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لحظ

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of looking, specifically glancing or observing from the side of the eye. It extends to related concepts like watching, observing carefully, and even metaphorical applications such as marking or branding.

Derived headwords

لَحِظَ يَلْحَظُهُ لَحْظًا وَلَحَظَانًاverb
  1. 1.
    to glanceboth

    To look at something with the corner of the eye, from either side, which is a more intense turning of the head than a sidelong glance.

  2. 2.
    to observeboth

    To look at something from the side of the eye.

لَحَظَ إِلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to glance atboth

    To look at something with the corner of the eye.

لَحْظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a glanceboth

    A look from the side of the eye.

  2. 2.
    a momentmodern

    A very short period of time, often associated with a glance.

لَحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    corner of the eyeboth

    The outer corner of the eye, near the temple.

  2. 2.
    side of the eyeclassical

    The part of the eye that is towards the temple.

لَحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    markingclassical

    A brand or mark, particularly one placed on the eye or near it.

لَحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    part of an arrowclassical

    The part of an arrow that is near the fletching (feathers).

لَحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    feather shaftclassical

    The white part of a feather when it is peeled, referring to the underside.

لَحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    courtyardclassical

    The open space or courtyard of a house.

مُلَاحَظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    observationboth

    The act of observing or watching carefully, often from the side of the eye.

  2. 2.
    mutual glanceclassical

    A reciprocal look, a mutual observation.

لَحِيظnoun
  1. 1.
    peerclassical

    Someone's equal or counterpart.

تَلْحِيظnoun
  1. 1.
    markingclassical

    A brand or mark, specifically a line extending from the corner of the eye towards the ear.

لَحَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to markclassical

    To brand an animal with a specific mark, often near the eye.

لَحَّظَverb
  1. 1.
    to markclassical

    To brand an animal with a specific mark, often near the eye.

لَحْظَةname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A specific location mentioned in classical poetry.

Parallel reading

نظره بمؤخر عينه من أي جانبيه كان، يمينا أو شمالا، وهو أشد التفاتا من الشزر
He looked at it with the corner of his eye, from whichever side it was, right or left, and it is a more intense turning of the head than a sidelong glance.
لحظناهم حتى كأن عيوننا ... بها لقوة، من شدة اللحظان
We glanced at them until our eyes seemed to be... with it from the intensity of the glancing.
وقيل: اللحظة النظرة من جانب الأذن
And it is said: The glance is a look from the side of the ear.
فلما تلته الخيل، وهو مثابر ... على الركب، يخفي نظرة ويعيدها
And when the horses followed him, and he was persistent... on the riding, he would hide a glance and repeat it.
جل نظره الملاحظة
His gaze was mostly observation.
هو أن ينظر الرجل بلحاظ عينه إلى الشيء شزرا، وهو شق العين الذي يلي الصدغ
It is for a man to look at something askance with the corner of his eye, which is the slit of the eye near the temple.
واللحاظ، بالفتح: مؤخر العين
And al-lahaẓ, with the fath: the back of the eye.
واللحاظ، بالكسر: مصدر لاحظته إذا راعيته
And al-laḥāẓ, with the kasr: the masdar of laḥaẓtuhu if I watched him.
وهو النظر بشق العين الذي يلي الصدغ، وأما الذي يلي الأنف فالموق والماق
And it is looking with the slit of the eye that is near the temple, but what is near the nose is al-mawqu and al-māqu.
المشهور في لحاظ العين الكسر لا غير، وهو مؤخرها مما يلي الصدغ
The famous pronunciation for the corner of the eye is kasr and nothing else, and it is its rear part near the temple.
ولحاظ السهم: ما ولي أعلاه من القذذ
And the laḥāẓ of the arrow: what is adjacent to its top from the fletching.
كساهن ألآما كأن لحاظها، ... وتفصيل ما بين اللحاظ، قضيم
He covered them with fletching as if their shafts... and the detail between the shafts, parchment.
واللحاظ والتلحيظ: سمة تحت العين
And al-lahaẓ and al-talḥīẓ: a mark below the eye.
وهل بلحاظ الدار والصحن معلم، ... ومن آيها بين العراق تلوح؟
And is there in the courtyard and the open space a mark... and from its signs between Iraq it appears?
سقطوا على أسد، بلحظة، مشبوح ... السواعد باسل جهم
They fell upon Asad, at Laḥẓah, with broad... arms, a fierce, grim man.