لحب

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of cutting, peeling, or scraping, often related to meat or surfaces. It extends to meanings of making something clear or evident, like a path, and also describes physical states of being thin or worn down, and actions like striking or moving quickly.

Derived headwords

لَحَبَverb

1.
to cut meat lengthwiseboth
To cut meat along its length, as a butcher does.
2.
to strike or woundclassical
To strike with a sword or to wound someone.
3.
to peel or scrapeboth
To peel meat from the bone, or more generally, to peel anything.
4.
to make clear or evidentboth
To make a path clear and obvious.
5.
to tread or pass overboth
To tread upon a path, making it clear.
6.
to become clearclassical
A path becomes clear, as if its surface is peeled.
7.
to leave a markboth
To leave a trace or mark on something.
8.
to strike with a whipboth
To strike something with whips, leaving marks.
9.
to throw downboth
To throw someone down to the ground.
10.
to move quicklyboth
To move swiftly or rapidly.
11.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
To engage in sexual intercourse.

المِلْحَبnoun

1.
cutterboth
A tool or instrument used for cutting.
2.
sharp tongueboth
A fluent and eloquent tongue, or one that is abusive and foul-mouthed.

مِلْحَبadjective

1.
cutclassical
Describing something that has been cut or wounded.
2.
clear pathclassical
A clear, well-trodden path.

مَلْحُوبadjective

1.
thin (animal)both
Describing the back and hindquarters of a horse that are smooth and lean.
2.
thin (person)both
A person with little flesh, appearing lean.
3.
clear pathclassical
A path that is clear and evident.

المِلْحَبnoun

1.
placeclassical
A location or place.

لَحْبnoun

1.
clear pathboth
A clear, well-trodden path.
2.
cuttingclassical
The act of cutting or peeling.

لاحِبadjective

1.
clear pathboth
A clear, evident, and well-trodden path.
2.
wide pathboth
A wide, easy, and continuous path.

لُحُوبnoun

1.
clear pathclassical
The act of making a path clear, or the path itself.

لَحِيبadjective

1.
thin (camel)both
A camel with little flesh on its back.

التَحَبnoun

1.
riding a pathclassical
The act of riding on a clear path.

لحبverb

1.
to peelclassical
To peel something, like meat from bone.

لحبverb

1.
to become weakclassical
To become weakened by old age.

ملحوبnoun

1.
placeclassical
A place or location.

لحبهverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike someone with a sword.

لحبهverb

1.
to make clearclassical
To make a path clear and evident.

لحبهverb

1.
to takeclassical
To take what is on the back of a camel, like meat.

لحبهverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike with whips, leaving marks.

لحبهverb

1.
to throw downclassical
To throw someone down to the ground.

لحبverb

1.
to move quicklyclassical
To move swiftly.

لحبverb

1.
to have intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse.

ملحبadjective

1.
fluentclassical
Having a fluent and eloquent tongue.
2.
abusiveclassical
Having a foul-mouthed or abusive tongue.

ملحبadjective

1.
sharpclassical
Sharp and cutting, like a tool.

لحبverb

1.
to become weakclassical
To become weak and bent with age.

ملحوبnoun

1.
placeclassical
A place or location.

Parallel reading

اللحب: قطعك اللحم طولا.

Al-lahb: your cutting of meat lengthwise.

والملحب: المقطع.

And al-milhab: the cutter (tool).

ولحبه ولحبه: ضربه بالسيف، أو جرحه، عن ثعلب

And lahaba-hu wa lahaba-hu: to strike him with a sword, or to wound him, according to Tha'lab.

وهو ملحب

and he is wounded/struck.

الأصمعي: الملحب نحو من المخذم.

Al-Asma'i: Al-milhab is similar to al-mikhdham (a cutting tool).

ولحب متن الفرس وعجزه: املاس في حدور، ومتن ملحوب

And the back and hindquarters of a horse are lahaba: smooth in their slopes, and a malhub back.

والقصب مضطمر، والمتن ملحوب

And the ribs are tucked in, and the back is malhub (lean).

ورجل ملحوب: قليل اللحم، كأنه لحب

And a malhub man: little flesh, as if he were lahaba (cut/lean).

واللحيب من الإبل: القليلة لحم الظهر.

And al-lahib from camels: having little flesh on the back.

ولحب الجزار ما على ظهر الجزور: أخذه.

And the butcher lahaba what is on the back of the camel: he took it.

ولحب اللحم عن العظم يلحبه لحبا: قشره

And lahaba the meat from the bone, yalhuba-hu lahban: he peeled it.

واللحب: الطريق الواضح، واللاحب مثله

And al-lahb: the clear path, and al-lahib is similar.

تقول منه: لحبه يلحبه لحبا إذا وطئه ومر فيه

You say from it: lahaba-hu yalhuba-hu lahban if you tread upon it and pass through it.

ويقال أيضا: لحب إذا مر مرا مستقيما.

And it is also said: lahaba if he passed in a straight manner.

ولحب الطريق يلحب لحوبا: وضح كأنه قشر الأرض.

And the path lahaba, yalhubu lahuban: became clear as if it were the peeled surface of the earth.

ولحبه يلحبه لحبا: بينه

And lahaba-hu yalhuba-hu lahban: he made it clear.

لا تعف طريقا كان رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لحبها أي أوضحها ونهجها.

Do not obstruct a path that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, lahaba-ha, meaning he made it clear and showed its way.

وطريق ملحب: كلاحب

And a malhab path: like a lahib (clear path).

طريق لاحب، ولحب، وملحوب إذا كان واضحا

A lahib, wa lahb, and malhub path if it is clear.

التحب فلان محجة الطريق، ولحبها والتحبها إذا ركبها

So-and-so tahabba the main road, and lahaba-ha and tahabba-ha if he rode upon it.

يلحبن، لا يأتلي المطلوب والطلب أي يركبن اللاحب

They traverse, not failing the seeker and the sought, meaning they ride the lahib.

وبه سمي الطريق الموطأ لاحبا، لأنه كأنه لحب أي قشر عن وجهه التراب، فهو ذو لحب.

And by this the trodden path is named lahib, because it is as if it were lahaba, meaning the dust was peeled from its surface, so it is possessed of lahb (clear markings).

رأيت الناس على طريق رحب لاحب.

I saw people on a wide, lahib (clear) path.

اللاحب: الطريق الواسع المنقاد الذي لا ينقطع.

Al-lahib: the wide, easy, continuous path.

ولحب الشيء: أثر فيه

And lahaba the thing: it left a mark on it.

ولحبه: كلحبه.

And lahaba-hu: like lahaba-hu (striking it).

ولحبه بالسياط: ضربه، فأثرت فيه.

And lahaba-hu bi-l-siyāt: he struck him with whips, and they left a mark on him.

ولحب به الأرض أي صرعه.

And lahaba-hu bi-l-arḍi, meaning he threw him down to the ground.

ومر يلحب لحبا أي يسرع.

And he passed yalhbu lahban, meaning he moved quickly.

ولحب يلحب لحبا: نكح.

And lahaba, yalhbu lahban: he had sexual intercourse.

الملحب اللسان الفصيح.

Al-milhab: the eloquent tongue.

والملحب: الحديد القاطع

And al-milhab: the sharp cutting iron.

لسانا، كمقراض الخفاجي، ملحبا

A tongue, like the shears of Al-Khufaji, malhaba (sharp/cutting).

في ... ممل معمل لحب

in ... a well-worked, lahb (sharp/cutting) land.

ورجل ملحب إذا كان سبابا بذيء اللسان.

And a malhab man if he is an abusive, foul-tongued person.

وقد لحب الرجل، بالكسر، إذا أنحله الكبر، واحدودب الظهر

And the man lahaba, with kasra, if old age weakened him, and his back became hunched.

أقفر من أهله ملحوب

Devoid of its people is Malhub (a place).