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لكث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of striking or hitting, often with a hand or foot. It also extends to describe a type of dried residue, a disease affecting livestock, and a description of a person or material.

Derived headwords

اللَّكْثnoun
  1. 1.
    dried residueclassical

    The dirt or residue from milk that solidifies on the rim of a container, which one might take with their hand.

لَكَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike something with one's hand or foot.

لَكْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking with the hand or foot.

لِكَاثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking, not specifically limited to hand or foot.

اللِّكَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking.

  2. 2.
    diseaseclassical

    A disease that affects the mouths and lips of sheep, similar to an ulcer, appearing when new, short plants begin to grow.

  3. 3.
    diseaseclassical

    A disease that affects camels, resembling pustules that appear in their mouths.

  4. 4.
    bright stoneclassical

    A shiny, smooth stone, often found in gypsum.

اللِّكَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    diseaseclassical

    A disease affecting the mouths and lips of sheep, similar to an ulcer.

اللَّكَاثِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    very whiteclassical

    A man who is intensely white, derived from the word 'al-likath' referring to a bright, smooth stone.

اللَّكَاثِيُّونnoun
  1. 1.
    gypsum workersclassical

    Plasterers and craftsmen who work with gypsum, not merchants.

Parallel reading

الوَسَخُ مِنْ اللَّبَنِ يَجْمُدُ عَلَى حَرْفِ الإِنَاءِ، فَتَأْخُذُهُ بِيَدِكَ.
The dirt from milk that solidifies on the rim of a container, which you take with your hand.
وَلَكَثَهُ لَكْثًا وَلِكَاثًا: ضَرَبَهُ بِيَدِهِ أَوْ رِجْلِهِ.
And he struck him a striking (lakthan) and a striking (likathan): he struck him with his hand or his foot.
اللَّكْثُ وَاللِّكَاثُ الضَّرْبُ، وَلَمْ يُخَصَّ يَدًا وَلَا رِجْلًا.
Al-lakth and al-likath are striking, and it is not specified as hand or foot.
اللَّكَاثُ الضَّرْبُ، بِالضَّمِّ، وَاللِّكَاثَةُ أَيْضًا: دَاءٌ يَأْخُذُ الغَنَمَ فِي أَشْدَاقِهَا وَشِفَاهِهَا، وَهُوَ مِثْلُ القَرْحِ، وَذَلِكَ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا تَكْدُمُ النَّبْتَ، وَهُوَ قَصِيرٌ، صَغِيرُ الفَرْعِ.
Al-likath is striking, with damma, and al-likathah is also: a disease that affects the jaws and lips of sheep, and it is like an ulcer, and that occurs when they first begin to graze on plants, and it is short, with small branches.
اللَّكَاثُ وَالنَّكَاثُ دَاءٌ يَأْخُذُ الإِبِلَ، وَهُوَ شِبْهُ البَثْرِ يَأْخُذُهَا فِي أَفْوَاهِهَا.
Al-likath and al-nikath are a disease that affects camels, and it is like a pustule that affects them in their mouths.
اللَّكَاثِيُّ الرَّجُلُ الشَّدِيدُ البَيَاضِ، مَأْخُوذٌ مِنَ اللَّكَاثِ، وَهُوَ الحَجَرُ البَرَّاقُ الأَمْلَسُ، وَيَكُونُ فِي الجِصِّ.
Al-likathiyy is the man of intense whiteness, taken from al-likath, which is the shiny, smooth stone, and it is found in gypsum.
اللَّكَاثُ الجَصَّاصُونَ، وَالصُّنَّاعُ مِنْهُمْ لَا التُّجَّارُ.
Al-likath are the plasterers, and the craftsmen among them, not the merchants.