قَعِيثٌ
Root: قعث
Full Definition
قَعِيثٌ
, as expl. by As, Paltry, or little in quantity; syn. هَيِّنٌ and يَسِيرٌ. (O, K. [See also مُقْعَثٌ.])
2 And Abundant, or copious; applied to rain: and to a benefit, or benefaction, &c.: and to a gift (سَيْب): and, or as some say, to a torrent (سَيْل), as meaning thus, or as meaning great: whence, in a verse of Ru-beh,
2 And Abundant, or copious; applied to rain: and to a benefit, or benefaction, &c.: and to a gift (سَيْب): and, or as some say, to a torrent (سَيْل), as meaning thus, or as meaning great: whence, in a verse of Ru-beh,
[What he will of the means of the attainment of abundant gain]; مِقْعَثٌ being of the measure مِفْعَلٌ from قَعِيثٌ as applied to rain &c. (O. [The word كسب, of which the right reading is certainly as above, is there imperfectly written, more like كُسْب than كَسْب.])مَا شَآءَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ كَسْبٍ
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