كَثَأَ

, aorist كَثَاَ , (AZ, S, K,) verbal noun كَثْءٌ; (S;) (as also كَثَعَ; TA;) and ↓ كثّأ, verbal noun تَكْثِيءَةٌ; (S, L, K;) It (the milk) rose above the water, and the latter became clear beneath it: (AZ, S, K;) it (the milk) became thick, or coagulated, and its oily matter floated upon its surface. (TA.)

كَثَأَتِ القِدْرُ, (S, K,) verbal noun كَثْءٌ, (S,) The pot frothed, or raised a scum, in boiling. (AZ, S, K.)

كَثَأَ القِدْرَ He skimmed the pot. (K.)

-A2- كَثَأَ, (K,) verbal noun كَثْءٌ; (TA;) and ↓ كثّأ, verbal noun تَكْثِيءَةٌ; (K;) It (a plant, S, K, and the soft kind of hair called وَبَر, S) grew forth, or became dense and thick and long: (K:) it (standing corn, &c.) became thick and tangled. (TA.)

كَثَأَتِ اللِّحْيَةُ, and ↓ كثّأت, and ↓ كَنْثَأَت, (K,) or, according to some, كنتأت, (TA,) The beard became long and large (K.)