كَثِير many, frequent in Arabic

أول منَازِل الْقَوْم ذِكر الله كثيرًا وتسبيحه بُكرةً وأَصِيلًا،

The first stage of the journey is frequent remembrance of God and glorifying Him morning and evening.

كَثِيرًا frequent

kathir means 'much, frequent'; the '-an' ending — adverb 'frequently' ('remembering God much').

From Knowledge, Reverence, Obedience

وَبَيْنَهُمَا أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ،

and between them are doubtful matters, which many people do not know.

كَثِيرٌ many

'A great number', the delayed subject of 'know', in the '-u' ending, and the head of an 'of' pairing, 'many of the people'. It leans on the following noun to say who is meant.

From The Lawful, the Forbidden, and the Grey

فإذا خرجنا من عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيراً

But when we leave the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, we get involved with our wives, children, and livelihood and forget much.

كَثِيرًا much

This is in the accusative working adverbially — 'much, a great deal' — telling HOW much they forget. Arabic drops such a word into the accusative to qualify the verb's extent, where English would say 'a lot'.

From Devotion and Daily Life

فإذا خرجنا من عندك عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيراً

But when we leave your presence, we get involved with our wives, children, and livelihood and forget much.

كَثِيرًا much

Accusative working adverbially — 'much, a great deal' — telling how much they forget. Arabic puts such an extent-word in the accusative.

From Devotion and Daily Life

وكان الحسن دائم الحزن، كثير البكاء، مطالبا نفسه بالحقائق،

Al-Hasan was constantly sorrowful, often weeping, demanding truths of himself,

كَثِيرَ often

This describing noun is a further predicate of 'used to be', so it too takes the object form, and it heads an 'of' pairing meaning 'much of weeping', that is, 'often weeping'. Arabic expresses 'often X' by such a chain rather than an adverb.

From The Grandson's Noble Grief

وقد قال عليه الصلاة والسلام نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس الصحة والفراغ

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two blessings which many people are deceived about are health and free time.

كَثِيرٌ many

A bare indefinite noun, 'many', the delayed subject of 'are cheated', i.e. many a person is short-changed. Arabic lets the predicate-participle come first and this subject follow.

From Health as a Blessing

ومن الصلاة على رسول الله تسليما كثيرا دائما أبدا

And send abundant, perpetual blessings and peace upon the Messenger of God forever.

كَثِيرًا abundant

This is an adjective, 'much, abundant', in the object ending to agree with the peace-noun it describes. An Arabic adjective copies its noun's ending; here it intensifies the greeting as plentiful, matching the object ending of the word before it.

From True Devotion

وأمثال ذَلِك كَثِيرَة وَذَلِكَ أَنه لَا يجلب مَنْفَعَة وَلَا يدْفع مضرَّة وَلَا فَائِدَة فِيهِ ومالا فَائِدَة فِيهِ لَا يَأْمر الله بِهِ

And there are many similar examples. That is because it neither brings benefit nor prevents harm, and there is no use in it; and what has no use in it, Allah does not command.

كَثِيرَةٌ many

Adjective, 'many', the predicate of 'examples of that are many'. Its feminine ending agrees with the feminine plural subject in the special way Arabic treats such plurals; no verb 'are' is needed.

From Patience in Hard Times

قال أخبرنا عبد الله بن أبي يحيى بن أبي كثير

He said, 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Yahya ibn Abi Kathir informed/narrated to us.'

كَثِيرِ Kathir (name)

A proper name, Kathir, completing 'Abu Kathir' and the whole chain. Forced into the owned form by the connectors reaching through, it closes the stacked lineage.

From Preserving Sacred Knowledge

وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ خَلْقًا كَثِيرًا غَرَّهُمْ الشَّبَابُ،

And I saw many people whom youth had deceived,

كثيرًا many

An adjective that agrees with its noun and so copies the object (accusative) ending of 'people' before it. Arabic descriptions trail their noun and mirror its grammar, which is how its ending ties it to that crowd rather than to anything else.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance