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1 كَثَأَ,
aor. ـَ (
Az,
S,
K,)
inf. n. كَثْءٌ; (
S;) (as also كَثَعَ;
TA;) and ↓ كثّأ,
inf. n. تَكْثِئَةٌ; (
S,
L,
K;) It (the milk) rose above the water, and the latter became clear beneath it: (
Az,
S,
K;) it (the milk) became thick, or coagulated, and its oily matter floated upon its surface. (
TA.)
b2: كَثَأَتِ القِدْرُ, (
S,
K,)
inf. n. كَثْءٌ, (
S,) The pot frothed, or raised a scum, in boiling. (
Az,
S,
K.)
b3: كَثَأَ القِدْرَ He skimmed the pot. (
K.)
A2: كَثَأَ, (
K,)
inf. n. كَثْءٌ; (
TA;) and ↓ كثّأ,
inf. n. تَكْثِئَةٌ; (
K;) It (a plant,
S,
K, and the soft kind of hair called وَبَر,
S) grew forth, or became dense and thick and long: (
K:) it (standing corn, &c.) became thick and tangled. (
TA.)
b2: كَثَأَتِ اللِّحْيَةُ, and ↓ كثّأت, and ↓ كَنْثَأَت, (
K,) or,
accord. to some, كنتأت, (
TA,) The beard became long and large (
K.) 2 كثّأ,
inf. n. تَكْثِىْءٌ, He ate what is called كَثْأَة, (
K,) i. e. what is on the top of milk. (
S,
TA.)
b2: And see 1 in three places.
Q. Q. 1 see 1, last sentence.
كَثْءٌ A kind of أَقِط; what rises (from the milk) above the water, the latter becoming clear beneath it; or what becomes thick, or coagulated, its oily matter floating upon the surface, (يَكْثَأُ,) in the pot, and is poured out; the upper part whereof is gross, or thick. So says
AHát; and he adds, What is termed مصرع [evidently, I think, a mistranscription for مُضَرِّعٌ,] is what becomes thick, or coagulated, and almost thoroughly cooked: عاقد is that of which the water has gone, and which is thoroughly cooked: كَرِيص is that which is cooked with نَهْق or حَمَصِيص: مَصْل is a kind of اقط cooked again: and ثَوْر is a great piece of it. (
TA.) كَثْأَةٌ and كَثْأَةٌ (like كثعة,
TA) Oily scum, or floating curd, of milk; or what floats above the water: (
S,
K,
TA:) scum of a pot, after boiling. (
TA.)
b2: خُذْ كَثأةَ قِدْرِكَ Take the scum of thy pot. (
S.) [See 2.]
A2: كَثْأَةٌ and كَثَاةٌ (
K) The leek,
syn. كُرَّاث: or, as some say, the wild carrot,
syn. حِنْزَاب: (
TA:) or the rocket,
syn. جِرْجِير: (
K:) or,
accord. to
AM, the seed of that plant: (
TA:) or wild rocket,
syn. جِرْجِير بَرِّىّ; (
K;) not that which is cultivated in gardens. (
TA.) Aboo-
Málik says, that it is also called نَهْق. (
TA.) [See also كَتْأَة.]
لِحْيَةٌ كَنْثَأَةٌ A long and large beard. (
TA.)
b2: كَنْثَأُ اللِّحْيَةِ Having a long and large beard. (
TA.) كِنْثَأْوٌ
i. q. كِنْتَأْوٌ, [
q. v. in art. كتأ]. (
K.)
