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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with negative character traits and undesirable qualities, such as bad temper, greed, and cowardice. It also extends to physical descriptions like dark coloration and specific botanical terms, including a plant with medicinal properties.

Derived headwords

اللَّعْوnoun
  1. 1.
    bad-temperedboth

    Describes someone who is ill-tempered and ill-mannered.

  2. 2.
    greedyboth

    Refers to someone who is gluttonous and excessively eager for more.

  3. 3.
    cowardlyclassical

    Describes someone easily frightened.

فَسْلnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    A foolish or incompetent person.

شَرِهadjective
  1. 1.
    greedyboth

    Excessively eager or desirous, particularly for food or gain.

حَرِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    eagerboth

    Very keen or eager to do or have something.

اللُّعَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    greedy personclassical

    A greedy or gluttonous person, similar to اللَّعْو.

لَعْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dark ringboth

    The dark area around the nipple of a breast.

  2. 2.
    female dogclassical

    A female dog (bitch).

اللَّعَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    dark ringboth

    The dark area around the nipple of a breast, variant of لَعْوَة.

  2. 2.
    female dogclassical

    A female dog (bitch), variant of لَعْوَة.

ذو لعوةname
  1. 1.
    named personclassical

    A name given to a person, possibly referring to someone with a dark complexion or a specific characteristic.

اللاعيadjective
  1. 1.
    easily startledboth

    One who is easily frightened or startled by the slightest thing.

تَلَعَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to solidifyclassical

    Used for honey, meaning it solidifies or thickens.

اللُّعَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    honeycombclassical

    A substance that honey takes on, possibly referring to solidified honey or honeycomb.

الأَلْعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    phalangesclassical

    The bones of the fingers and toes (phalanges).

اللاعيةnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain shrubclassical

    A type of shrub found on mountain slopes, characterized by yellow flowers and a milky sap.

Parallel reading

اللعو: السيئ الخلق، والفسل، والشره الحريص، كاللعا، وهي: بهاء ج: لعاء.
Al-La'wu: the ill-tempered, the foolish, the greedy eager one, like Al-Lu'a, and it is: Bahā' (splendor), plural: Lu'ā'.
واللعوة: السواد حول حلمة الثدي، ويضم، والكلبة، كاللعاة.
And Al-La'wah: the darkness around the nipple of the breast, and it is also pronounced with damma, and the female dog (bitch), like Al-La'āh.
وذو لعوة: قيل، ورجل آخر.
And Dhu La'wah: it is said, another man.
واللاعي: الذي يفزعه أدنى شيء.
And Al-Lā'ī: he who is frightened by the slightest thing.
وتلعى العسل: تعقد
And honey solidifies (tala''ā al-'asal: ta'qidu).
واللعاع: خرج يأخذه.
And Al-Lu'ā': he went out to take it.
والألعاء: السلاميات.
And Al-Al'ā': the phalanges.
واللاعية: شجيرة في سفح الجبل، لها نور أصفر، ولها لبن
And Al-Lā'iyah: a shrub on the mountain slope, it has yellow flowers, and it has a milky sap.
وإذا ألقي منه شيء في غدير السمك، أطفاها
And if something of it is thrown into a fish pond, it extinguishes them (the fish).
وشرب ورقه مدقوقا يسهل قويا
And drinking its pounded leaves strongly induces laxation.
ويقيئ البلغم والصفراء.
And it induces vomiting of phlegm and bile.