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اللمق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns actions related to writing, erasing, and striking, particularly the eye. It also extends to looking, observing, and the act of swallowing or gulping.

Derived headwords

لَمَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to writeclassical

    To inscribe or record something.

  2. 2.
    to eraseclassical

    To remove or obliterate writing.

  3. 3.
    to strike the eyeclassical

    Specifically, to strike the eye with the palm of the hand.

  4. 4.
    to lookclassical

    To direct one's gaze towards something.

لَمْقnoun
  1. 1.
    writingclassical

    The act or process of writing.

  2. 2.
    erasingclassical

    The act or process of erasing.

  3. 3.
    striking the eyeclassical

    The act of striking the eye with the palm.

  4. 4.
    lookingclassical

    The act of looking or gazing.

لَمْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a strikeclassical

    A single instance of striking, particularly the eye.

لَمَقَ الطريقverb
  1. 1.
    to traverse the roadclassical

    To travel along or make one's way through a road.

لَقَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow

    To cause something to pass down the throat; to gulp.

  2. 2.
    to feed

    To give food or drink to someone.

لُقْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a mouthful

    An amount of food or drink that can be taken into the mouth at one time.

  2. 2.
    a morsel

    A small piece or amount of food.

لُقْمَانname
  1. 1.
    Luqmanclassical

    A wise man mentioned in the Quran, known for his wisdom.

لامِقnoun
  1. 1.
    striker of the pupilclassical

    One who strikes the pupil of the eye, especially with the palm.

لَمْقnoun
  1. 1.
    a gulpclassical

    The act of swallowing something quickly.

لَمَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    somethingclassical

    A general term for a thing or object.

تَلَمَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowclassical

    To ingest or gulp down.

Parallel reading

الكتابة، والمحو، ضد
Writing, and erasing, its opposite.
وضرب العين بالكف خاصة
And striking the eye with the palm specifically.
والنظر
And looking.
ولمق الطريق، محركة
And traversing the road, with a fatha on the lam.
لقمه، وبضمتين
To swallow it, and with two dammahs.
جمع لامق: للمبتدئ بصفق الحدقة في ضرابه
A جمع (plural) of 'lamiq': for the beginner in striking the pupil in his striking.
وما ذاق لماقا
And he did not taste something.
وما تلمق: ما تلمج
And 'talammuqa' means 'talammuja'.