كَثْرَةٌ
Root: كثر
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كَثْرَةٌ
, and
كِثْرَةٌ , or the latter should not be used, for it is a bad dial. form, or it is correct when coupled with قِلَّةٌ, for the sake of assimilation, and
كُثْرَةٌ , though the first is the best known, or the last is not allowable, and
كُثْرٌ , and
كِثْرٌ , Muchness; much, as a subst.; copiousness; abundance; a large quantity; numerousness; multiplicity; multitudinousness; a multitude; a plurality; a large number; numbers; and frequency: contr. of
قِلَّةٌ. [See also كَثُرَ.] You say
مَا لَهُ قُلٌّ وَلَا كُثْرٌ
He has not little nor much of property. And
الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلَى القُلٌّ , and
عَلَى القِلِّ , Praise be to God for little and much. [
كُثْرٌ is explained in the S by كَثِيرٌ, and so in one place in the TA; but it is a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.]
2 كَثْرَةٌ is also used to signify Richness, or wealthiness; syn. سَعَةٌ.
2 كَثْرَةٌ is also used to signify Richness, or wealthiness; syn. سَعَةٌ.
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