See also: كبير and كتير

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ك ث ر (k-ṯ-r).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.θiːr/
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Adjective edit

كَثِير (kaṯīr) (feminine كَثِيرَة (kaṯīra) or كَثِير (kaṯīr), common plural كَثِير (kaṯīr), masculine plural كَثِيرُون (kaṯīrūn), feminine plural كَثِيرَات (kaṯīrāt), elative أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar))

  1. many, much, numerous
    Antonym: قَلِيل (qalīl)
    كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ يُحِبُّونَ تَعَلُّمَ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
    kaṯīrun min an-nāsi yuḥibbūna taʕalluma l-luḡati l-ʕarabiyyati.
    Many people love to learn Arabic.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:1:
      … وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً …
      … waḵalaqa minhā zawjahā wabaṯṯa minhumā rijālan kaṯīran wanisāʔan …
      … and [God] created from it [i.e. the soul] its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women …

Declension edit

Noun edit

كَثِير (kaṯīrm

  1. many, much
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:
      … ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ …
      … ṯumma ʔinna kaṯīran minhum baʕda ḏālika fī l-ʔarḍi lamusrifūna …
      … yet, even after that, many of them [Children of Israel] continued to commit excesses in the land …
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:22:
      … وَلَٰكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ …
      … walākin ẓanantum ʔanna l-laha lā yaʕlamu kaṯīran mimmā taʕmalūna …
      … however, you assumed that Allah did not know much of what you used to do …

See also edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “كثر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ك ث ر
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَثِير (kaṯīr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.tiːr/, /ka.θiːr/

Adjective edit

كثير (katīr) (feminine كثيرة (katīra), common plural كُثار (kutār) or كثيرين (katīrīn), elative أكثر (ʔaktar))

  1. many, much
    Antonym: قليل (galīl)