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ليص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the act of moving something from its place, shaking it, or causing it to shift. It also extends to the idea of manipulating or maneuvering someone to extract something they desire.

Derived headwords

لَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    to move, shakeboth

    To move something from its position, shake it, and turn it around in order to dislodge it.

أَلَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    to move, shakeboth

    To move something from its position, shake it, and turn it around in order to dislodge it.

أَنَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    to move, shakeboth

    To move something from its position, shake it, and turn it around in order to dislodge it.

أَلَاصَ الإنسانverb
  1. 1.
    to maneuver someoneboth

    To maneuver a person away from something they desire, in order to extract it from them.

لَيْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    movement, shakingboth

    The act of moving something from its place, shaking it, and turning it around to dislodge it.

Parallel reading

لاص الشيء ليصا وألاصه وأناصه على البدل إذا حركه عن موضعه وأداره لينتزعه.
Something was moved, shaken, and dislodged when it was moved from its place and turned around to be extracted.
وألاص الإنسان: أداره عن الشيء يريده منه.
And a person was maneuvered: they were turned away from the thing they wanted from them.