لحص

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root لحص (l-ḥ-ṣ) primarily denotes concepts of tightness, constriction, difficulty, and being stuck or entangled. It extends to meanings of being held back, being trapped in a predicament, and also to the act of clarifying or meticulously examining something.

Derived headwords

اللَّحَصnoun

1.
tightnessboth
A state of being narrow, constricted, or difficult.

اللَّحِيصnoun

1.
tightnessboth
A state of being narrow, constricted, or difficult.

لَحَصَverb

1.
to be stuckboth
To become entangled or stuck in something.
2.
to be held backclassical
To be restrained or prevented from proceeding.

لَحَصًاnoun

1.
entanglementboth
The act or state of being stuck or entangled.

الْتَحَصَverb

1.
to get stuckboth
To become stuck or entangled in something.
2.
to be restrainedclassical
To be held back or prevented from moving.
3.
to be trappedclassical
To be forced into a difficult or inescapable situation.

لِحَاصnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
A severe predicament or hardship.
2.
hardshipclassical
A period of intense difficulty or a severe year (drought, famine).

الْتِحَاصnoun

1.
entanglementboth
The act of becoming stuck or entangled.
2.
obstructionboth
The state of being blocked or closed off.
3.
intensificationclassical
The act of becoming severe or intense.

الْتَحَصَتْ عَيْنُهُverb

1.
eye stuckboth
The eye became stuck, possibly due to discharge or inflammation.

لَحَصَ لِيverb

1.
clarified for meboth
To explain or reveal something to someone gradually and clearly.

لَحَصَ الكِتَابَverb

1.
mastered the bookboth
To have thoroughly understood or mastered a book.

التَّلْحِيصnoun

1.
clarificationboth
The act of thoroughly explaining or detailing something.
2.
intensificationclassical
The act of making something severe or strict.

الْتَحَصَ البَيْضَةَverb

1.
drank the eggclassical
To suck out the contents of an egg.

الْتَحَصَ الذِّئْبُ عَيْنَ الشَّاةِverb

1.
wolf drained eyeclassical
The wolf consumed the fluid and contents of the sheep's eye.

لَحَصَverb

1.
to be tightclassical
To be narrow or constricted.

لَحَصَverb

1.
to be stuckclassical
To be stuck or entangled.

الْتَحَصَverb

1.
to be stuckclassical
To be stuck or entangled.

لُحَاصnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A severe year, characterized by hardship or famine.

لَحَصَتْ عَيْنُهُverb

1.
eye stuckclassical
The eye became stuck, possibly due to discharge.

الْتِحَاصnoun

1.
obstructionclassical
The state of being blocked or closed off.

الْتَحَصَتْ الإِبْرَةُverb

1.
needle stuckclassical
The needle became stuck and its point became blunt.

لَخَّصْتُهُverb

1.
I summarized itmodern
To summarize or condense information.

Parallel reading

الضِّيقُ

tightness

قال الراجز: قد اشتروا لي كفنا رخيصا، ... وبوأوني لحدا لحيصا

The poet said: They bought me a cheap shroud, ... and prepared for me a narrow grave.

ولحص لحصا: نشب.

And 'laḥaṣa laḥaṣan': to be stuck.

والتحصه الشيء: نشب فيه

And 'al-taḥaṣa-hu al-shay'': the thing became stuck in it.

لم تلتحصني حيص بيص لحاص

The predicament did not trap me.

أخرج لحاص مخرج قطام وحذام

It (the predicament) leads to an exit like that of Qatam and Hudham.

وقوله لم تلتحصني أي لم تثبطني

And his saying 'lam taltaḥiṣnī' means 'it did not hold me back'.

يقال: لحصت فلانا عن كذا والتحصته إذا حبسته وثبطته.

It is said: 'laḥaṣta fulānan 'an kadhā' and 'al-taḥaṣta-hu' if you restrained and held him back.

وروي عن ابن السكيت في قوله لم تلتحصني أي لم أنشب فيها.

And it is narrated from Ibn al-Sikkīt regarding his saying 'lam taltaḥiṣnī' that it means 'I did not get stuck in it'.

وهو اسم الشدة والداهية لأنها صفة غالبة كحلاق اسم للمنية، وهي فاعلة تلتحصني.

And it is the name for severity and calamity, as it is a prevailing attribute, like 'ḥallāq' is a name for death, and it (the calamity) is the one that traps me.

يقول: لم تلتحصني أي تلجئني الداهية إلى ما لا مخرج لي منه

He means: 'lam taltaḥiṣnī' means the calamity does not drive me to a situation from which I have no escape.

ولحاص أيضا: السنة الشديدة.

And 'liḥāṣ' also means: a severe year.

والتحصت عينه ولحصت: التصقت، وقيل: التصقت من الرمص.

And 'al-taḥaṣat 'aynahu' and 'laḥaṣat': the eye became stuck, and it was said: it became stuck from discharge.

والالتحاص: الاشتداد.

And 'al-iltiḥāṣ': becoming severe.

وسئل عن نضح الوضوء فقال: اسمح يسمح لك، كان من مضى لا يفتشون عن هذا ولا يلحصون

And he was asked about sprinkling for ablution, and he said: Be lenient, and leniency will be granted to you; those who passed by did not investigate this nor were they strict.

التلحيص: التشديد والتضييق، أي كانوا لا يشددون ولا يستقصون في هذا وأمثاله.

Al-talḥīṣ: strictness and constriction, meaning they were not strict nor did they investigate thoroughly in this and its like.

يقال التحصه إلى ذلك الأمر والتحجه أي ألجأه إليه واضطره

It is said: 'al-taḥaṣa-hu ilā dhālika al-amr' and 'al-taḥaja-hu' meaning it forced him to that matter and compelled him.

والالتحاص: الانسداد.

And 'al-iltiḥāṣ': blockage.

والتحصت الإبرة: التصقت واستد سمها.

And 'al-taḥaṣat al-ibrah': the needle got stuck and its point became blunt.

ولحص لي فلان خبرك وأمرك: بينه شيئا شيئا.

And 'laḥaṣa lī fulānun khabaraka wa amraka': so-and-so clarified your news and your matter to me, little by little.

ولحص الكتاب: أحكمه.

And 'laḥaṣa al-kitāb': he mastered the book.

والتلحيص استقصاء خبر الشيء وبيانه.

And 'al-talḥīṣ' is the thorough investigation and clarification of a matter.

وقد كتبت كتابي هذا إليك وقد حصلته ولحصته وفصلته ووصلته، وبعض يقول: لخصته، بالخاء المعجمة.

And I have written this letter of mine to you, and I have comprehended it, clarified it, detailed it, and conveyed it; and some say: 'laḵḵhaṣtuhu' (with the unvoiced velar stop).

والتحص فلان البيضة التحاصا إذا تحساها.

And 'taḥaṣṣa fulānun al-bayḍah taḥāṣan' if he sucked it out.

والتحص الذئب عين الشاة إذا شرب ما فيها من المخ والبياض.

And 'al-taḥaṣṣa al-dhi'bu 'ayn al-shāh' if the wolf drank what was in the sheep's eye of fluid and white matter.