كثافة

Arabic

Root
ك ث ف (k-ṯ-f)

Etymology

Verbal noun of كَثُفَ (kaṯufa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.θaː.fa/

Noun

كَثَافَة • (kaṯāfa) f

1. density, thickness

Declension

Declension of noun كَثَافَة (kaṯāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَثَافَة kaṯāfa	الْكَثَافَة al-kaṯāfa	كَثَافَة kaṯāfat
Nominative	كَثَافَةٌ kaṯāfatun	الْكَثَافَةُ al-kaṯāfatu	كَثَافَةُ kaṯāfatu
Accusative	كَثَافَةً kaṯāfatan	الْكَثَافَةَ al-kaṯāfata	كَثَافَةَ kaṯāfata
Genitive	كَثَافَةٍ kaṯāfatin	الْكَثَافَةِ al-kaṯāfati	كَثَافَةِ kaṯāfati

Related terms

• كَثِيف (kaṯīf)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kəsafət
• → Persian: کثافت
  • → Kazakh: кесапат (kesapat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كثافت (kesafet)
  • → Turkish: kesafet

References

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