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لعس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a dark or blackish hue, particularly of lips, and by extension, dense vegetation. It also extends to describe someone or something light and quick, especially in eating, akin to greediness.

Derived headwords

اللَّعَسُnoun
  1. 1.
    the color of the lipboth

    the color of the lip

لَعِسَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    a lip with a darkish hueboth

    a lip with a darkish hue

لَعِسadjective
  1. 1.
    young men and women with darkish lipsboth

    young men and women with darkish lips

لَعُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    light/quick eaterclassical

    One who is light or quick in eating and other activities, resembling greediness.

أَلْعَسُadjective
  1. 1.
    dense and dark vegetationclassical

    Describing vegetation that is abundant and dense, appearing dark or blackish as a result.

Parallel reading

اللَّعَسُ: لون الشفة إذا كانت تضرب إلى السواد قليلا، وذلك يستملح.
Al-la'asu: The color of the lip when it leans slightly towards blackness, and this is considered attractive.
يقال: شفة لعساء وفتية ونسوة لعس.
It is said: a dark-lipped woman, and dark-lipped young men and women.
وربما قالوا: نبات ألعس، وذلك إذا كثر وكثف، لأنه حينئذ يضرب إلى السواد.
And sometimes they say: dense vegetation, and that is when it is abundant and thick, because it then appears dark.
واللعوس، بتسكين العين: الخفيف في الأكل وغيره كأنه الشره.
And al-la'ūsu, with a sukun on the 'ayn: is light in eating and other things, as if greedy.
ومنه قيل للذئب لعوس.
And from this, the wolf is called la'ūs.