لوس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of tasting, often with a connotation of seeking out or enjoying pleasant tastes, particularly sweets. It also extends to the idea of obtaining or reaching something, and in a less common usage, refers to strong individuals.

Derived headwords

اللوسnoun

1.
tastingboth
The act of tasting or experiencing a flavor.
2.
small amount of foodclassical
A small quantity of food that is eaten.
3.
strong individualsclassical
Refers to strong or robust people.

لؤوسadjective

1.
fond of sweetsclassical
A man who habitually seeks out and eats sweets.

لاسverb

1.
to seek out sweetsclassical
To pursue and eat sweet things.

لوساnoun

1.
a tasteboth
A small taste or flavor.

ألوسadjective

1.
seeking sweetsclassical
One who seeks out and eats sweet things.

لواساnoun

1.
a tasteclassical
A taste, similar to 'lūsan', often used in negation.

اللواسةnoun

1.
less than a mouthfulclassical
A quantity of food that is less than a mouthful.

أليسnoun

1.
strong personclassical
The singular form of 'alūs', referring to a strong individual.

Parallel reading

اللوس: الذوق.

Al-lūs: tasting.

رجل لؤوس، على فعول؛ لاس يلوس لوسا وهو ألوس: تتبع الحلاوات فأكلها.

A man is lu'ūs, on the pattern of fu'ūl; he las yaloos loosan and he is alūs: he follows sweets and eats them.

واللوس: الأكل القليل.

And al-lūs: a small amount of eating.

وما ذاق عنده لوسا ولا لواسا، بالفتح، أي ذواقا.

And he did not taste from him loosan nor lawāsan, with fatḥah, meaning a taste.

ولا يلوس كذا أي لا يناله، وهو من ذلك.

And he does not yaloos such and such, meaning he does not attain it, and it is from that.

وقال أبو صاعد الكلابي: ما ذاق علوسا ولا لؤوسا، وما لسنا عندهم لواسا.

And Abu Sa'id al-Kilabi said: He did not taste 'alūsan nor lu'ūsan, and we did not lasna with them lawāsan.

واللواسة، بالضم: أقل من اللقمة.

And al-lawāsah, with ḍammah: less than a mouthful.

واللوس: الأشداء «1»، واحدهم أليس.

And al-lūs: the strong ones, their singular is alīs.