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لد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

لَدُودٌ ذ : see لَادٌّ. -A2- لَدُودٌ and ↓ لَدِيدٌ A medicine (or draught, As, L) that is poured into one of the two sides of the mouth (As, S, L, K) by means of the instrument called مُسْعُط: (L, K:) pl. أَلِدَّةٌ: (S, L, K:) from اللَّدِيدَانِ signifying “ the two sides ” of a valley. (S, L.) It is said in a proverb, جَرَى مِنْهُ مَجْرَى اللَّدُودِ [ It acted upon him, or affected him, like the medicine, or draught, termed لَدُود; i. e., unpleasantly, or disagreeably]. (ISk, S.) See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 282

Derived headwords

لَدُودٌ
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جَرَى مِنْهُ مَجْرَى اللَّدُودِ