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لمح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of seeing or perceiving something quickly, lightly, or fleetingly. It extends to concepts of resemblance, appearance, and clarity, often related to brief visual phenomena like lightning or stars.

Derived headwords

لَمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to glimpseboth

    To see something with a quick, light glance.

  2. 2.
    to flashboth

    Used for phenomena like lightning or stars that appear briefly and brightly.

أَلْمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to glimpseboth

    To cause someone to see something with a quick, light glance; to show or indicate something briefly.

لَمْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    He saw him with a quick glance.both

    He saw him with a quick glance.

  2. 2.
    And in so-and-so there is a resemblance to his father, meaning a likeness.both

    And in so-and-so there is a resemblance to his father, meaning a likeness.

لَمْحnoun
  1. 1.
    glimpsingboth

    The act of seeing something with a quick, light glance.

  2. 2.
    flashingboth

    The act of appearing briefly and brightly, like lightning.

مَلْمَحnoun
  1. 1.
    featureboth

    A characteristic or distinguishing mark, especially of appearance.

  2. 2.
    resemblanceclassical

    A similarity or likeness to someone else, particularly a parent.

مَلَامِحnoun
  1. 1.
    Resemblances to his father, meaning similar traits.both

    Resemblances to his father, meaning similar traits.

Parallel reading

لمحه وألمحه، إذا أبصره بنظر خفيف.
He glimpsed it and he made him glimpse it, meaning he saw it with a light glance.
والاسم اللمحة.
And the noun is 'al-lamḥah'.
ولمح البرق والنجم لمحا، أي لمع.
And lightning and a star flashed, meaning they shone.
تقول: رأيت لمحة البرق.
You say: I saw a flash of lightning.
وفي فلان لمحة من أبيه، ثم قالوا: فيه ملامح من أبيه أي مشابه، فجمعوه على غير لفظه، وهو من النوادر.
And in so-and-so is a resemblance from his father, then they said: in him are features from his father, meaning similarity, so they pluralized it not according to its form, and this is from the rare occurrences.
ولأرينك لمحا باصرا، أي أمرا واضحا.
And I will show you a clear glimpse, meaning a clear matter.