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اللمج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to eating, particularly in a delicate or preliminary manner, and also encompasses the act of sexual intercourse. Derived terms describe the manner of eating, things eaten, and individuals who are voracious eaters or engage in frequent intercourse. It also extends to the concept of being smoothed or prepared.

Derived headwords

لَمَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat delicatelyclassical

    To eat using the edges of the mouth, implying a refined or tentative manner of consumption.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

المَلاَمِجnoun
  1. 1.
    area around the mouthboth

    The parts surrounding the mouth, often referring to the cheeks or lips.

المَلاغِمnoun
  1. 1.
    cheeksboth

    The fleshy parts of the face below the eyes and on either side of the mouth; cheeks.

اللِّمَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    smallest amount to eatclassical

    The minimum quantity of food that can be eaten, or the least substantial part of a meal.

اللَّمْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pre-lunch snackclassical

    A light food or snack consumed to stave off hunger before the main midday meal (lunch).

تَلَمَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat (a لمجة)classical

    To eat the 'lamjah', referring to consuming a light snack or appetizer.

اللِّمِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    A person who eats a great deal; a glutton.

  2. 2.
    promiscuous personclassical

    A person who engages in frequent sexual intercourse.

لامِجnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    One who eats excessively.

  2. 2.
    promiscuous personclassical

    One who engages in frequent sexual intercourse.

مُلَمْجadjective
  1. 1.
    smoothed, polishedclassical

    Describing a spear that has been made smooth and polished, likely through practice or preparation.

Parallel reading

الأكل بأطراف الفم
Eating with the edges of the mouth.
والجماع
And sexual intercourse.
والملامج: الملاغم، وما حول الفم.
And al-malāmij: al-malāghim, and what is around the mouth.
واللماج، كسحاب: أدنى ما يؤكل.
And al-limāj, like saḥāb: the least that is eaten.
واللمجة، بالضم: ما يتعلل به قبل الغداء.
And al-lamjah, with dammah: what one distracts oneself with before lunch.
وتلمج: أكلها.
And talamaja: he ate it (the lamjah).
واللميج: الكثير الأكل، والكثير الجماع، كاللامج.
And al-lamīj: the one who eats a lot, and the one who has a lot of intercourse, like al-lāmij.
وسمج لمج، وسمج لمج، وسميج لميج: إتباع.
And samaj lamaj, and samaj lamaj, and samīj lamīj: are follow-ups (tautologies).
ورمح ملمج: ممرن مملس.
And a mulammaj spear: trained, smoothed.