كَثٌّ

Thick, or dense. (K.)

لِحْيَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, (IDrd, S, K,) and ↓ كَثَّاءُ, (S, K,) A thick, or dense, beard. (IDrd, &c.)

رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ, (S, K,) and اللحية ↓ كَثِيثُ, (K,) and ↓ رَجُلٌ أَكَثُّ, (Lth,) and كَثٌّ, (Lth, K,) A man having a thick, or dense, beard; (S, K;) not one that is thin or long. (TA.) You say قَوْمٌ كُثٌّ, A thick-bearded people: (S. K:) [كُثٌّ being plural of كَثٌّ:] like as you say رَجُلٌ صَدْقُ اللِّقَاءِ, and قَوْمٌ صُدْقٌ: (S:) [or of أَكَثُّ:] كِثَاثٌ is also plural of كَثٌ. (K.)

إِمْرَأَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, and ↓ كَثَّاءُ, A woman having thick, or dense, hair. (IDrd.)

By اللِّهَمَ الكِثَاثَ, occurring in a verse cited in article حوث, is meant [The thick, or dense,] plants. (TA.)

Thaalabeh Ibn-'Obeyd El-'Adawee applies the epithet كَثَّة to palm-trees, using the expression كَثَّةُ الأَوْبَارِ; thus likening them to camels. (TA.)

قُدُومُهُ عَلَى كَثِّ مَنْخِرِهِ i. q. عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِهِ [His coming is in spite of himself]. (TA.)