لحت

1 لَحَتَ ذ , aor. لَحَتَ , (inf. n. لَحْتٌ, TA,) He beat, struck, or smote, a person with a staff, or stick. (K.) -A2- لَحَتَ, aor. لَحَتَ , (inf. n. لَحْتٌ, TA,) He peeled, or unbarked, a staff, or stick: (K:) or sawed it, and peeled, or unbarked it: as also نَحَتَ. (IAar.) ― -b2- هٰذَا رَجُلٌ لَا يَضِيرُكَ عَلَيْهِ نَحْتًا وَلَحْتًا expl. by ما يزيدك عليه نحتا اللشعر ولحتا له (tropical:) [ This is a man than whom none will be more useful to thee in the trimming of verses: يضيرك, which is written without the syll. points, is probably a mistake for يَضُرُّكَ: see art. ضر]. (IAar.) ― -b3- لَحَتَهُ بِالعَذْلِ, aor. لَحَتَ , inf. n. لَحْتٌ, [ He trimmed him with reproof ]: a phrase similar to that immediately preceding. (TA, app. from IAar.) ― -b4- لَحَتَهُ, aor. لَحَتَ , inf. n. لَحْتٌ, (assumed tropical:) He took what he had, leaving him nothing; as also لَتَحَهُ. (TA.) -A3- لَحَتَ Inivit puellam: as also نَحَتَ, but this latter is not so well known. (TA, art. نحت.)