ك • ر • ث • أ

and كَرِيثَآءُ: see art. كرث.

, [inf. n, كَرْثَأَةٌ;] and ↓ تكرثأ; [like كرفأ and تكرفأ;] It (hair, K, or a collection of clouds, TA, &c, K) became large in quantity, (K,) and intricate, or confused; in the dial. of the tribe of Asad; (TA;) and heaped up. (K.)

Clouds high and piled up, one upon another. (K.) -A2- كِرْثِئٌ An egg-shell. (K, TA.) Accord. to Sb, from كرَث. (TA.)

and ↓ كَرْثِئَةٌ Dense and tangled plants. (K.) -A2- كِرْثِئَةٌ and ↓ كَرِْثئَةٌ The froth of churned milk, when the milk of an ewe is milked upon it and it rises in consequence thereof. Accord. to Sb, from كرث. (TA.)