كثير

• IPA^(key): /ka.θiːr/

كَثِير • (kaṯīr) (feminine كَثِيرَة (kaṯīra) or كثير, common plural كِثار (kiṯār), masculine plural كَثِيرُون (kaṯīrūn), feminine plural كَثِيرَات (kaṯīrāt), elative أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar))

1. many, much, numerous

   Antonym: قَلِيل (qalīl)

   كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ يُحِبُّونَ تَعَلُّمَ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.

   kaṯīrun min an-nāsi yuḥibbūna taʕalluma l-luḡati l-ʕarabiyyati.

   Many people love to learn Arabic.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:1:

     … وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً …

     … waḵalaqa minhā zawjahā wabaṯṯa minhumā rijālan kaṯīran wanisāʔan …

     … and [God] created from it [i.e. the soul] its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women …

كَثِير • (kaṯīr) m

1. many, much
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:

     … ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ …

     … ṯumma ʔinna kaṯīran minhum baʕda ḏālika fī l-ʔarḍi lamusrifūna …

     … yet, even after that, many of them [Children of Israel] continued to commit excesses in the land …

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:22:

     … وَلَٰكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ …

     … walākin ẓanantum ʔanna l-laha lā yaʕlamu kaṯīran mimmā taʕmalūna …

     … however, you assumed that Allah did not know much of what you used to do …

• كَثِيرًا (kaṯīran)
• كَثِيرًا مَا (kaṯīran mā)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كثر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic كَثِير (kaṯīr).

• IPA^(key): /ka.tiːr/, /ka.θiːr/

كثير • (katīr) (feminine كثيرة (katīra), common plural كُثار (kutār) or كثيرين (katīrīn), elative أكثر (ʔaktar))

1. many, much

   Antonym: قليل (galīl)