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لسد

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root لسد primarily relates to the act of licking or consuming, particularly in the context of young animals nursing or animals licking up liquids. It also extends to the idea of consuming honey.

Derived headwords

لَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to nurseboth

    The young animal nurses its mother, drawing milk.

  2. 2.
    to lick upboth

    To lick up a liquid, such as honey.

يَلْسِدُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    she nurses herboth

    The feminine singular pronoun indicates the mother being nursed by her young.

لسد الطلا أمه يلسدها لسدا — The young camel nurses its mother.
لَسْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    nursingboth

    The act of a young animal nursing its mother.

  2. 2.
    licking upboth

    The act of licking up a substance, like honey.

لسد الطلا أمه يلسدها لسدا — The young camel nurses its mother, nursing her with a nursing.
لَسَدَ العَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to lick honeyboth

    To lick up honey.

ولسد العسل أيضا — And he also licked the honey.
لَسْدًا بالتحريكnoun
  1. 1.
    licking (with vowel movement)classical

    The act of licking, with the vowels of the word being mobile (short vowels).

لسد الطلا أمه بالكسر لسدا بالتحريك — The young camel nursed its mother with a kasra, a licking with vowel movement.

Parallel reading

لسد الطلا أمه يلسدها لسدا، أي رضعها
The young camel nurses its mother, nursing her with a nursing, meaning it suckled her.
مثلا كسر يكسر كسرا
For example, 'to break' (kasara) 'he breaks' (yaksiru) 'a breaking' (kasran).
ولسد العسل أيضا: لعقه
And he also licked the honey: he licked it.
وحكى أبو حاتم في كتاب الأبواب: لسد الطلا أمه بالكسر لسدا بالتحريك
And Abu Hatim narrated in the Book of Chapters: The young camel nursed its mother with a kasra, a licking with vowel movement.
مثل لجذ الكلب الاناء لجذا
Like the dog lapped the vessel, lapping.