لحت

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scraping, peeling, or stripping something away, often to its core or essence. It extends to concepts of stripping someone of their possessions or dignity, and metaphorically to a severe, genuine cold.

Derived headwords

لَحَتَverb

1.
to scrape offboth
To scrape or peel off the surface of something, like bark from a tree or skin from a fruit.
2.
to strip bareboth
To strip someone of everything they possess, leaving them with nothing.
3.
to criticize harshlyclassical
To criticize someone severely or to admonish them strongly.

لَحْتًاnoun

1.
scrapingboth
The act of scraping or peeling off the surface of something.
2.
stripping bareboth
The act of stripping someone of all their possessions.

لُحَاتnoun

1.
peelingclassical
The act or result of peeling or scraping.

لَحْتnoun

1.
strippingboth
The act of stripping or taking away.
2.
coldclassical
A genuine, intense, or biting cold.

لَحْتَةnoun

1.
scrapingclassical
A single instance or the result of scraping or peeling.

لَحْتَاتnoun

1.
scrapesclassical
Plural of a scrape or peeling.

لَحْتِيّadjective

1.
scrapedclassical
Describing something that has been scraped or peeled.

لَحْتَاءnoun

1.
barkclassical
The outer layer or skin of a tree; bark.

لُحْتَاءnoun

1.
barkclassical
The outer layer or skin of a tree; bark.

لَحِيَverb

1.
to peelclassical
To peel or strip the bark from a tree.

لَحْيnoun

1.
peelingclassical
The act of peeling or stripping bark.

لَحَاءnoun

1.
barkmodern
The outer covering of a tree trunk or branch.

لَتَحَverb

1.
to stripclassical
To strip or peel something, often used in reverse order of 'لحت'.

الْتَحَىverb

1.
to be strippedclassical
To have one's bark or outer layer removed.

Parallel reading

لحته لحتا: بشره وقشره

He scraped it, a scraping: he peeled its skin.

هذا رجل لا يضيرك عليه نحتا ولحتا

This is a man who will not harm you with excessive eloquence or superficiality.

برد بحت لحت أي برد صادق

A pure, genuine cold, meaning a true cold.

ولحت فلان عصاه لحتا إذا قشرها

And so-and-so peeled his stick, a peeling, if he scraped it.

ولحته بالعذل لحتا، مثله

And he criticized him harshly, a harsh criticism, similar to that.

فإذا فعلتم كذا بعث الله عليكم شر خلقه فلحتوكم كما يلحت القضيب

And when you do such things, God will send upon you the worst of His creation, and they will strip you bare like a twig is stripped.

اللحت: القشر

Al-luht: the peel or bark.

ولحت العصا إذا قشرها

And he peeled the stick if he scraped it.

ولحته إذا أخذ ما عنده، ولم يدع له شيئا

And he stripped him if he took what he had, and left him nothing.

واللحت واللتح: واحد، مقلوب

And al-luht and al-latḥ are the same, reversed.

فالتحوكم كما يلتحى القضيب

And they stripped you bare like a twig is stripped.

يقال: التحيت القضيب ولحوته إذا أخذت لحاءه

It is said: the twig was stripped, and he stripped it if you took its bark.