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لحس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مِلْحَسٌ ذ (tropical:) Greedy; as also ↓ لَحْوَس (K) and ↓ لَاحُوسٌ and ↓ مُلْحِسٌ: (TA:) and one who takes everything that he can. (K:) or a greedy man, who takes everything that he can: (A:) one who takes everything that appears to him: (TA:) [originally, a lick-dish: ] and [in like manner] ↓ لَحُوسٌ (tropical:) a man who seeks after sweets, like the fly. (A, K.) ― -b2- Also, (assumed tropical:) Courageous: (K:) as though an eater of everything that rose up to him. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مِلْحَسٌ
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