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اللعس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to biting, specifically a desirable dark coloration on the lips. It also extends to descriptions of plants, food consumption, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

العَسُnoun
  1. 1.
    bitingboth

    The act of biting.

العَسُnoun
  1. 1.
    dark lipsclassical

    An aesthetically pleasing dark coloration on the lips.

لَعَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    To bite something.

لَعَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dark-lippedclassical

    To have dark lips, especially with a touch of redness.

أَلْعَسُadjective
  1. 1.
    dark-lippedclassical

    Describing someone with dark lips, often with a reddish hue.

لَعْسَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    dark-lippedclassical

    A feminine adjective describing a woman with dark lips, tinged with redness.

نَبَاتٌ أَلْعَسُadjective
  1. 1.
    dense plantclassical

    Describing a plant that is abundant and thick.

لَعَوْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'not a thing' or 'nothing at all'.

أَلْعَسُname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

لَعَسٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

لَعَسَانُname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

الْمُتَلَعِّسُnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    A person who eats intensely and greedily.

اللَّعُوسُnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfclassical

    A wild canine animal, the wolf.

اللَّعُوسُnoun
  1. 1.
    light eaterclassical

    A person who eats with agility and perhaps sparingly.

اللَّعُوسُnoun
  1. 1.
    greedy personclassical

    A person who is eager and desirous, particularly concerning food.

Parallel reading

كالمنع: العض
Like 'man'a': biting.
وبالتحريك: سواد مستحسن في الشفة.
And with vowel movement: a pleasing darkness on the lip.
لعس، كفرح.
La'isa, like 'faraha'.
والنعت: ألعس ولعساء، من لعس.
And the adjective: 'al'as' and 'la'saa', from 'la'asa'.
وجارية لعساء: في لونها أدنى سواد، مشربة من الحمرة.
And a dark-lipped girl: in her color a slight darkness, tinged with redness.
ونبات ألعس: كثير كثيف.
And dense plant: abundant and thick.
وما ذقت لعوسا: شيئا.
And I did not taste 'la'wsa': anything.
وألعس ولعس، بالفتح، ولعسان، بالكسر: مواضع.
'Al'as' and 'la's', with fathah, and 'la'saan', with kasrah: are places.
والمتلعس: الشديد الأكل.
And 'al-mutala''is': the one who eats intensely.
واللعوس، كجرول: الذئب، والرجل الخفيف في الأكل، الحريص.
And 'al-la'wsu', like 'jarwal': the wolf, and the man light in eating, the eager one.