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لمذ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root is a variant spelling of the root لَمَجَ (lamaja), which relates to the act of swallowing or consuming something, particularly food or drink. It encompasses the physical process of taking something into the body.

Derived headwords

لَمَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To cause food or drink to pass down the throat into the stomach.

لَمْذnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingclassical

    The act or process of swallowing.

Parallel reading

لَمَذَ الشيءَ: ابْتَلَعَهُ.
He swallowed the thing: he consumed it.
لَمَذَ الماءَ.
He swallowed the water.