لعمظ

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of greedily consuming food, particularly by scraping meat off bones. It extends to characterize individuals as intensely greedy, gluttonous, and even parasitic or freeloading.

Derived headwords

لَعَمَظَverb

1.
to scrape cleanboth
To scrape meat off a bone with the mouth, consuming it entirely.

اللعمظةnoun

1.
scraping meatboth
The act of scraping meat off a bone with the mouth, consuming it entirely.
2.
freeloadingclassical
The act of being a freeloader or a parasite, taking advantage of others' hospitality.
3.
gluttonyclassical
Excessive greed for food; gluttony.

اللُّعْمَاظnoun

1.
scraping meatboth
The act of scraping meat off a bone with the mouth, consuming it entirely.

لَعْمَظٌadjective

1.
greedyboth
A man who is intensely greedy and desirous, especially for food.

لَعْمُوظٌadjective

1.
greedyboth
A man who is intensely greedy and desirous, especially for food.
2.
gluttonousclassical
A man who is gluttonous and excessively eager for food.
3.
parasiticclassical
One who serves himself by means of his stomach, like a parasite.

لَعْمُوظَةٌadjective

1.
greedyboth
A woman who is intensely greedy and desirous, especially for food.
2.
gluttonousclassical
A woman who is gluttonous and excessively eager for food.
3.
parasiticclassical
One who serves herself by means of her stomach, like a parasite.

لَعْمُوظَةnoun

1.
freeloadingclassical
The act of being a freeloader or a parasite, taking advantage of others' hospitality.

لَعْمَظَةٌnoun

1.
freeloadingclassical
The act of being a freeloader or a parasite, taking advantage of others' hospitality.

لَعْمَظَةadjective

1.
greedyclassical
A man who is greedy and desirous, especially for food.
2.
lickingclassical
A man who is greedy and licks things up.

لَمْعَظَةٌadjective

1.
greedyclassical
A man who is greedy and desirous, especially for food.

لَعْمُوظadjective

1.
greedyclassical
A man who is greedy and desirous, especially for food.

لَعْمُوظَةadjective

1.
greedyclassical
A woman who is greedy and desirous, especially for food.

لَعْمَظْتُ اللحمverb

1.
scraped the meatboth
I scraped the meat off the bone.

لَعَظَمْتُهُverb

1.
scraped it cleanclassical
I scraped it clean (referring to meat off a bone), with a transposition of letters.

لَعْمَظَ اللحمَ عن العظمverb

1.
scraped meat from boneboth
To scrape meat from the bone.

لَعَامِظَةadjective

1.
greedy peopleclassical
A group of people who are greedy and gluttonous.

لَعَامِيظadjective

1.
greedy peopleclassical
A group of people who are greedy and gluttonous.

Parallel reading

اللعمظة واللعماظ: انتهاس العظم ملء الفم.

Al-laʿmaẓah and al-luʿmāẓ: scraping the bone with the mouth full.

وقد لعمظ اللحم لعمظة: انتهسه.

And he scraped the meat, laʿmaẓah: he consumed it.

ورجل لعمظ ولعموظ: حريص شهوان.

And a man is laʿmaẓ and laʿmūẓ: greedy and desirous.

واللعمظة: التطفيل.

And al-laʿmaẓah: freeloading.

ورجل لعموظ وامرأة لعموظة: متطفلان.

And a man is laʿmūẓ and a woman is laʿmūẓah: freeloaders.

الجوهري: اللعمظة الشره.

Al-Jawharī: Al-laʿmaẓah is gluttony.

وهو النهم الشره، وقوم لعامظة ولعاميظ

And he is the gluttonous, greedy one, and a people are laʿāmiẓah and laʿāmīẓ.

فإن التي ... تشبهها قوم لعاميظ

For she whom... a people resembling her are laʿāmīẓ.

اللعموظ الذي يخدم بطعام بطنه مثل العضروط

Al-laʿmūẓ is one who serves with the food of his stomach, like a parasite.

لعمظت اللحم: انتهسته عن العظم، وربما قالوا لعظمته، على القلب.

I scraped the meat: I consumed it from the bone, and sometimes they say laʿaẓamtuhu, with metathesis.

رجل لعمظة ولمعظة وهو الشره الحريص

A man is laʿmaẓah and lamʿaẓah, and he is the gluttonous, greedy one.

وهو الحريص اللحاس.

And he is the greedy, licking one.