ك ث ف

ك ثف • (k-ṯ-f)

1. related to density, thickness, or condensation

Verbs

• Form I: كَثَفَ‎ (kaṯafa, “to be thick or dense; to thicken; to condense”)
  • Active participle: كَاثِف‎ (kāṯif)
  • Passive participle: مَكْثُوف‎ (makṯūf)
• Form II: كَثَّفَ‎ (kaṯṯafa, “to make thick, dense; to compress, solidify”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْثِيف‎ (takṯīf)
  • Active participle: مُكَثِّف‎ (mukaṯṯif)
  • Passive participle: مُكَثَّف‎ (mukaṯṯaf)
• Form V: تَكَثَّفَ‎ (takaṯṯafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَثُّف‎ (takaṯṯuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَثِّف‎ (mutakaṯṯif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَثَّف‎ (mutakaṯṯaf)
• Form VI: تَكَاثَفَ‎ (takāṯafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَاثُف‎ (takāṯuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَاثِف‎ (mutakāṯif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَاثَف‎ (mutakāṯaf)

Adjectives

• كَثِيف‎ (kaṯīf, “thick, dense, compact, viscous”)
• مُكَثِّف‎ (mukaṯṯif, “capacitor, condenser”)
• مُتَكَاثِف‎ (mutakāṯif, “gathering; concentrating; dense”)

Nouns

• كَثَافَة‎ (kaṯāfa, “density”)

• Wehr, Hans (1960), “ك ثف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz