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اللكم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root اللكم primarily relates to striking with the hand, often in a closed fist. It extends to concepts of pushing, a specific type of blow, and also describes a hard, stone-breaking substance and a type of shoe.

Derived headwords

لَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a closed fistboth

    To strike someone with the hand, specifically with a closed fist.

  2. 2.
    to punchmodern

    To deliver a blow with the fist.

  3. 3.
    to pushclassical

    To shove or thrust.

لَكْمnoun
  1. 1.
    a blow with a fistboth

    The act of striking with a closed fist.

  2. 2.
    a punchmodern

    A strike delivered with the fist.

لَكْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a jabmodern

    A quick, sharp blow, often with the fist.

  2. 2.
    a pokeclassical

    A thrust or jab.

لَكْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a blow with the fistboth

    A strike delivered with a closed hand.

مِعْظَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a pinchclassical

    A pinch or squeeze made with the hand.

مُلَكِّمadjective
  1. 1.
    stone-breakingclassical

    Describing something hard that can break stones.

اللَّكَامname
  1. 1.
    Al-Lakam mountain rangeclassical

    A mountain range located in Syria, extending northwards.

مَلْكُومname
  1. 1.
    Malakum (a place)classical

    A place name, specifically a water source in Mecca.

مُتَلَكِّمadjective
  1. 1.
    patchedclassical

    Describing a shoe that has been mended or patched.

Parallel reading

الضرب باليد مجموعة
Striking with the hand closed.
أو اللكز
Or a jab/poke.
والدفع
And pushing.
وكمعظمة: القرصة المضروبة باليد.
And 'mi'zama': the pinch struck by hand.
وخف ملكم، كمنبر ومعظم وشداد: صلب يكسر الحجارة.
And a 'mulakkim' shoe, like 'minbar', 'mu'zam', and 'shiddad': hard, breaking stones.
وجبل اللكام، كغراب ورمان: يسامت حماة وشيزر وأفامية، ويمتد شمالا إلى صهيون والشغر وبكاس، وينتهي عند أنطاكية.
And the mountain of Al-Lakam, like 'ghurab' and 'rumman': it is parallel to Hama, Shayzar, and Afamiya, extends north to Sayhun, Ash-Shughr, and Bakas, and ends at Antioch.
وملكوم: ماء بمكة، شرفها الله تعالى.
And Malakum: a water source in Mecca, may God ennoble it.
وكمعظم: خف الإنسان المرقع.
And 'mu'azzam': the patched shoe of a person.