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لسس

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root لسس primarily relates to the act of eating, consuming, or picking at something, often with the tongue or mouth. It extends to the early growth of plants, particularly young shoots that are easily consumed, and also describes light-footed or agile individuals and skilled porters. Some derived terms relate to chains or segmented objects.

Derived headwords

لَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to eatboth

    To consume food; to eat.

  2. 2.
    to grazeclassical

    For an animal to graze on grass or vegetation, consuming it by picking.

لَسَاnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    The act of eating or consuming.

لَسَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to eat itclassical

    To eat or consume something, referring to an object.

تَلُسُّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to nibble itclassical

    To pick at and consume something, especially vegetation, with the mouth or tongue.

أَلَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to sproutclassical

    For the land to produce its first vegetation or shoots.

  2. 2.
    to become accessibleclassical

    For vegetation to grow to a point where it can be grazed or eaten.

  3. 3.
    to bloomclassical

    For plants to emerge with their flowers.

اللَّسَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    young shootsclassical

    The first, tender growth of plants, especially young herbs that are easily consumed by livestock.

  2. 2.
    early pastureclassical

    The initial stage of plant growth that constitutes the first grazing for animals.

مُتَلَسْلِسadjective
  1. 1.
    like a chainclassical

    Resembling a chain; linked together.

مُلَسْلِسadjective
  1. 1.
    like a chainclassical

    Resembling a chain; linked together. (Possibly an inversion of مسلسل).

مَاءٌ لَسْلِسnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing waterclassical

    Water that flows easily and smoothly, like a stream.

لَسْلَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing waterclassical

    Water that flows easily and smoothly.

لَسَالِسnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing waterclassical

    Water that flows easily and smoothly.

لَسْلِسadjective
  1. 1.
    light-heartedclassical

    Describing a young man who is light-spirited, cheerful, and energetic.

  2. 2.
    agileclassical

    Describing someone who is nimble and quick.

سَلْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat a chainclassical

    To eat a long piece of hump fat (salsalah).

اللَّسَسnoun
  1. 1.
    skilled portersclassical

    Expert and capable carriers or porters.

السِّلْسِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    long piece of hump fatclassical

    A long segment of the hump fat of a camel.

اللَّسْلَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    long piece of hump fatclassical

    A long segment of the hump fat of a camel.

  2. 2.
    segmented hump fatclassical

    The hump fat of a camel when it is cut into segments.

Parallel reading

الأكل.
Eating.
لس يلس لسا إذا أكل
He ate, eating, an eating, if he ate.
ثلاث كأقواس السراء وناشط، ... قد اخضر من لس الغمير جحافله
Three like the bows of the Sira' and a vigorous one, ... its jaws have become green from grazing on the young shoots of the Ghamir.
ولست الدابة الحشيش تلسه لسا: تناولته ونتفته بجحفلتها.
And the animal grazed on the grass, eating it: it took it and plucked it with its jaw.
وألست الأرض: طلع أول نباتها
And the land sprouted: its first vegetation emerged.
واسْمُ ذلك النبات اللساس، بالضم، لأن المال يلسه
And the name of that vegetation is al-lassas, with damma, because the livestock graze on it.
واللساس: أول البقل.
And al-lassas: the first of the herbs.
اللَّسَاس البقل ما دام صغيرا لا تستمكن منه الراعية وذلك لأنها تلسه بألسنتها لسا
Al-lassas is the herb as long as it is young and the shepherdess cannot fully grasp it, because she nibbles it with her tongue.
في باقل الرمث وفي اللساس، منها هديم ضبع هواس
In the pasture of the Ramm and in the young shoots, among them is the carcass of a hunting hyena.
وألس الغمير: أمكن أن يلس.
And al-Ghamir became accessible: it became possible to graze on it.
وجدنا أرضا ممطورا ما حولها قد ألس غميرها
We found land that had been rained upon, and its surroundings, its young shoots had become accessible for grazing.
وقيل: ألس خرج زهره.
And it was said: al-as means its flowers emerged.
اللس أول الرعي، لست تلس لسا.
Al-lass is the first grazing; you are grazing, grazing.
وثوب متلسلس وملسلس: كمسلسل
And a garment that is mutalalsil and mulaslas: like musalsal (chained).
ومَاءٌ لسلس ولسلاس ولسالس: كسلسل
And water that is laslis, laslas, and lasalis: like salsal (flowing).
يقال للغلام الخفيف الروح النشيط لسلس وسلسل.
The light-spirited, energetic young man is called laslis and salsal.
واللسس: الحمالون الحذاق
And al-lassas: the skilled porters.
سلسل إذا أكل السلسلة؛ وهي القطعة الطويلة من السنام
He ate salsalah if he ate the salsalah; which is the long piece of the hump.
وهي اللسلسة
And it is al-laslasah.
واللسلاس: السنام المقطع
And al-laslas: the segmented hump.