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لعص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to difficulty, hardship, and stubbornness, particularly in the context of things becoming difficult or a person being gluttonous. It describes a state of being hard to overcome or deal with.

Derived headwords

اللَّعَصnoun
  1. 1.
    difficultyboth

    The state of being difficult or hard to overcome; hardship.

  2. 2.
    gluttonyclassical

    Excessive greed or eagerness in eating and drinking.

لَعِصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be difficultboth

    To become difficult or hard to deal with; to present a challenge.

  2. 2.
    to be gluttonousclassical

    To be excessively greedy or eager in eating and drinking.

تَلَعَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to become difficultboth

    To become difficult or hard to overcome; to be in a state of hardship.

  2. 2.
    to be gluttonousclassical

    To be excessively greedy or eager in eating and drinking.

Parallel reading

العسر، لعص علينا لعصا وتلعص: تعسر.
Difficulty, it became difficult for us, it became difficult and it became difficult: it was difficult.
واللعص: النهم في الأكل والشرب.
And al-la'ṣ: gluttony in eating and drinking.
ولعص لعصا وتلعص: نهم في أكل وشرب.
And he was gluttonous, gluttonously, and he was gluttonous: he was greedy in eating and drinking.