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لط

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root 'لط' primarily relates to sticking, adhering, covering, and concealing. It extends to meanings of closing, clinging, and also describes various physical features, objects, and conditions, often with a sense of being attached or hidden.

Derived headwords

لَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to adhere toboth

    To stick to or cling to something, to be persistent with a matter.

  2. 2.
    to coverboth

    To conceal or hide something, like a piece of news.

  3. 3.
    to closeboth

    To shut or close a door.

أَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverclassical

    To cover or conceal something, similar to 'لط'.

لَطَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to stickboth

    To cause something to stick or adhere to something else.

  2. 2.
    to denyboth

    To deny someone their right or to reject something.

  3. 3.
    to attachclassical

    A female camel attaches its tail to its hindquarters out of shyness when running.

أَلَطَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to denyclassical

    To deny something, similar to 'لططت'.

لَطّnoun
  1. 1.
    necklaceclassical

    A necklace made of dyed soapberry seeds.

ج: لطاط — A necklace made of dyed soapberry seeds.
مِلْطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain featureclassical

    A part of the upper mountain, its side, or a ledge.

  2. 2.
    millstone partclassical

    The stone of a seed mill, or the hand of the mill.

  3. 3.
    valley edgeclassical

    The edge or bank of a valley.

  4. 4.
    seashoreclassical

    The coast or shore of the sea.

  5. 5.
    trodden pathclassical

    A well-trodden path or way.

  6. 6.
    baker's oven partclassical

    A part of a baker's oven or a tool used by potters.

  7. 7.
    head woundclassical

    A type of head wound, specifically the 'samhaq' or one that reaches the brain.

  8. 8.
    camel head partclassical

    A part of a camel's head, such as the middle, side, skin, or any fissure.

مِلْطَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    head woundclassical

    A type of head wound, similar to 'ملطاط', reaching the brain.

مِلْطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    head woundclassical

    A type of head wound, similar to 'ملطاط', reaching the brain.

مِلْطَىnoun
  1. 1.
    head woundclassical

    A type of head wound, similar to 'ملطاط', reaching the brain.

لَطْلَطadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-toothedclassical

    Describing someone with thick or large teeth.

  2. 2.
    aged female camelclassical

    An old or decrepit female camel.

  3. 3.
    aged womanclassical

    An old or elderly woman.

لَاطَ مَلَطَphrase
  1. 1.
    wicked and deceitfulclassical

    A descriptive phrase for someone who is wicked and causes others to be deceitful.

أَلَطnoun
  1. 1.
    toothless personclassical

    Someone whose teeth have fallen out or decayed.

لَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    severe droughtclassical

    A year of severe drought that prevents giving or withholding sustenance.

أَلْزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to press downclassical

    To press a grave down to the earth, making it level.

  2. 2.
    to preventclassical

    To prevent a creditor from obtaining their due right.

تَلَطَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    to be smearedboth

    To be smeared or stained with musk.

  2. 2.
    to be coveredboth

    A woman to cover herself or be veiled.

  3. 3.
    to coverboth

    To cover or conceal something.

Parallel reading

لَزِمَه، و عليه: سَتَرَ
It adhered to him, and upon him: it covered.
و عنه الخبر: طواه وكتمه
And from him the news: he folded it and concealed it.
و الباب: أغلقه
And the door: he closed it.
ولططت الشيء: ألصقته
And I made the thing stick: I stuck it.
و حقه: جحدته
And his right: I denied it.
و الناقة بذنبها: ألصقته بحيائها عند العدو
And the she-camel with her tail: she attached it out of modesty when running.
واللط: القلادة من حب الحنظل المصبغ
And the 'latt': a necklace made of dyed soapberry seeds.
والملطاط، بالكسر: حرف من أعلى الجبل، وجانبه
And the 'milṭāṭ', with kasr: a ledge from the top of the mountain, and its side.
ورحى البزر، أو يد الرحى
And the seed mill, or the hand of the mill.
وحافة الوادي، وساحل البحر
And the edge of the valley, and the seashore.
والمنهج الموطوء
And the trodden path.
وصوبج الخباز، ومالج الطيان
And the baker's oven tool, and the potter's tool.
ومن الشجاج: السمحاق، أو التي تبلغ الدماغ
And from head wounds: the samḥāq, or that which reaches the brain.
وحرف في وسط رأس البعير، وناحية الرأس، أو جملته، أو جلدته، أو كل شق منه
And a ridge in the middle of the camel's head, its side, or its entirety, or its skin, or every fissure in it.
واللطلط، بالكسر: الغليظ الأسنان، والناقة الهرمة، والمرأة العجوز
And the 'laṭlaṭ', with kasr: the thick-toothed, and the aged she-camel, and the old woman.
ولااط ملط: خبيث مخبث
And 'lāṭa malaṭa': wicked and causing wickedness.
والألط: من سقطت أسنانه وتأكلت
And 'al-aṭṭ': one whose teeth have fallen out and decayed.
ولطاط، كقطام: السنة الساترة عن العطاء الحاجبة
And 'laṭāṭ', like 'qiṭām': the year that covers from giving, blocking.
وألط قبره: ألزقه بالأرض
And he leveled his grave: he pressed it to the ground.
و الغريم: منع من الحق
And the debtor: he prevented from the right.
والتط بالمسك: تلطخ
And to be smeared with musk: to be smeared.
و المرأة: استترت
And the woman: she covered herself.
و الشيء: ستره
And the thing: he covered it.