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اقثأت
الأَرْضُ , (AZ, S, O,) or
اقثأ
المَكَانُ, (K,)
The land, or
the place,
abounded with the [
species of cucumber called]
قِثّآء. (AZ, S, O, K.) And
اقثأ
القَوْمُ The people had abundance of
قثّآء. (S, O, K.)
قِثَّآءٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and
قُثَّآءٌ, (O, Msb, K,) the former of which, with
kesr, in the more common, (Msb, TA,) [
A certain
vegetable,]
well-known: (K, TA:) [
a
species of cucumber; cucumis sativus β fructu
flavo majore: (Delile's Floræ Ægypt. Illustr., no.
928:]) or the [
cucumber called]
خِيَار [q. v.]: (S, O, K:) or
a general name for
the
خِيَار,
the
عَجُور [q. v.],
and the
فَقُّوس [or
فَقُّوص q. v.]: but some apply the name to
a
species resembling the
خيار: (Msb, TA:) and it is said that it is
lighter (
أَخَفُّ)
than the
خيار: also that
عَجُور signifies large
قِثّآء: (TA:) the n. un. is
قثّآءة. (S, O, Msb.) ― -b2-
قِثَّآءُ
الحِمَارِ see voce
عَلْقَمٌ.
مَقْثَأَةٌ and
مَقْثُؤَةٌ, (S, O, K, TA,) or
أَرْضٌ
مَقْثَأَةٌ and
مَقْثُؤَةٌ, (Msb,)
A place, or
land, of
قثّآء, (S, Msb, K,)
where
قثّآء are sown and grow. (TA.) Credit:
Lane Lexicon