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لتت

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of moistening or wetting something, particularly food items like gruel or dried cheese. It also extends to meanings of binding, adhering, or clinging to something, and metaphorically to crushing or grinding.

Derived headwords

لَتَّverb
  1. 1.
    to moistenboth

    To wet or moisten something, especially food items like gruel (سويق) or dried cheese (أقط).

  2. 2.
    to bindclassical

    To bind, tie, or fasten something securely.

  3. 3.
    to clingclassical

    To cling to or adhere closely to someone.

  4. 4.
    to crushclassical

    To crush, grind, or pulverize something.

لَتْوٌnoun
  1. 1.
    moisteningclassical

    The act of moistening or wetting, particularly of gruel or dried cheese.

  2. 2.
    bindingclassical

    The act of binding or fastening.

  3. 3.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing or grinding.

لَتَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to moisten itboth

    To moisten or wet it.

يَلِتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he moistens itboth

    He moistens or wets it.

لَتًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    moisteningclassical

    The act of moistening or wetting.

  2. 2.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing or grinding.

المُلَتُّوتُadjective
  1. 1.
    moistenedclassical

    Moistened or wet, referring to food items.

اللَّتَّاتُnoun
  1. 1.
    what it was moistened withclassical

    That with which something, like gruel or cheese, is moistened, such as ghee or fat.

  2. 2.
    wood shavingsclassical

    Fragments or shavings broken off from wood bark.

اللَّاتُname
  1. 1.
    Al-Lat (idol)classical

    The name of an idol worshipped by some pre-Islamic Arabs, believed by some to be named after a man who used to moisten gruel for pilgrims.

لَتَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to moistenclassical

    To moisten or wet something.

لَتَاتُ الشَّجَرِnoun
  1. 1.
    bark fragmentsclassical

    The dry, outer fragments or peelings of tree bark.

لَتَّverb
  1. 1.
    to crushclassical

    To crush or grind something, like pebbles.

لَتَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushclassical

    To crush or grind something.

Parallel reading

لت السويق والأقط ونحوهما، يلته لتا: جدحه
He moistened the gruel, dried cheese, and the like, moistening it with a moistening: he made it thick.
وقيل: بسه بالماء ونحوه
And it was said: he moistened it with water and the like.
واللتات: ما لت به.
And Al-Lattat: that with which it is moistened.
يقال: لت السويق أي بله
It is said: 'He moistened the gruel,' meaning he wet it.
ولُتَّ الشيء يلته إذا شده وأوثقه
And when he bound the thing, he bound it, meaning he tied it securely.
وقد لت فلان بفلان إذا لز به وقرن معه.
And so-and-so clung to so-and-so when he stuck to him and was paired with him.
وكان رجل يلت السويق للحاج، فلما مات، عبدت
And there was a man who used to moisten gruel for the pilgrims, and when he died, it was worshipped.
كان رجل يلت السويق لهم
There was a man who used to moisten gruel for them.
واللتات: ما فت من قشور الخشب.
And Al-Lattat: what is broken off from the bark of wood.
تلت الحصى لتا بسمر رزينة
It crushed the pebbles with a crushing by firm hooves.
ولا يجوز التيمم بلتات الشجر
And it is not permissible to perform Tayammum with the bark fragments of trees.
وهو ما فت من قشره اليابس الأعلى
Which is what is broken off from its dry outer peel.
ما أبقى مني إلا لتاتا
Nothing remained of me but dry skin.