كرثأR. Q. 1 كَرْثَأَ, [inf. n, كَرْثَأَةٌ;] and ↓ تكرثأ; [like كرفأ and تكرفأ;] It (hair, K, or a collection of clouds, TA, &c, K) became large in quantity, (K,) and intricate, or confused; in the dial. of the tribe of Asad; (TA;) and heaped up. (K.) R. Q. 2 see 1.كِرْثِئٌ Clouds high and piled up, one upon another. (K.) A2:  كِرْثِئٌ An egg-shell. (K, TA.) Accord. to Sb, from كرَث. (TA.) كَرْثِئَةٌ: see كِرْثِئَةٌ.كِرْثِئَةٌ and ↓ كَرْثِئَةٌ Dense and tangled plants. (K.) A2:  كِرْثِئَةٌ and ↓ كَرِْثئَةٌ The froth of churned milk, when the milk of an ewe is milked upon it and it rises in consequence thereof. Accord. to Sb, from كرث. (TA.) بُسْرٌ كَرَاثَآءُ and كَرِيثَآءُ: see art. كرث.