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اللوح

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root اللوح primarily relates to broad, flat objects, and by extension, to things that are visible or appear. It also encompasses concepts of thirst, change, and swiftness, often associated with visual phenomena like lightning or shining.

Derived headwords

لَوْحnoun
  1. 1.
    broad tabletboth

    Any wide, flat piece, whether made of wood or bone, used for writing or as a general flat surface.

  2. 2.
    shoulder bladeclassical

    Specifically, the shoulder blade when used as a writing surface.

  3. 3.
    airboth

    The atmosphere or the open air.

  4. 4.
    thirstboth

    A state of intense thirst.

أَلْوَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    tabletsboth

    Plural of لوح, referring to multiple broad, flat pieces.

أَلَاوِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    tablets (plural plural)classical

    A plural of the plural (أَلْوَاح), indicating a very large quantity or collection of tablets.

لَمْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    glanceboth

    A quick look or brief sight, similar to a fleeting glimpse.

لَوْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thirstclassical

    A state of thirst, similar to لوح.

لَوَّاحnoun
  1. 1.
    thirstclassical

    A state of thirst, similar to لوح.

لُؤُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    thirstclassical

    A state of thirst, similar to لوح.

لَوْحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    thirstclassical

    A state of thirst, similar to لوح.

الْتِيَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    thirstclassical

    A state of thirst, similar to لوح.

أَلَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to appearboth

    To become visible or manifest.

  2. 2.
    to flashboth

    Used for lightning, meaning to flash or gleam briefly.

  3. 3.
    to twinkleclassical

    Used for stars, meaning to twinkle or shine brightly.

  4. 4.
    to fearclassical

    To be afraid or apprehensive.

  5. 5.
    to brandishclassical

    To brandish a sword, making it gleam.

  6. 6.
    to destroyclassical

    To cause someone's ruin or destruction.

لَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to flashboth

    To flash or gleam, used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    to gleamclassical

    To gleam or shine, used when brandishing a sword.

مَلْوَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing someone who is tall.

  2. 2.
    leanclassical

    Describing someone who is lean or gaunt.

  3. 3.
    woman prone to emaciationclassical

    A woman who quickly becomes thin.

  4. 4.
    large of tabletclassical

    Having large shoulder blades or flat surfaces.

  5. 5.
    thirstyclassical

    Suffering from intense thirst.

مَلُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    thirstyclassical

    Suffering from intense thirst.

مَلْيَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    thirstyclassical

    Suffering from intense thirst.

إِبِلٌ لَوْحَىnoun
  1. 1.
    thirsty camelsclassical

    Camels that are suffering from thirst.

لَاحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to change himclassical

    Thirst or travel caused a change in him.

لَوَّحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to change himclassical

    Thirst or travel caused a change in him.

أَلْوَاحُ السَّلَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    shining parts of weaponsclassical

    The parts of weapons that are visible or gleam, such as a sword.

مُلَوِّحname
  1. 1.
    name of a swordclassical

    The name of a specific sword belonging to Thabit ibn Qays.

  2. 2.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name.

لَحِتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to see himclassical

    To catch sight of him.

اسْتَلَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to lookclassical

    To look at or observe.

لَوَّحَ الصَّبِيُّverb
  1. 1.
    child made a gestureclassical

    The child made a gesture with something he was holding.

مِلْتَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    changedclassical

    Someone who has undergone a change.

لَيَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    dawnboth

    The early morning light, dawn.

  2. 2.
    wild bullclassical

    A wild bull or ox.

  3. 3.
    name of a swordclassical

    The name of a sword belonging to Hamza.

  4. 4.
    white of anythingclassical

    The white or lightest part of something.

أَبْيَضُ لَيَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    pure whiteclassical

    Extremely white, dazzlingly white.

لَوَّحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to heat itclassical

    To make something hot.

شَابَverb
  1. 1.
    to whiten himclassical

    For gray hair to whiten someone.

Parallel reading

كل صفيحة عريضة، خشبا أو عظما
Every broad tablet, whether wood or bone.
والكتف إذا كتب عليها
And the shoulder blade if written upon.
والهواء وبالضم أعلى
And the air, and with dammah, the upper part.
والنظرة، كاللمحة
And the glance, like a fleeting look.
والعطش، كاللوح واللواح واللؤوح، بضمهن، واللوحان، محركة، والالتياح
And thirst, like al-lawḥ, al-lawwāḥ, al-lu'ūḥ (with dammah), al-lawḥān (vowelized), and al-iltiyāḥ.
وألاح: بدا
And 'alaḥa: appeared.
و البرق: أومض، كلاح
And lightning: flashed, like laḥa.
و سهيل: تلألأ
And Suhail (the star): twinkled.
و الرجل: خاف، وحاذر
And a man: feared, and was cautious.
و بسيفه: لمع به، كلوح
And with his sword: he made it gleam, like lawḥa.
و فلانا: أهلكه
And Fulān: he destroyed him.
والملواح: الطويل، والضامر، والمرأة السريعة الهزال، والعظيم الألواح
And al-milwāḥ: the tall one, the lean one, the woman prone to emaciation, and the one with large shoulder blades.
و سيف عمرو بن أبي سلمة، والبومة تشد رجلها ليصاد بها البازي، والسريع العطش، كالملوح والملياح
And the sword of Amr ibn Abi Salama, and the owl that has its leg tied so a falcon can hunt it, and the one who is quickly thirsty, like al-malūḥ and al-milyāḥ.
وإبل لوحى: عطشى
And camels lawḥā: thirsty.
ولاحه العطش أو السفر: غيره، كلوحه
And thirst or travel changed him, like lawḥuhu.
وألواح السلاح: ما يلوح منه، كالسيف ونحوه
And the shining parts of weapons: what gleams from them, like a sword and the like.
والملوح، كمعظم: سيف ثابت بن قيس، واسم
And al-Mulawwaḥ, like muʿaẓẓam: the sword of Thabit ibn Qays, and a name.
ولحته: أبصرته
And laḥatuhu: I saw him.
واستلاح: تبصر
And istalāḥa: to look.
ولوح الصبي: قته بما يمسكه
And the child lawwaḥa: he gestured with what he was holding.
والملتاح: المتغير
And al-miltāḥ: the changed one.
واللياح، كسحاب وكتاب: الصبح، والثور الوحشي، وسيف لحمزة، رضي الله تعالى عنه، والأبيض من كل شيء
And al-liyāḥ, like saḥāb and kitāb: the dawn, the wild bull, the sword of Hamza, may God be pleased with him, and the white of everything.
وأبيض لياح: ناصع
And abyad liyāḥ: pure white.
ولوحه: أحماه
And lawwaḥahu: he heated it.
و الشيب فلانا: بيضه
And gray hair whitened Fulān: it made him white.