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لحس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 لَحِسَهُ ذ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or لَحِسَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (A,) aor. لَحَسَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. لَحْسٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and مَلْحَسٌ (A K) and لَحْسَةٌ and لُحْسَةٌ, (Yaakoob, S, K,) the last mentioned by ISk, (TA,) He licked it; (S, A, K, TA;) namely, a bowl, (S, K,) and a vessel: (S:) اللَّحْسُ is with the tongue: (S, K:) or لَحسَهُ signifies he took what was upon it, (Mgh,) or what adhered to its sides, (Msb,) with his tongue or his finger; (Mgh, Msb;) the suffixed pronoun referring to a bowl (Mgh, Msb) or some other thing: (Mgh:) and he took it (a thing) with his tongue. (TA.) It is said in a proverb, أَسْرَعُ مِنْ لَحْسِ الكَلْبِ أَنْفَهُ [ Quicker than the dog's licking his nose ]. (S, A.) See also مَلْحَسٌ, below. ― -b2- لَحِسَ الدُّودُ الصُّوفَ, (A, Mgh, Msb,) in measure like لَبِسَ, (Mgh,) or لَحَسَ, like مَنَعَ, (K,) inf. n. لَحْسٌ, (Mgh, Msb, K,) The worms ate the wool: (Mgh, Msb, K:) and in like manner, لحس الجَرَادُ الخُضَرَ (A, K) and الشَّجَرَ, (TA,) the locusts ate the green plants (K) and the trees. (TA.)

Derived headwords

لَحِسَهُverb
  1. 1.
لَحِسَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ
مِنْ لَحْسِ الكَلْبِ أَنْفَهُ
لَحِسَ الدُّودُ الصُّوفَ
لحس الجَرَادُ الخُضَرَ