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اللقم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of taking something into the mouth, swallowing, or eating quickly. It also extends to meanings related to the middle or bulk of something, and specific applications like a camel's gait or a type of wheat.

Derived headwords

اللَّقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    middle of the roadclassical

    The main part or the middle of a road.

لَقِمnoun
  1. 1.
    speedy eatingclassical

    Eating quickly.

لَقِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat quicklyclassical

    He ate quickly.

الْتَقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow

    To swallow something whole.

تَلْقَامadjective
  1. 1.
    large of mouthfulclassical

    Describing someone who takes large mouthfuls when eating.

تَلْقَامَةadjective
  1. 1.
    large of mouthfulclassical

    Describing someone who takes large mouthfuls when eating.

لُقْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mouthful

    A portion of food prepared to be eaten.

لَقِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    what is fedclassical

    That which is fed or given to be eaten.

لَقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to block/stopclassical

    To block or stop the mouth of something, like a road or a container.

إِلْقَامnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's gaitclassical

    The gait of a camel when it runs with its legs extended.

لَقِيمname
  1. 1.
    Luqman (wise man)

    Luqman the Wise, whose prophethood is debated.

  2. 2.
    Luqman (companion)classical

    Luqman ibn Shibah ibn Mu'ayt, a companion.

  3. 3.
    Luqman (scholar)classical

    Luqman al-Homsi, a hadith scholar.

الحِنْطَة اللَّقِيمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    large wheat varietyclassical

    A large variety of wheat, possibly the 'Sarwiyyah' type, or named after a place called Luqaym.

تَلَقَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to gulp waterclassical

    To gulp down water excessively.

Parallel reading

مُعْظَمُ الطَّرِيقِ، أَوْ وَسَطُهُ
The bulk of the road, or its middle.
بِالتَّسْكِينِ: سُرْعَةُ الأَكْلِ
With sukun: speed of eating.
وَكَسَمِعَهُ: أَكَلَهُ سَرِيعًا
And like 'sam'ihi': he ate it quickly.
وَالْتَقَمَهُ: ابْتَلَعَهُ
And 'iltaqamahu': he swallowed it.
وَتَلْقَامٌ وَتَلْقَامَةٌ، وَتُشَدَّدُ قَافُهُمَا، أَيْ: عَظِيمُ اللُّقْمِ
And 'tilqam' and 'tilqamah', and their qaf is doubled, meaning: great of mouthful.
وَاللُّقْمَةُ، وَتُفْتَحُ: مَا يُهَيَّأُ لِلُّقْمِ
And 'al-luqmah', and it is opened (fatha): what is prepared for a mouthful.
وَاللَّقِيمُ: مَا يُلْقَمُ
And 'al-laqim': what is fed.
وَلَقَمَ الطَّرِيقَ وَغَيْرَهُ: سَدَّ فَمَهُ
And he 'laqama' the road and other than it: he blocked its mouth.
وَالإِلْقَامُ: أَنْ يَعْدُوَ البَعِيرُ فِي أَثْنَاءِ مَشْيِهِ، وَسَمَّوْا: لَقِيمًا، كَزُبَيْرٍ وَعُثْمَانَ
And 'al-ilqam': is when a camel runs during its walk, and they named [it]: 'laqiman', like Zubayr and Uthman.
وَلُقْمَانُ الحَكِيمُ: اخْتُلِفَ فِي نُبُوَّتِهِ
And Luqman the Wise: there is disagreement about his prophethood.
وَابْنُ شَيْبَةَ ابْنُ مُعَيْطٍ: صَحَابِيٌّ
And Ibn Shibah ibn Mu'ayt: a companion.
وَابْنُ عَامِرٍ الحِمْصِيُّ: مُحَدِّثٌ
And Ibn 'Amir al-Homsi: a hadith scholar.
وَالحِنْطَةُ اللَّقِيمِيَّةُ: الكِبَارُ السَّرْوِيَّةُ، أَوْ نِسْبَةٌ إِلَى لُقَيْمٍ: قَرْيَةٍ بِالطَّائِفِ
And the Luqaymiyyah wheat: the large Sarwiyyah ones, or attributed to Luqaym: a village in Taif.
وَتَلَقَّمَ المَاءَ: قَبْقَبَهُ مِنْ كَثْرَتِهِ
And he 'talaqqama' the water: he gulped it down from its abundance.