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لصغ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of dryness and stiffness, particularly concerning skin that has become hardened and dry against the bone. It conveys a sense of being shriveled or desiccated.

Derived headwords

لَصَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to dry out and stiffenclassical

    The skin became dry, stiff, and hardened against the bone, indicating a state of severe desiccation or shriveling.

لُصُوغًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dryness and stiffnessclassical

    The state or condition of the skin becoming dry, stiff, and hardened against the bone, a result of severe desiccation.

Parallel reading

لَصَغَ الجلد، كمنع، لصوغا: يبس على العظم عجفا.
The skin dried out and stiffened, like 'man'a', with a dryness and stiffness, becoming dry and hardened against the bone.
يبس على العظم عجفا
It became dry and hardened against the bone.