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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of tasting and savoring food, extending to the food itself and the action of eating. It also encompasses the idea of seeking out pleasant things to consume.

Derived headwords

لَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    to tasteboth

    To experience the flavor of something by putting it in one's mouth.

  2. 2.
    to seek outclassical

    To pursue or search for something, particularly pleasant things like food.

لَائِسadjective
  1. 1.
    tasterboth

    One who tastes or experiences flavors.

لَؤُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    fond of tastingclassical

    One who frequently tastes or enjoys tasting.

لَوَّاسadjective
  1. 1.
    fond of tastingclassical

    One who frequently tastes or enjoys tasting.

ذَوَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to tasteboth

    To perceive the flavor of something, often by manipulation with the tongue.

  2. 2.
    to manageclassical

    To handle or manipulate something in the mouth with the tongue.

طَعَامnoun
  1. 1.
    foodboth

    Nourishment taken into the body, particularly that which is tasted.

لَوَاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mouthfulclassical

    A quantity of food taken into the mouth at one time.

أَبُو لَاسname
  1. 1.
    Abu Lasclassical

    A kunya (patronymic) belonging to Muhammad ibn al-Aswad, a companion of the Prophet.

مُحَمَّد بْن الْأَسْوَدname
  1. 1.
    Muhammad ibn al-Aswadclassical

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, also known by the kunya Abu Las.

Parallel reading

تَتَبَّعَ الْإِنْسَانُ الْحَلَاوَاتِ وَغَيْرَهَا لِيَأْكُلَهَا.
A person seeks out sweets and other things to eat them.
لَاسَ، فَهُوَ لَائِسٌ وَلَؤُوسٌ وَلَوَّاسٌ.
He tasted, so he is a taster, fond of tasting, and very fond of tasting.
وَالذَّوْقُ، وَإِدَارَةُ الشَّيْءِ فِي الْفَمِ بِاللِّسَانِ.
And tasting, and manipulating a thing in the mouth with the tongue.
وَبِالضَّمِّ: الطَّعَامُ.
And with the dammah: food.
وَاللَّوَاسَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: اللُّقْمَةُ.
And al-lawasa, with the dammah: a mouthful.
وَمَا ذُقْتُ لُؤُوسًا وَلَا لَوَاسًا: ذَوَّاقًا.
And I did not taste any food or mouthful: I was a taster.
وَأَبُو لَاسٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ: صَحَابِيٌّ.
And Abu Las, Muhammad ibn al-Aswad: a companion.