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لشش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of lightness, agility, and perhaps a nervous or agitated state. It is associated with descriptions of people and their physical or emotional conditions, particularly in moments of fear or distress.

Derived headwords

لشلاشadjective
  1. 1.
    Light, agileboth

    Describing a person who is light and agile, possibly in movement.

لشلاشadjective
  1. 1.
    Agitated, tremblingboth

    Describing someone, particularly a coward, who is agitated or trembling due to fear, with a sense of internal disturbance.

لشلشةnoun
  1. 1.
    Agitation, tremblingclassical

    The state of frequent movement and internal disturbance of the bowels associated with fear or panic.

لشnoun
  1. 1.
    Driving away, chasingclassical

    The act of driving away or chasing something or someone.

Parallel reading

ليس في كلام العرب شين بعد لام ولكن كلها قبل اللام
There is no 'sh' after 'l' in the speech of the Arabs, but rather all of it is before the 'l'.
وقد وجد في كلامهم الشين بعد اللام
And 'sh' after 'l' has been found in their speech.
رجل لشلاش إذا كان خفيفا
A man is 'lashlash' if he is light.
اللشلشة كثرة التردد عند الفزع واضطراب الأحشاء في موضع بعد موضع
Al-lashlashah is frequent movement during fear and disturbance of the bowels from one place to another.
يقال: جبان لشلاش
It is said: a cowardly man is 'lashlash'.
اللش الطرد
Al-lash is driving away.