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لتح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes striking or hitting, particularly the face or body with small, hard objects like pebbles, causing abrasion or injury. It also extends to concepts of hunger, keen perception, and intelligence.

Derived headwords

لَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the face/body with pebblesclassical

    To strike the face and body with pebbles until it leaves a mark, without causing severe wounds.

  2. 2.
    to strike the eye and blind itclassical

    To strike someone's eye, causing it to be blinded or burst.

  3. 3.
    to rub against and have intercourseclassical

    To rub against something, and specifically to have sexual intercourse with a female.

  4. 4.
    to throw or aim atclassical

    To throw or aim at someone with one's sight.

لُتِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hungrymodern

    To be hungry.

يَلْتَحُverb
  1. 1.
    he strikes (with pebbles)classical

    The present tense verb form indicating striking the face or body with pebbles.

لَتْحnoun
  1. 1.
    striking with pebblesclassical

    The act of striking the face or body with pebbles, causing abrasion.

  2. 2.
    intercourseclassical

    The act of rubbing against and having sexual intercourse.

لُتْحnoun
  1. 1.
    hungermodern

    Hunger, the state of being hungry.

لُتْحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    hungermodern

    Hunger, the state of being hungry.

لُتْحَانadjective
  1. 1.
    hungrymodern

    Describing someone who is hungry.

لُتْحَىnoun
  1. 1.
    hungry femaleclassical

    A female who is hungry.

مُلْتُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    struck (by pebbles)classical

    Describing a face or body that has been struck by pebbles, showing abrasion.

  2. 2.
    having intercourse withclassical

    Describing a female who has been had sexual intercourse with.

أَلْتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to achieve a meaningclassical

    To achieve or reach a specific meaning or understanding, often in a poetic or intellectual sense.

لَاتِحadjective
  1. 1.
    intelligent, shrewdclassical

    Describing a person who is intelligent, shrewd, and cunning.

لَتَّاحadjective
  1. 1.
    intelligent, shrewdclassical

    Describing a person who is intelligent, shrewd, and cunning.

لَتْحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    intelligent, shrewdclassical

    Describing a person who is intelligent, shrewd, and cunning.

لُتَّاحnoun
  1. 1.
    intelligent menclassical

    A group of intelligent and shrewd men.

Parallel reading

ضرب الوجه والجسد بالحصى حتى يؤثر فيه من غير جرح شديد
Striking the face and body with pebbles until it leaves a mark without severe wounding.
يلتحن وجها بالحصى ملتوحا
He strikes a face with pebbles, abraded.
ولتح عينه: ضربها ففقأها
And he struck his eye, injuring it and blinding it.
وفلان ألتح شعرا من فلان أي أوقع على المعنى
And so-and-so achieved a meaning in poetry more than so-and-so.
واللتحان: الجائع، والأنثى لتحى
And 'al-lutaḥān' refers to the hungry one, and the female is 'lutaḥā'.
واللتح، بالتحريك: الجوع
And 'al-lutḥ', with vowel movement, means hunger.
وقد لتح، بالكسر، فهو لتحان
And he was hungry, with a kasra, so he is 'lutaḥān'.
ولتحها تحا إذا نحكها وجامعها
And he rubbed her and had intercourse with her.
وهو لاتح وهي ملتوحة
And he is a 'lātiḥ' (one who has intercourse) and she is 'multūḥah' (one who has been had intercourse with).
لتحت فلانا ببصري أي رميته
I aimed at so-and-so with my sight, meaning I threw my gaze at him.
رجل لاتح ولتاح ولتحة ولتح إذا كان عاقلا داهيا
A man is 'lātiḥ', 'luttāḥ', 'lutaḥah', and 'lutaḥ' if he is intelligent and shrewd.
وقوم لتاح: وهم العقلاء من الرجال الدهاة
And a people of 'luttāḥ': they are the intelligent and shrewd men.