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اللتن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of sweetness, need, and a specific animal. It encompasses terms for something pleasant or sweet, a hedgehog, and the idea of a pressing need or necessity.

Derived headwords

اللَّتْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Sweetnessclassical

    Refers to a quality of being sweet or pleasant.

اللَّتْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Hedgehogclassical

    A small, spiny mammal.

  2. 2.
    Need, necessityclassical

    A pressing requirement or something that is essential.

التَّلْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Need, necessityclassical

    A pressing requirement or something that is essential.

Parallel reading

اللَّتْنُ، ككتف: الحلو.
Al-latn, like katif: the sweet.
واللَّتْنَةُ، كدُجْنَة: القُنْفُذُ.
And al-latnah, like dujnah: the hedgehog.
يقال: متى لم نقض التلنة، أخذتنا اللتنة.
It is said: When we do not fulfill the need, the need will overcome us.
التلنة: الحاجة.
Al-tilnah: the need.