لفم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of covering or veiling the mouth and face, particularly with a veil or cloth. It describes the object used for covering and the action of applying or tightening it.

Derived headwords

اللِّفَامnoun

1.
veil covering mouthboth
A veil or cloth that covers the extremity of the nose, specifically intended to cover the mouth.

لَفَمَتْverb

1.
to cover mouth with veilclassical
A woman covered her mouth with her veil (لفامها).

تَلَفَّمَverb

1.
to tighten veilclassical
She tightened the veil (لفام).

اِلْتَفَمَverb

1.
to tighten veilclassical
She tightened the veil (لفام).

لِفَامُهَاnoun

1.
her veilboth
Her veil, referring to the specific cloth used to cover the mouth and nose.

لِفَامُهَاnoun

1.
her veilboth
Her veil, referring to the specific cloth used to cover the mouth and nose.

تَلَفَّمَverb

1.
to cover mouth with clothclassical
He took a turban and placed it over his mouth like a veil, without reaching the tip of the nose or its bridge.

تَلَفُّمَاnoun

1.
act of covering mouthclassical
The act of covering one's mouth with a cloth, similar to a veil.

تَلَثَّمَتْverb

1.
to cover mouth with veilclassical
The people of Tamim say 'talaththamat' in this sense, meaning to cover the mouth with a veil.

تَلَثُّمَاnoun

1.
act of covering mouthclassical
The act of covering one's mouth with a veil or cloth.

النِّقَابnoun

1.
veil covering noseboth
A veil that reaches the nose and covers part or all of it.

Parallel reading

اللفام: ما كان على طرف الأنف من النقاب.

Al-lifam: what was on the edge of the nose of the veil.

وقد لفمت المرأة فاها بلفامها، إذا نقبته.

And the woman covered her mouth with her lifam, if she veiled it.

ولفمت (1) وتلفمت والتفمت، إذا شدت اللفام.

And she covered, and she tightened, and she tightened, if she tightened the lifam.

إذا كان النقاب على الفم فهو اللثام واللفام، كما قالوا الدفئى والدثئى.

If the veil is on the mouth, it is al-litham and al-lifam, just as they said al-dif'a and al-dath'a.

وقد زل عن غر الثنايا لفامها

And her veil slipped from the white of her incisors.

تلفمت تلفما، إذا أخذت عمامة فجعلتها على فيك شبه النقاب ولم تبلغ بها أرنبة الأنف ولا مارنه.

Talaththama talaththaman, if you took a turban and made it over your mouth like a veil, and did not reach with it the tip of the nose nor its bridge.

وبنو تميم تقول في هذا المعنى: تلثمت تلثما.

And Banu Tamim say in this meaning: talaththamat talaththaman.

فإذا انتهى إلى الانف فغشيه أو بعضه فهو النقاب.

And if it reached the nose and covered it or part of it, it is al-niqab.