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لخم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a prominent South Arabian tribe from Yemen, known for their kings during the pre-Islamic era. It also denotes a specific type of sea fish.

Derived headwords

اللَّخْمname
  1. 1.
    tribeclassical

    A tribe originating from Yemen, from which the kings of the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era hailed.

اللَّخْمnoun
  1. 1.
    fishclassical

    A type of sea fish, also known as 'al-kawsaj'.

Parallel reading

حى من اليمن
A tribe from Yemen.
ومنهم كانت ملوك العرب في الجاهلية
And from them were the kings of the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era.
وهم آل عمرو بن عدى ابن نصر اللخمى
And they are the descendants of 'Amr ibn 'Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi.
واللخم بالضم: ضرب من سمك البحر
And al-Lakhmu (with dammah): a type of sea fish.
يقال له الكوسج
It is called al-Kawsaj.