Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

أَثَّ, aor. ـِ {يَأْثِثُ} (T, Ṣ, M, L, Ḳ) and ـُ {يَأْثُثُ} and َ {يَأْثَثُ}, (M, L, Ḳ,) inf. n. أَثَاثَةٌ(T, Ṣ, M, L, Ḳ) and أَثَاثٌ(M, L, Ḳ) and أُثُوثَةٌ, (M,) or أُثُوُثٌ, (L, Ḳ,) It (anything) was, or became, much in quantity, abundant, or numerous: and great, or large: (M, L:) it (herbage, or a herb,) was, or became, abundant, or plenteous, and tangled, or luxuriant; (T, Ṣ, Ḳ;) or abundant and tall: (M:) it (hair) was, or became, abundant and long. (M, TA.)

أَثَّتْ, (M, Ḳ,)) aor. ـُ {يَأْثُثُ}, inf. n. أَثٌّ, (M,) said of a woman, She was, or became, large in the hinder parts. (M, Ḳ.)

أثّثهُ He made it plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to lie or ride or walk upon. (M, Ḳ.)

تأثّث He obtained, or acquired, goods, household-goods, or furniture and utensils and the like; or abundance of the goods, conveniences, or comforts, of life; (Ṣ;) or property; (Ṣ, M;) or wealth; or what was good. (M.)

أَثَاثٌ Goods; or utensils and furniture of a house or tent; household-goods; syn. مَتَاعٌ; (T, M;) or مَتَاعُ بَيْت; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) of whatever kind; consisting of clothes, and stuffing for mattresses or the like, or outer garments [&c.]: (M, TA:) or (so accord. to the M and Ḳ, but in the T “also,”) all property, (AZ, T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) [consisting of] camels, and sheep or goats, and slaves, and utensils and furniture or householdgoods: (AZ, T, Ṣ:) or abundant property: or abundance of property: (M, TA:) [in which last sense it is an inf. n. used as simple subst.:] or what is made, or taken, for use, and i. q. مَتَاعٌ; not what is for merchandise: or what is new, of the utensils and furniture of a house or tent; not what is old and worn out: (TA:) [it is a coll. gen. n., and] the n. un. is with اثر: (AZ, T, Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or it has no n. un.: (Fr, T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) if you form a pl. from اثاث, you say, ثَلَاثَةُ آثَّةٍ, [originally أَأْثِثَة, like أَطْعِمَة, pl. of طَعَام,] and أُثُثٌ كَثِيرَةٌ. (Fr, T.)

أَثِيثٌ Much in quantity, abundant, or numerous: and great, or large: as alsoأَثٌّ↓; (M, Ḳ;) which is, in my opinion, [says ISd, originally أَثِثٌ,] of the measure فَعِلٌ: (M:) the fem. is أَثِيثَةٌ: and the pl. is إِثَاثٌ and أَثَائِثُ; (M, Ḳ;*) both being pls. of the masc. and of the fem.; (Ḳ;) or the latter is pl. of the fem. only; (M,* MF;) but the former is [pl. of the masc.,] like كِرَامٌ as pl. of كَرِيمٌ, (TA,) and is pl. of the fem. also. (M.) You say, نَبَاتٌ أَثِيثٌ Herbage, or a herb, that is abundant, or plenteous, and tangled, or luxuriant: (T, Ṣ:) or abundant and tall. (M.) And شَعَرٌ أَثِيثٌ Hair that is abundant, and tangled, or luxuriant: (Ṣ:) or abundant (T, M) and long. (M.) And لِحْيَةٌ أَثِيثَةٌ, andأَثَّةٌ↓, A thick beard. (M, TA.) And اِمْرَأَةٌ أَثِيثَةٌ A fleshy woman: (M, TA:) pl. أَثَائِثُ, (M,) signifying fleshy women; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) as also إِثَاثٌ: (M:) or the former of these pls. signifies tall, full-grown, women. (Ḳ.)

أَثَاثِىُّ i. q. أَثَافِىُّ, (Ḳ,) i. e. The [three] stones which are set up and upon which the cooking-pot is placed: the [second] ث is said to be a substitute for ف, and some hold the hemzeh to be augmentative. (TA.)