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لدح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of striking or hitting, specifically with the hand. It is closely related to the concept of slapping, with some linguistic discussion suggesting a possible phonetic interchange between 'd' and 't' in related words.

Derived headwords

اللَّدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    striking with the handboth

    The act of hitting or striking someone with one's hand.

لَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with the handboth

    He struck him with his hand.

يَلْدَحُverb
  1. 1.
    he strikes with the handboth

    He strikes him with his hand (present tense).

لَدْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    striking with the handboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for striking with the hand.

Parallel reading

اللَّدْح: الضرب باليد.
Al-ladh: striking with the hand.
لَدَحَهُ يَلْدَحُهُ لَدْحًا: ضربه بيده؛
He struck him, he strikes him, a striking with the hand: he struck him with his hand;
والمعروف اللَّطْح
and what is known is al-latḥ (slapping)
وكأن الطاء والدال تعاقبا في هذا الحرف.
and it is as if the letter Tāʼ and Dāl have alternated in this word.