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ك-ث-ر

The Arabic root ك-ث-ر (k-th-r)

Form I verb كَثُرَ: to be many

21 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ث-ر, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, IV, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
many
Verb · Form I
to be many
Adjective
most
Verb · Form I
to outnumber
Noun
كَثْرَة
plentiness
Noun
كَثْر
Noun
تَكَاثُر
reproduction
Noun
كَثِير
many

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

كَثُرَ · present يَكْثُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be many, to be numerous, to abound; to increase, to grow

كَثْرَة
Verbal noun
plentiness
Active participle
many
كَثْر
Active participle
كَثِير
Active participle
many
كُثَار
Active participle
مَكْثُور
Passive participle
كَثُرَمَا
Derived noun
usually
كَثَرَ · present يَكْثُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to outnumber

كَثْر
Verbal noun
كَاثِر
Active participle
مَكْثُور
Passive participle
كَثَّرَ · present يُكَثِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to increase

تَكْثِير
Verbal noun
مُكَثِّر
Active participle
مُكَثَّر
Passive participle
كَاثَرَ · present يُكَاثِرُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to outnumber

مُكَاثَرَة
Verbal noun
مُكَاثِر
Active participle
مُكَاثَر
Passive participle
أَكْثَرَ · present يُكْثِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to increase

إِكْثَار
Verbal noun
مُكْثِر
Active participle
مُكْثَر
Passive participle
تَكَاثَرَ · present يَتَكَاثَرُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to band together, to gang up; to multiply, to increase, to become numerous (of objects or living beings); to gather (of clouds)

تَكَاثُر
Verbal noun
reproduction
مُتَكَاثِر
Active participle
مُتَكَاثَر
Passive participle
اِسْتَكْثَرَ · present يَسْتَكْثِرُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to find (a quantity) a lot or excessive; to find not worth the trouble; to begrudge

اِسْتِكْثَار
Verbal noun
مُسْتَكْثِر
Active participle
مُسْتَكْثَر
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
most
أَكْثَرَ
Adverb
more
كَوْثَر
Noun
The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities includ…
كَثِيرًا
Adverb
a lot
كَثِيرَاء
Noun
tragacanth
أَكْثَرِيَّة
Noun
majority

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