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لتح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of hunger. It describes the feeling of hunger, the person experiencing it, and the feminine form of such a person.

Derived headwords

اللَّتْحnoun
  1. 1.
    hungerclassical

    The state of intense hunger or starvation.

لَتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hungryclassical

    To experience hunger, to be in a state of needing food.

لَتْحَانadjective
  1. 1.
    hungry (male)classical

    A male person who is experiencing hunger.

لَتْحَىadjective
  1. 1.
    hungry (female)classical

    A female person who is experiencing hunger.

Parallel reading

اللَّتْح، بالتحريك: الجوع.
Al-lath, with harakah: hunger.
وقد لَتَحَ بالكسر فهو لَتْحَان،
And he has become hungry (with kasr), so he is lath-an (hungry).
وامرأة لَتْحَى.
And a woman is lath-a (hungry).