اللحس

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of licking or lapping with the tongue. It extends to meanings related to consuming, grazing, and taking things, often with a sense of greed or thoroughness. It also encompasses descriptions of harshness and scarcity.

Derived headwords

لَحَسَverb

1.
to lickboth
To pass the tongue over something, typically to taste or clean it.

لَحْسnoun

1.
lickingboth
The act of licking.
2.
consumption by insectsclassical
The eating of wool by moths or green vegetation by locusts.

مَلْحَسnoun

1.
place of lickingclassical
A place where animals lick, such as where cows lick their young.

لَحِسَverb

1.
to be leanclassical
To be thin or having little flesh.

مَلْحُوسadjective

1.
leanclassical
Having little flesh; thin.

لاحِسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحُوسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحّاسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لُحاسnoun

1.
lionessclassical
A female lion.

لَحُوسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحْواسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحْسةnoun

1.
a lickboth
A single act of licking.

أَلْحَسَverb

1.
to sproutclassical
For the land to sprout its first vegetation.
2.
to graze lightlyclassical
For livestock to graze on the lowest growth.

تَحَسَّسَverb

1.
to take one's dueclassical
To take one's right or due from someone.

لاحِسadjective

1.
unluckyclassical
Unfortunate or ill-fated.

لَحُوسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحّاسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحُوسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

لَحّاسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.
2.
braveclassical
Courageous or brave.

سَنَةٌ لَاحِسَةadjective phrase

1.
severe yearclassical
A year characterized by extreme hardship or severity.

كَصَبُورadjective

1.
eager for sweetnessclassical
One who eagerly seeks out sweetness, like a fly.

كَجَرولadjective

1.
greedyclassical
One who takes everything they can get; greedy.

Parallel reading

اللحس باللسان

Licking with the tongue.

لحس القصعة كسمع

He licked the bowl, as in 'to hear'.

وتركته بملاحس البقر

And I left him in the places where cows lick.

أي: بمواضع تلحس البقر فيها أولادها

Meaning: in places where cows lick their young.

ويروى "بملحس البقر أولادها"

And it is narrated 'in the place where cows lick their young'.

واللاحوس: المشؤوم

And Al-Lahūs: the ill-fated.

واللاحوس: الحريص، والذي يأخذ كل ما قدر عليه، والشجاع

And Al-Lahūs: the greedy, he who takes all he can, and the brave.

واللحاسة: اللبؤة

And Al-Lahāsa: the lioness.

وسنة لاحسة: شديدة

And a Lāhisa year: severe.

وكمنبر: من يتتبع الحلاوة كالذباب

And like 'Minbar': one who follows sweetness like a fly.

وكجرول: الحريص

And like 'Jarwal': the greedy.

واللحس، كالمنع: أكل الدود الصوف، وأكل الجراد الخضر

And Al-Lahs, like 'Al-Man' (prevention): the eating of wool by moths, and the eating of green vegetation by locusts.

وألحست الأرض: أنبتت أول ما تنبت البقل

And the land 'Alhasat': it sprouted the first of its vegetation.

أو لحست الدواب نبتها

Or the animals licked their vegetation.

و الماشية: رعاها أدنى رعي

And the livestock: grazed on the lowest growth.

والتحس منه حقه: أخذه

And 'Tahaṣṣa' from him his right: taking it.

وحر ملحوس: قليل اللحم

And a 'malḥūs' (licked) man: having little flesh.