كَثَبٌ
Root: كثب
Full Definition
كَثَبٌ
Nearness [with respect to place]. The ب in this word is sometimes changed into م. هُوَ كَشَبَكَ
He is near thee. Sb says that it is not used otherwise than as an adverbial noun of place. But you say, هُوَ
يَرْمِى مِنْ كَثَبٍ
He shoots, or throws, from a near spot, and from a distance from which he can reach, or hit.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more