لثم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of covering the face, particularly the nose and mouth, with a veil or cloth. It also extends to the physical act of kissing, specifically a gentle or light kiss, and can describe objects or parts of the body that are covered or have been injured by impact.

Derived headwords

اللِّثامnoun

1.
veil covering nose/mouthboth
A veil worn by a woman to cover her nose and mouth, or a man's turban covering his nose.
2.
covering of the faceclassical
The act of covering the face with a veil or cloth.

لَثَمَverb

1.
to kissboth
To kiss someone, often implying a gentle or light kiss.
2.
to cover the faceclassical
To cover the nose or mouth with a veil or cloth.

فلثمت فاها آخذا بقرونها — And I kissed her mouth, holding her horns

تَلَثَّمَverb

1.
to cover one's faceboth
To cover one's nose or mouth with a veil or cloth.
2.
to wear a veilclassical
To put on a veil or covering for the face.

تميم تقول تلثمت على الفم — Tamim tribe says 'I covered myself over the mouth'

اللِّفامnoun

1.
veil covering the tip of the noseclassical
A veil or covering specifically for the tip of the nose.

تَلَفَّمَverb

1.
to cover the mouthclassical
To cover the mouth with a veil or cloth.

وغيرهم يقول تلفمت — and others say 'I covered myself (over the mouth)'

الملثَّمnoun

1.
area around the noseclassical
The nose and the area surrounding it.

لَثْمَةnoun

1.
kissboth
A kiss.
2.
covering of the faceclassical
A covering for the face, or the act of covering it.

وإنها لحسنة اللثمة — And she has a beautiful covering (of the face)

لَثْمnoun

1.
kissboth
A kiss.
2.
act of covering faceclassical
The act of covering the face with a veil.

لَاثِمnoun

1.
one who covers faceclassical
A person who covers their face with a veil.

ملثومadjective

1.
injured by stonesclassical
Describes a hoof that has been injured or cut by stones.

خف ملثوم — A hoof injured by stones

ملثِّمadjective

1.
striking stonesclassical
Describes a hoof that strikes or hits stones.

خف ملثم — A hoof striking stones

يلثمverb

1.
to kissboth
To kiss.
2.
to cover faceclassical
To cover the face.

ولثمت من شفتيه أطيب ملثم — And I kissed from his lips the most pleasant kiss

يلثمهاverb

1.
to kiss herboth
To kiss her.
2.
to cover her faceclassical
To cover her face.

ولثمها بالجفن والغار — And he kissed it (the khaba'a) with the eyelid and the cave

التلثمnoun

1.
covering the faceboth
The act of covering the face, especially with a veil.

أنه كره التلثم من الغبار في الغزو — that he disliked covering the face from dust in warfare

الملثماتadjective

1.
striking stonesclassical
Describes things (like stones) that strike or hit.

ملثمات، كمرادي الصخر — striking stones, like the striking of rocks

Parallel reading

اللثام: رد المرأة قناعها على أنفها ورد الرجل عمامته على أنفه

Al-litham: A woman covering her nose with her veil and a man covering his nose with his turban.

وقيل: اللثام على الأنف واللفام على الأرنبة.

And it is said: Al-litham is on the nose and al-lifam is on the tip of the nose.

تميم تقول تلثمت على الفم، وغيرهم يقول تلفمت؛

Tamim tribe says 'I covered myself over the mouth', and others say 'I covered myself (over the mouth)';

إذا كان على الفم فهو اللثام، وإذا كان على الأنف فهو اللفام.

If it is over the mouth, it is al-litham, and if it is over the nose, it is al-lifam.

فإذا أراد التقبيل قلت: لثمت ألثم؛

And if you intend kissing, you say: 'I kissed, I kiss';

ولثمت من شفتيه أطيب ملثم

And I kissed from his lips the most pleasant kiss

ولثمت فاها، بالكسر، إذا قبلتها، وربما جاء بالفتح؛

And 'lathamtuhu' (with kasra) her mouth, if you kissed her, and sometimes it comes with fatha;

شرب النزيف ببرد ماء الحشرج

The thirsty one drank with the coolness of the water of the throat.

إذا كان على طرف الأنف فهو اللفام، وإذا كان على الفم فهو اللثام.

If it is on the tip of the nose, it is al-lifam, and if it is on the mouth, it is al-litham.

اللثام ما كان على الفم من النقاب، واللفام ما كان على الأرنبة.

Al-litham is what is on the mouth of the veil, and al-lifam is what is on the tip of the nose.

أنه كره التلثم من الغبار في الغزو ، وهو شد الفم باللثام،

That he disliked covering the face from dust in warfare, which is tightening the mouth with a veil,

وإنما كرهه رغبة في زيادة الثواب بما يناله من الغبار في سبيل الله.

He disliked it only out of a desire for increased reward from what he would receive of dust in the cause of God.

والملثم: الأنف وما حوله

And al-mulaththam: the nose and what is around it

وإنها لحسنة اللثمة؛

And she has a beautiful covering (of the face);

آلت إلى النصف من كلفاء أتأقها ... علج، ولثمها بالجفن والغار

She reached the midpoint of her kalfā' ... a slave, and he kissed it with the eyelid and the cave

إنما أراد أنه صير الجفن والغار لهذه الخابية كاللثام.

He only meant that he made the eyelid and the cave for this khaba'a like a veil.

ولثمها ولثمها يلثمها ويلثمها لثما: قبلها.

And he kissed her, and he kissed her, he kisses her and he kisses her, a kissing: he kissed her.

واللثم: القبلة.

And al-lathm: the kiss.

ويقال: لثمت المرأة تلثم لثما والتثمت وتلثمت إذا شدت اللثام، وهي حسنة اللثمة.

And it is said: The woman kissed, she kisses, a kissing, and she covered herself and she covered herself if she tightened the veil, and she is beautiful in her covering.

وخف ملثوم وملثم: جرحته الحجارة؛

And a hoof is malthoom and mulaththam: the stones injured it;

يرمي الصوى بمجمرات سمر ... ملثمات، كمرادي الصخر

It throws the pebbles with dark incense burners... striking stones, like the striking of rocks

لثم البعير الحجارة بخفه يلثمها إذا كسرها.

The camel strikes the stones with its hoof, it strikes them if it breaks them.

وخف ملثم: يصك الحجارة.

And a mulaththam hoof: it strikes the stones.

ويقال أيضا: لثمت الحجارة خف البعير إذا أصابته وأدمته.

And it is also said: The stones struck the camel's hoof if they hit it and made it bleed.