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اللكث

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, hitting, and forceful action. It also extends to concepts of sticking, adhering, and a specific ailment in camels, as well as descriptions of fatness and whiteness.

Derived headwords

لَكَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To hit or strike something forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to exert oneselfclassical

    To exert oneself greatly or to push something hard.

  3. 3.
    to stickboth

    To adhere or cling to something, often used with dirt or grime.

لَكَثْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to exert oneself uponclassical

    To exert oneself greatly upon someone or something, or to burden them.

  2. 2.
    to push hard againstclassical

    To push forcefully against someone or something.

اللَّكْثnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingboth

    The act of striking or hitting.

اللَّكْثnoun
  1. 1.
    dirtinessboth

    Dirt or grime that sticks to something.

اللَّكْثnoun
  1. 1.
    camel ailmentclassical

    A disease affecting camels, characterized by pustules in their mouths.

اللَّكَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    camel ailmentclassical

    A disease affecting camels, characterized by pustules in their mouths (synonym of اللَّكْث).

اللَّكَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    gypsum stoneclassical

    A shiny stone found in gypsum.

اللَّكَاثِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    extremely whiteclassical

    Describing something that is intensely white.

كَرْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    gypsum makersclassical

    People who are skilled in the craft of making gypsum.

لَكِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stickyboth

    To be sticky or adherent, often used in the context of dirt.

لَكِثَةadjective
  1. 1.
    fatclassical

    Describing a female camel that is fat and well-fed.

Parallel reading

اللكث: الضرب.
Al-lakth: striking.
ولكثته: جهدته، وحملت عليه.
And I lakth-ed him: I exerted myself greatly upon him, and burdened him.
واللكث، بالتحريك: داء للإبل شبه البثر في أفواهها، كاللكاث، كغراب.
And al-lakth, with harakah: a disease of camels resembling pustules in their mouths, like al-lakath, as in ghurab.
واللكاث، كغراب: حجر براق في الجص.
And al-lakath, as in ghurab: a shiny stone in gypsum.
واللكاثي: الشديد البياض.
And al-lakathi: intensely white.
وكرمان: صناع الجص.
And karman: makers of gypsum.
ولكث الوسخ به، كفرح: لصق.
And dirt lakth-ed to it, as in fariha: it stuck.
وناقة لكثة: سمينة.
And a lakithah she-camel: fat.