Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 716
کدی has poured down of sand, into a place and collected there (73:15). ]aor. يَكْثُرُ and يَكْثِرُ inf. noun كَتْرَةٌ [ : It was or became much, copious, many, numerous; it multiplied. كَثَرُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَغَلَبُوْهُ : They multiplied against him and overcame him. مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ : Whether it be little or much )4:8( كَثَرَهُ أَوْ أَكْثَرَهُ : He made it much, many or numerous; he multiplied it. فَكَثَرَكُمْ : So He multiplied you )7:87( فَأَكْثَرُوْا فِيْهَا الْفَسَادَ : And they wrought much corruption therein )89:13( تَكَاثَرُوْا : They contended one with another for superiority in number. اَلتَّكَاثُرُ : Signifies the contending together for superiority in amount or number of property and children and men )1022( اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْءِ : He desired or wished or sought for much of a thing; he reckoned it much or many. لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ : I should have secured abundance of good )7:18( كَتْرَةٌ : Abundance or numerousness )55:10:19:25( كَثِيرٌ : Many or much. )2:110;483( أَكْثَرَ : Comparative degree of كَوْثَرٌ (4:60:17:7) كَثِيرٌ : A lord or master; abounding in good; a man possessing much good and who gives much (108:2). كَدَحَ ]aor. يَكْدَحُ inf noun كَدْحًا [ . He worked laboured employed himself actively; he strove, exerted and wearied himself in work; he toiled hard : Act part. (84:7). كَدَرَ ]aor يَكُدُرُ and كَدْرَ aor. يَكُدُرُ and كَدِرَ aor. يَكْدَرُ inf. noun كَدَارَةً and كَدْرًا and كُدُوْرًا and كُدُوْرَةً and اِنْكَدَرَ كُدْرَةً : It was or became turbid or muddy; it ceased to be clear; it darted down, said of a bird and of a star he hastened. اِنْكَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْمُ : The people poured down upon him, or repaired towards him scattering themselves upon him. إِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْ : When the stars dart down and fall one after the other or when the stars fall and become scattered (81:3). كَدَى aor. يَكْدِى inf. noun كَدَى الرَّجُلَ كَدْيًا : He prevented the man or hindered him or kept him busy اكْدَى الرَّجُلُ : The man did not succeed in getting what he wanted; he was niggardly in giving; he became poor after he was rich. أَكْدَاهُ عَنْ كَذَا : He turned him 716