كنبثQ. 1 كَنْبَثَ and ↓ تَكَنْبَثَ He became hard and strong: (L:) he became contracted; syn. تَقَبَّضَ: (K:) [app. in disposition; see كُنْبُثٌ: or in make; the second verb being also expl. in the L, with reference to a man, by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ].Q. 2 تَكَنْبَثَ see Q. 1.كُنْبُثٌ and ↓ كُنْبُوثٌ and ↓ كُنَابثٌِ Hard (L, K) and strong. (L.) [Epithets applied to a man.]b2:  Also, all the three words, Contracted [in disposition], and niggardly, or stingy. (K.) b3: Mentioned before in art. كبث; and like كُلْبُثٌ. (TA.) b4:  [Accord. to the L, these epithets seem also to apply to a man Contracted in make: the first and third being expl. by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ.]كُنْبُوثٌ: see كُنْبُثٌ.كُنَابثٌ: see كُنْبُثٌ and art. كنثب.