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لحط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root 'لحط' primarily relates to the act of sprinkling or splashing water, particularly on a surface like a door. It describes the action of moistening something with liquid.

Derived headwords

لَحَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to sprinkleboth

    To sprinkle or splash water onto something, often a surface.

اللَّحْطnoun
  1. 1.
    sprinklingboth

    The act of sprinkling or splashing water.

لَحِطُواverb
  1. 1.
    they sprinkledboth

    Past tense verb indicating that a group of people sprinkled something.

Parallel reading

اللَّحْط الرش.
Al-laḥṭ is sprinkling.
يقال: لحط باب داره إذا رشه بالماء.
It is said: He sprinkled his door if he splashed it with water.
واللحط الرش.
And al-laḥṭ is sprinkling.
أنه مر بقوم لحطوا باب دارهم
That he passed by a people who sprinkled the door of their house
أي رشوه.
Meaning, they sprinkled it.