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اللدس

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of striking, throwing, and licking. It also extends to concepts of heavy impact, robust physical characteristics, and the growth of vegetation. Some derived terms describe specific tools or actions related to animal care.

Derived headwords

لَدَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to throwboth

    To hurl or cast something with force.

  2. 2.
    to lickboth

    To pass the tongue over something.

  3. 3.
    to strike with the handboth

    To hit someone or something using the palm or fist.

الخُوَارُ الفَاتِرُnoun
  1. 1.
    feeble lowingclassical

    A weak and languid sound, often associated with cattle.

المِلْدَسnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy stone for crushingclassical

    A large, heavy stone used for pounding kernels or nuts.

  2. 2.
    heavy-footed manclassical

    A man characterized by a heavy and forceful gait, used metaphorically.

اللَّدِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    fatboth

    Having a large amount of flesh; corpulent.

أَلْدَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    fat onesboth

    Plural of اللديس (al-ladīs), referring to corpulent individuals.

أَرْضٌ أَلْدَسَتْverb
  1. 1.
    land sprouted vegetationclassical

    The ground became covered with new plant growth.

تَلْدِيسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    shoeing a horse's hoofclassical

    The act of fitting a horseshoe onto a horse's hoof.

  2. 2.
    repairing a hoofclassical

    The act of mending or repairing a hoof, possibly with patches.

Parallel reading

الرمي، واللحس، والضرب باليد
Throwing, licking, and striking with the hand.
وبالكسر: الخوار الفاتر
And with the kasra: the feeble lowing.
والملدس، كمنبر: حجر ضخم يدق به النوى
And al-mildas, like minbar: a large stone with which kernels are pounded.
والرجل الشديد الوطء، تشبيه
And a man of heavy tread, by way of metaphor.
واللديس، كشريف: السمين ج: ألداس
And al-ladīs, like sharīf: the fat, plural: al-addās.
وألدست الأرض: طلع فيها النبات
And the land sprouted: vegetation emerged in it.
ولدس بعيره تلديسا: أنعل فرسنه
And he shod his camel with a taldīs: he fitted its hoof with a shoe.
و الخف: أصلحه برقاع
And the hoof: he repaired it with patches.