لحك

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of things being tightly joined, stuck together, or deeply inserted into one another. It extends to the idea of a strong, well-built structure and, metaphorically, to a person's radiant appearance.

Derived headwords

لَحَكَهُverb

1.
to administer medicineclassical
To give medicine to someone, often by force or insertion.

لَحْكًاnoun

1.
administering medicineclassical
The act of giving medicine, as in the verb 'lahaka'.
2.
tight joiningclassical
The state of something being tightly joined or stuck to something else; a strong adhesion.
3.
interlockingclassical
The state of parts fitting deeply into each other, like vertebrae.

المُلَاحَكَةnoun

1.
tight joiningclassical
The intense adhesion or fitting of one thing to another.
2.
fitting togetherclassical
The harmonious fitting or joining of parts, especially in construction.

تَلَاحَكَverb

1.
to be tightly joinedclassical
To become deeply inserted or stuck into something else.
2.
to fit togetherclassical
To be well-fitted or joined together, especially in the context of structures.

لُوحِكَverb

1.
to be tightly joinedclassical
Passive form, indicating that something has been made to join or stick tightly to another.

مُتَلَاحِكadjective

1.
interlockingclassical
Describing something that is deeply inserted or interlocked with another part.

المُتَلَاحِكَةadjective

1.
strong-limbedclassical
Describing a she-camel that is strongly built and robust.

اللُحْكَةnoun

1.
small lizard-like creatureclassical
A small creature, possibly a type of lizard, described as blue and having a short tail.

Parallel reading

أوجره الدواء

He administered the medicine to him.

شدة التئام الشيء بالشيء

The intense joining of one thing to another.

وقد لوحك فتلاحك

And it was made to join, and it joined.

وربما قيل لحك لحكا

And sometimes it is said 'lahaka lahkan'.

وهي مماتة

And it is a term for a deep joining.

مداخلة الشيء في الشيء والتزاقه به

The insertion of something into something else and its sticking to it.

يقال: لوحك فقار ظهره إذا دخل بعضها في بعض

It is said: 'His vertebrae were made to join' if some of them entered into others.

وملاحكة البنيان ونحوه وتلاحكه: تلاؤمه

And the fitting of a building and the like, and its fitting together: its harmonious joining.

ودأيا لواحك مثل الفؤوس، ... لاءم منها السليل الفقارا

And they dug out strong joinings like axes, ... so that the bone fitted the vertebrae.

وشيء متلاحك أي متداخل

And something is mutalahik, meaning interlocked.

إذا سر فكأن وجهه المرآة وكأن الجدر تلاحك وجهه

When he was pleased, his face was like a mirror, and the walls seemed to fit his face.

الملاحكة: شدة الملاءمة

Al-mulahaka: intense fitting.

يرى شخص الجدر في وجهه فكأنها قد داخلت وجهه

The outline of the walls is seen on his face as if they had entered into his face.

المتلاحكة الناقة الشديدة الخلق

Al-mutalahika: the she-camel of strong build.

واللحكة: دويبة قال أظنها مقلوبة من الحلكة

And al-luhka: a small creature, I think it is an inversion of al-hulka.

هي دويبة شبيهة بالعظاية تبرق زرقاء، وليس لها ذنب طويل مثل ذنب العظاية، وقوائمها خفية

It is a small creature resembling a lizard, shining blue, and it does not have a long tail like a lizard's tail, and its legs are hidden.