قث
1 قَثَّ, as an
inf. n., of which the verb is قَثَّ,
aor. ـُ (
M,
O,
TA,) signifies The collecting (
O,
TA) of مَال [i. e. cattle, or other property], (
TA,) and (
O,
TA) so قِثِّيثَى, (
O,
K,
TA,) with kesr, (
TA, but written in the O قَثّيثى,) used in relation to مال: (
K,
TA:) or the collecting of a thing largely, or abundantly. (
IDrd,
M,
O,
TA.) and The drawing, or dragging, along, (
M,
K,) of a thing. (
M.) And The driving along. (
M,
K.) One says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ يَقُثُّ مَالًا [Such a one came] drawing, or dragging, along, (
S,
O,) and driving along, (
O,) مال [i. e. cattle]. (
S, O.) And جَآءَ يَقُثُّ دُنْيَا عَرِيضَةٌ [He came] drawing, or dragging, along [ample worldly property]. (
M.) And قَثَّ السَّيْلُ الغُثَآءَ [The torrent] drove along [the rubbish, and scum, and rotten leaves mixed with the scum, or the like]. (
TA.)
b2: And The pulling out, or up; or uprooting, or eradicating; (
O,
K,
TA;) as also ↓ اِقْتِثَاثٌ. (
K,
TA.) One says, ↓ اقتثّ حَجَرًا مِنْ مَكَانِهِ (
O,
TA) He pulled out, or up, a stone from its place: (
O:) and القَوْمَ مِنْ ↓ اقتثّ
أَصْلِهِمْ [He extirpated the people, or party]; (
O, *
TA;) as also اِجْتَثَّهُمْ: and ↓ اُقْتُثَّ and اُجْتُثَّ It was uprooted: قَثٌّ and جَثٌّ are one [in meaning]. (
TA.)
b3: And The eating [a thing]. (
O.) 8 إِقْتَثَ3َ see above, in four places, in the last two sentences but one.
b2: One says also, اقتثّ يَدَهُ He cut off [his hand, or arm]. (
O.) قُثَاثٌ [and ↓ قُثَاثَةٌ] Household-goods, or utensils and furniture; (
M,
O,
K;) and the like. (
M.) One says, جَاؤُوا بِقُثَاثِهِمْ and ↓ بِقُثَاثَتِهِمْ [
lit. They came with their household-goods, &c.,] meaning they left not anything behind them. (
M.) قَثِيْثٌ Shoots of palm-trees when they are first pulled off from the mother-trees: as also جَثِيْثٌ. (
O,
TA.)
b2: [And] القَثِيثُ signifies What become scattered at the bases of grape-vines: [or]
accord. to
Az, as mentioned by El-
Fárisee, what become scattered at the bases of the branches of palm-trees. (
M.) قَثَاثَةٌ: see قَثِيثَةٌ, in two places.
قُثَاثَةٌ: see قُثَاثٌ, in two places.
قَثِيثَةٌ A collective body (
O,
K) of men; (O;) and ↓ قَثَاثَةٌ signifies the same. (
K.) One says, اِنْتَقَلَ القَوْمُ بِقَثِيثَتِهِمْ [and ↓ بِقَثَاثَتِهِمْ (in the O erroneously written قَثَاثِيهِمْ)] The people, or party, removed with their collective body. (
O.) مَقَثَّةٌ Multitude: (
As,
O,
K,
TA:) like مَفَثَّةٌ. (
TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ ذُو مَقَثَّةٍ Such a one has a multitude, or large number [of adherents or the like]. (
O.) And مَا أَكْثَرَ مَقَثَّتَهُمْ [How numerous is their multitude!]. (
O.)
