← Back to Lisan al-Arab

لقص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to constriction, scarcity, and burning. It also extends to describe someone who is talkative and prone to evil.

Derived headwords

لَقَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be narrowboth

    To be constricted or narrow in space or scope.

لَقَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    talkativeclassical

    A person who is excessively talkative.

  2. 2.
    prone to evilclassical

    Someone who is quick to engage in or inclined towards wrongdoing.

لَقَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to burn (skin)both

    To burn something, specifically the skin, causing damage.

لَقْصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    narrownessboth

    The state or quality of being narrow or constricted.

  2. 2.
    burning (skin)both

    The act or process of burning the skin.

Parallel reading

لَقَصَ لَقَصًا، فَهُوَ لَقَصٌ: ضَاقَ.
It was narrow, and it is narrow: it became constricted.
وَاللَّقَصُ: الْكَثِيرُ الْكَلامِ السَّرِيعُ إِلَى الشَّرِّ.
And the talkative one is the one who is much in speech and quick to evil.
وَلَقَصَ الشَّيْءُ جِلْدَهُ يَلْقَصُهُ وَيَلْقَصُهُ لَقْصًا: أَحْرَقَهُ حَرٌّ.
And the thing burned his skin, it burns it and burns it with a burning: heat burned it.