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لهسم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of consuming food, particularly all of it. It also extends to a specific geographical feature: narrow valleys or ravines.

Derived headwords

لَهَسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat it allboth

    To consume all of the food that is on the table, leaving nothing behind.

لَهَاسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow valleyclassical

    A narrow channel or ravine through which water flows, often found in valleys.

لَحَاسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow valleyclassical

    A narrow channel or ravine through which water flows, often found in valleys. This is a variant form of 'lahasim'.

لَهْسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow valleyclassical

    The singular form of 'lahasim', referring to a narrow channel or ravine.

لَحْسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow valleyclassical

    The singular form of 'lahasim', referring to a narrow channel or ravine. This is a variant form.

لَخَافِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow valleysclassical

    A plural noun referring to narrow valleys or ravines, used synonymously with 'lahasim' and 'lahasim'.

Parallel reading

لَهَسَمَ ما على المائدة: أكله أجمع.
He consumed all that was on the table: he ate it all.
اللَّهاسِمُ واللَّحاسِمُ مجاري الأودية الضيقة، واحدها لَهْسِمٌ ولَحْسِمٌ، وهي اللَّخافيقُ.
The 'lahasim' and 'lahasim' are the narrow courses of valleys; their singular is 'lahsim' and 'lahsim', and they are the 'lakhāfīq'.