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لذج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sensation of something hot or sharp passing down the throat, often associated with drinking. It describes the act of swallowing or gulping something with such a sensation.

Derived headwords

لَذَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to burn/sting the throatboth

    To experience a burning or stinging sensation in the throat, typically from drinking something hot or sharp.

لَذْجnoun
  1. 1.
    burning sensationclassical

    The sensation of burning or stinging, particularly in the throat.

Parallel reading

لذج الماء في حلقه
The water burned/stung his throat.
على مثال ذلج
On the pattern of (the word) 'dhlij'.
لغة فيه أي جرعه
A dialectal variant for it, meaning 'he gulped it'.
وقد تقدم في موضعه
And it has been previously mentioned in its proper place.