كَثْرَةٌ
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, (S, A, K,) and
كِثْرَةٌ, (K,) or the latter should not be used, for it is a bad dialect form, (S,) or it is correct when coupled with قِلَّةٌ, for the sake of assimilation, (TA,) and
كُثْرَةٌ, though the first is the best known, (Ibn- 'Allán, in his Sharh el-Iktiráh,) or the last is not allowable, (TA,) and
كُثْرٌ, (S, A, K,) and
كِثْرٌ, (S,) Muchness; much, as a subst.; copiousness; abundance; a large quantity; numerousness; multiplicity; multitudinousness; a multitude; a plurality; a large number; numbers; and frequency: opposite of
قِلَّةٌ. (S, A, K.) [See also كَثُرَ.] You say
مَا لَهُ قُلٌّ وَلَا كُثْرٌ
He has not little nor much of property. (S.) And
الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلَى القُلٌّ وَالكُثْرِ, (S, A,) and
عَلَى القِلِّ وَالكِثْرِ, (S,) Praise be to God for little and much. (S, * A.) [
كُثْرٌ is explained in the S by كَثِيرٌ, and so in one place in the TA; but it is a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.]
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