استكثر

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ك ث ر (k ṯ r)
12 terms

Compare كَثِير (kaṯīr, many).

Verb

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
  3. (transitive) to begrudge
  4. (intransitive) to ask too much
  5. (intransitive) to overdo
  6. (intransitive) to want a lot
  7. (intransitive) to do frequently, to do a lot of
  8. (intransitive) to give frequently
  9. (transitive) to increase, to augment

Conjugation

References

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