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لسس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of eating or grazing, particularly by animals using their lips or jaws. It extends to the initial sprouting of vegetation, which is then consumed by livestock.

Derived headwords

لَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to eatboth

    To eat, specifically by an animal tearing up vegetation with its lips or jaw.

لَسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    The act of eating, as described for animals tearing up vegetation.

لَسَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    it ateclassical

    Past tense verb indicating an animal ate vegetation by tearing it with its lips or jaw.

تَلِسُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it tears itclassical

    Present tense verb describing an animal tearing up vegetation with its lips or jaw.

ألَسَّتِverb
  1. 1.
    it sproutedclassical

    The land sprouted its first vegetation.

اللَّسَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    sprouted vegetationclassical

    The first growth of vegetation on the land, which is then eaten by livestock.

Parallel reading

يقال: لست الدابة الكلأ تلسه لسا بالضم، إذا نتفته بجحفلتها.
It is said: The animal ate the fodder, tearing it with its lips with a 'lisan', when it plucked it with its jaw.
ثلاث كأقواس السراء وناشط * قد اخضر من لس الغمير جحافله
Three like the bows of the 'surra' and a runner * whose jaws have become green from eating the young shoots.
وألست الارض: طلع أول نباتها.
And the land sprouted: its first vegetation emerged.
واسم ذلك النبات اللساس بالضم، لأن المال تلسه.
And the name of that vegetation is 'al-lassas', because the livestock eat it.
في باقل الرمث وفى اللساس
In the succulent 'ramth' and in the sprouted vegetation.