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لهز

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of mixing, mingling, or entering into something. It also extends to physical actions like striking or nudging, particularly in the chest or neck area, and can describe the onset of graying hair.

Derived headwords

لَهَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to mix withboth

    To mingle with a group of people or enter among them.

  2. 2.
    to mix (hair)classical

    For gray hair to mix with black hair, indicating the beginning of aging.

  3. 3.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone with the palm of the hand in the chest.

  4. 4.
    to strike (neck)classical

    To strike someone with the palm of the hand in the neck or throat area.

  5. 5.
    to nudgeclassical

    For a young animal to nudge its mother's udder with its head during nursing.

لَهْزnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking with the palm of the hand in the chest, similar to 'lakz'.

  2. 2.
    striking (neck)classical

    The act of striking with the palm of the hand in the neck or throat area.

مَلْهُوزadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed (hair)classical

    Describing hair that has begun to gray, mixed with black.

أَشْمَطadjective
  1. 1.
    a man whose hair is mixed with white and blackboth

    a man whose hair is mixed with white and black

أَشْيَبadjective
  1. 1.
    gray-hairedclassical

    A person whose hair has turned gray.

مِلْهَزnoun
  1. 1.
    striking placeclassical

    A place on the neck or throat where one strikes with the palm.

لَاهِزnoun
  1. 1.
    part of the neckclassical

    A specific part of the neck or throat.

لَهْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    part of the neckclassical

    A part of the neck or throat, specifically the area where striking might occur.

دَائِرَةُ اللَّاهِزِnoun
  1. 1.
    swelling on the neckclassical

    A circular swelling or mark that appears on the 'lahiz' (part of the neck), which is considered undesirable.

Parallel reading

لَهَزْتُ القَوْمَ، أَيْ خَالَطْتُهُمْ وَدَخَلْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ.
I mingled with the people, meaning I mixed with them and entered among them.
وَلَهَزَهُ القَتِيرُ، أَيْ خَالَطَهُ الشَّيْبُ.
And the grayness mixed with him, meaning gray hair mixed with his black hair.
فَهُوَ مَلْهُوزٌ، ثُمَّ هُوَ أَشْمَطُ، ثُمَّ أَشْيَبُ.
So he is one whose hair is mixed (graying), then he is gray-haired, then he is old and gray-haired.
وَاللَّهْزُ: الضَّرْبُ بِجَمْعِ اليَدِ فِي الصَّدْرِ، مِثْلُ اللَّكْزِ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ.
And 'al-lahz' is striking with the palm of the hand in the chest, like 'al-lakz', according to Abu Ubaidah.
وَقَالَ أَبُو زَيْدٍ: هُوَ بِالْجَمْعِ فِي اللَّهَازِمِ وَالرَّقَبَةِ.
And Abu Zayd said: It is striking with the palm in the neck and throat area.
وَالرَّجُلُ مِلْهَزٌ بِكَسْرِ الْمِيمِ.
And the man is a 'milhaz', with a kasra on the mim.
أَكَلَ يَوْمٍ لَكَ شَاطِنَانِ * عَلَى إِزَاءِ البِئْرِ مِلْهَزَانِ * إِذَا يَفُوتُ الضَّرْبُ يَحْذِفَانِ
Every day you have two rivals * near the well, two striking places * if the blow misses, they strike.
وَلَهَزَهُ بِالرُّمْحِ: طَعَنَهُ فِي صَدْرِهِ.
And he struck him with the spear: he stabbed him in his chest.
وَلَهَزَ الفَصِيلُ ضَرْعَ أُمِّهِ، إِذَا ضَرَبَهُ بِرَأْسِهِ عِنْدَ الرِّضَاعِ.
And the young camel nudged its mother's udder, when it strikes it with its head during nursing.
وَدَائِرَةُ اللَّاهِزِ: الَّتِي تَكُونُ عَلَى اللَّهْزَمَةِ.
And the circle of the 'lahiz' is that which is on the 'lahzamah' (part of the neck).
وَتُكْرَهُ.
And it is disliked.