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1 كَثَأَ ذ , aor. كَثَاَ , (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.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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