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لعظم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of stripping meat from bones, often with a sense of thoroughness or intensity. It can also extend to the idea of consuming or devouring something completely.

Derived headwords

لَعَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to strip meat from boneboth

    To remove the flesh from a bone, often by gnawing or scraping.

  2. 2.
    to devourclassical

    To consume something entirely, as if stripping it bare.

لَعْظnoun
  1. 1.
    stripping meat from boneboth

    The act of stripping meat from a bone.

لُعَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    bone marrowclassical

    The soft tissue found inside bones, often associated with the remnants after meat is consumed.

لَعِظَverb
  1. 1.
    to gnawclassical

    To bite or chew persistently, especially on something hard like bone.

لَعْظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to strip meat from boneclassical

    An intensified or repeated form of 'la'aẓa', meaning to thoroughly strip meat from a bone.

Parallel reading

يقال لعمظت اللحم أي انتهسته عن العظم
It is said, 'I stripped the meat from the bone,' meaning I gnawed it off the bone.
وربما قالوا لعظمته على القلب
And perhaps they say, 'I consumed it with my heart,' implying intense consumption or devotion.