قَعَثْتُ لَهُ قَعْثَةً

, (S, O, K, * TA, *) [according to which last, ↓ قَعْثَةٌ is a verbal noun, as also قَعْثٌ, but, if a verbal noun, it is apparently a verbal noun un.,] aorist قَعُثَ , (according to the TK, [but I think it is more probably قَعَثَ , agreeably with a general rule, like the aorist of the same verb in the next sentence,]) means حَفَنْتُ لَهُ حَفُنَةٌ, (S, O,) i. e. I gave to him a small quantity, (S, O, K, *) مِنَ الشَّىْءِ [of the thing]. (TA.)

-A2- قَعَثَ الشَّىْءَ, aorist قَعَثَ , verbal noun قَعْثٌ, He (a man) eradicated, or uprooted, the thing; (IDrd, O, L;) and (O) so ↓ قعّثهُ, verbal noun تَقْعِيثٌ. (O, K.)