كثيب

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Arabic

كَثِيب

Etymology

From the root ك ث ب (k-ṯ-b) meaning “to collect”, “to congregate” in the base stem كَثَبَ (kaṯaba).

Pronunciation

Noun

كَثِيب (kaṯībm (plural كُثْبَان (kuṯbān) or أَكْثِبَة (ʔakṯiba) or كُثُب (kuṯub))

  1. dune

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كثيب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 11–12