اللسم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to silence, particularly a silence born of shyness or inability rather than understanding. It also extends to the act of prompting someone, seeking something, and adhering to a path.

Derived headwords

اللَّسْمnoun

1.
silenceclassical
Silence stemming from shyness or inability, not from intellectual understanding.

ألْسَمَهverb

1.
to promptclassical
To prompt someone with their argument or excuse.
2.
to seekmodern
To seek or request something.

استلسمهverb

1.
to seekmodern
To seek or request something, similar to 'alsamah'.

ألْسَمَه الطريقverb

1.
to impose a pathclassical
To impose a path or way upon someone.

فَلَسَمَهverb

1.
to adhere toclassical
To adhere to or stick to something, particularly a path.

لَزِمَهverb

1.
to adhere tomodern
To adhere to or stick to something, particularly a path.

لَسَمَnoun

1.
nothingclassical
Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'not a thing'.

أَلْسَمَنَهverb

1.
to make tasteclassical
To make someone taste something.

Parallel reading

اللَّسْم، محركة: السكوت عيا لا عقلا.

Al-lasm, with harakah: silence out of inability, not intellect.

وألسمه حجته: لقنه

And 'alsamah' his argument: to prompt him.

و الشيء: طلبه، كاستلسمه.

And the thing: to seek it, like 'istalsamah'.

وألسمه الطريق: ألزمه إياها

And 'alsamah' the path: to impose it upon him.

فلسمه، بالكسر: لزمه.

So 'lasimah', with kasr: he adhered to it.

وما لسم لساما: ما ذاق شيئا.

And 'ma lasama li-saaman': he did not taste anything.

وما ألسمنه: ما أذقته.

And 'ma alsamnahu': I did not make him taste.