick, or dense, hair. (IDrd.) b5: By اللِّهَمَ الكِثَاثَ, occurring in a verse cited in art. حوث, is meant [The thick, or dense,] plants. (TA.) b6: Thaalabeh Ibn-'Obeyd El-'Adawee applies the epithet كَثَّة to palm-trees, using the expression كَثَّةُ الأَوْبَارِ; thus likening them to camels. (TA.) b7: قُدُومُهُ عَلَى كَثِّ مَنْخِرِهِ i. q. عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِهِ [His coming is in spite of himself]. (TA.) كثاث [so in the L and TA: in the former, in a restored portion of a leaf:] Dust: mentioned by El-Khattábee as being considered by him not of established authority. (TA.) كَثَاثَاءُ Land (أَرْضٌ) abounding in dust. (K.) كَاثٌّ What grows from that which is scattered, or from that which falls about, of what is reaped. (K.) [See also زِرِّيعٌ.]

كَاثٍّ بِسَلْحِهِ Alvum dejiciens. (TA.) كَثْكَثٌ and كِثْكِثٌ Crumbled particles of stone; and dust: (S, K:) like أَثْلَبٌ and إِثْلِبٌ: (S:) or fine dust; and crumbled particles of stone: or dust in general. (TA.) One says بِفِيهِ الكثكثُ [In his mouth are crumbled particles of stone, and dust: app. meaning he is dead and buried]. (S.) [See also كثاث.].

كُثْكُثَى and كَثْكَثَى A certain game played with dust. (K.) أَكَثُّ: see كَثٌّ.