Appendix:Arabic roots/ك ث ف

Arabic

Root

ك ث ف • (k ṯ f)

1. related to density, thickness, or condensation

Descendants

Verbs

• Form I: كَثَفَ (kaṯafa, “to be thick or dense; to thicken; to condense”)
  • Active participle: كَاثِف (kāṯif)
  • Passive participle: مَكْثُوف (makṯūf)
• Form II: كَثَّفَ (kaṯṯafa, “to make thick, dense; to compress, solidify”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْثِيف (takṯīf)
  • Active participle: مُكَثِّف (mukaṯṯif)
  • Passive participle: مُكَثَّف (mukaṯṯaf)
• Form V: تَكَثَّفَ (takaṯṯafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَثُّف (takaṯṯuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَثِّف (mutakaṯṯif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَثَّف (mutakaṯṯaf)
• Form VI: تَكَاثَفَ (takāṯafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَاثُف (takāṯuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَاثِف (mutakāṯif)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَاثَف (mutakāṯaf)

Adjectives

• كَثِيف (kaṯīf, “thick, dense, compact, viscous”)
• مُكَثِّف (mukaṯṯif, “capacitor, condenser”)
• مُتَكَاثِف (mutakāṯif, “gathering; concentrating; dense”)

Nouns

• كَثَافَة (kaṯāfa, “density”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “Arabic roots/ك ث ف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz