قحط
Root: قحبة
2 entries for this word
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Entry 1
قحط qaḥaṭa a (qaḥṭ, قحوط quḥūṭ) and qaḥiṭa a (qaḥaṭ) to be withheld, fail to set in (rains); active and pass. quḥiṭa to be rainless (year) II to pollinate (النخلة an-naklata the palm tree); (eg.) to scratch 743 off, scrape off (هـ s.th.) IV to be rainless (year)
Entry 2
قحط qaḥṭ want of rain, rainleseness; drought, dryness; famine; dearth, lack, want, scarcity
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