Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ك ث ر (k ṯ r)
12 terms

Compare كَثِير (kaṯīr, many).

Verb

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اِسْتَكْثَرَ (istakṯara) X (non-past يَسْتَكْثِرُ (yastakṯiru), verbal noun اِسْتِكْثَار (istikṯār))

  1. (transitive) to find (a quantity) a lot or excessive
    Antonym: اِسْتَقَلَّ (istaqalla)
  2. (transitive) to find not worth the trouble [with accusative ‘something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘with regard to someone’]
  3. (transitive) to begrudge [with accusative ‘something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone’]
  4. (intransitive) to ask too much
  5. (intransitive) to overdo [with مِن (min) ‘something’]
  6. (intransitive) to want a lot [with مِن (min) ‘of something’]
  7. (intransitive) to do frequently, to do a lot of [with فِي () or مِن (min) ‘something’]
  8. (intransitive) to give frequently [with لِ (li) ‘to someone’ and مِن (min) ‘something’]
  9. (transitive) to increase, to augment

Conjugation

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References

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  • Mace, John (2007) “استكثر”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN