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اللس

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating, licking, and consuming, particularly by animals. It also extends to specific plants, places, and descriptive terms for people and objects.

Derived headwords

لَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to eatboth

    To consume food.

  2. 2.
    to lickboth

    To lap or lick something, especially with the tongue.

  3. 3.
    to grazeclassical

    For an animal to pluck and eat grass with its front mouth.

لَسّnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    The act of eating.

  2. 2.
    lickingclassical

    The act of licking.

  3. 3.
    grazingclassical

    The act of an animal plucking grass with its mouth.

الْكَلَأُ بِمُقَدِّمِ فَمِهَاother
  1. 1.
    plucking grass with mouthclassical

    The act of an animal plucking grass with the front of its mouth.

صِغَارُ الْبَقْلِother
  1. 1.
    small plantsclassical

    The small, tender parts of plants that a grazing animal can easily reach and eat.

لِسَانُ الثَّوْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    ox-tongue plantclassical

    A type of coarse herb, named for its resemblance to an ox's tongue.

لِسَانnoun
  1. 1.
    tongueboth

    The organ of taste and speech in the mouth.

  2. 2.
    languageboth

    A system of communication used by a particular country or community.

لِسَانnoun
  1. 1.
    herbclassical

    A coarse herb, resembling ox-tongue, used medicinally.

كَتَبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    herb nameclassical

    Another name for the herb 'lisan'.

لِسْلِسَىname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, likely a location.

لُسَيْسname
  1. 1.
    fortress nameclassical

    The name of an ancient fortress located in Yemen.

اللسلاسnoun
  1. 1.
    severed humpclassical

    A camel's hump that has been cut off.

اللسلسةnoun
  1. 1.
    severed humpclassical

    A camel's hump that has been cut off.

اللُّسُسnoun
  1. 1.
    skilled portersclassical

    Porters who are highly skilled and adept at carrying loads.

أَلَدَسْتَverb
  1. 1.
    to become barrenclassical

    The land became barren or infertile.

المُسَلْسَلadjective
  1. 1.
    chainedboth

    Linked together in a chain; serialized.

  2. 2.
    stripedclassical

    Of textiles, decorated with stripes or patterns.

المُوَشَّى الْمُخَطَّطadjective
  1. 1.
    patterned and stripedclassical

    Describing textiles that are embroidered and striped.

Parallel reading

الأكل، واللحس، ونتف الدابة الكلأ بمقدم فمها.
Eating, licking, and an animal plucking grass with its front mouth.
وكغراب من البقل: ما استمكنت منه الراعية وهو صغار.
And like 'ghurab' from the plants: what the shepherdess could reach, which were the tender parts.
واللسان، كتبان، أو اللسان، كغراب: عشبة خشنة كلسان الثور، وليس به، دواء من أوجاع ألسنة الناس والإبل، وتنفع من الخفقان، وحرارة المعدة، والقلاع، وأدواء الفم.
And 'lisan', or 'kataban', or 'lisan' like 'ghurab': a coarse herb like ox-tongue, and it is not that, a medicine for pains of the tongues of people and camels, and it benefits from palpitations, stomach heat, thrush, and mouth ailments.
واللسلسلة، بكسرهما: السنام المقطوع.
And 'al-laslas' and 'al-laslasah', with kasra on both: the severed hump.
واللسس، بضمتين: الحمالون الحذاق.
And 'al-lusus', with damma on both: the skilled porters.
وألست الأرض: ألدست.
And the land became 'aldasta': it became barren.
والملسلس: المسلسل، و من الثياب: الموشي المخطط.
And 'al-musalsal': chained, and from clothes: the patterned and striped.