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لقم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of swallowing or taking food into the mouth, and by extension, blocking or obstructing something. It also extends to the meaning of the middle of a road.

Derived headwords

اللُّقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    middle of the roadclassical

    The central part of a road or pathway.

لَقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he swallowed the morselboth

    he swallowed the morsel

  2. 2.
    he made another swallow itboth

    he made another swallow it

لقمت الطريق — I blocked the road.
أَلْقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he made him swallow a stone (silenced him)both

    he made him swallow a stone (silenced him)

ألقمته حجرا — I gave him a stone (to swallow).
تَلَقَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    he swallowed it slowlyboth

    he swallowed it slowly

التقمت اللقمة — I swallowed the morsel.
تلقمتها في مهلة — I swallowed it with ease.
تَلْقِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingboth

    The act of swallowing, especially with ease or in a leisurely manner.

تَلْقَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    morselboth

    A small piece of food that is swallowed.

التقمت اللقمة — I swallowed the morsel.
تَلْقَامَةadjective
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterboth

    A person who eats a lot; someone who swallows frequently and greedily.

رجل تلقامة — A voracious man.
لُقْمَانname
  1. 1.
    Luqmanboth

    A wise man mentioned in the Quran, often associated with fables and proverbs. Also refers to a figure in pre-Islamic poetry.

لقمان صاحب النسور — Luqman, the owner of the eagles.
رأس لقمان بن عاد — The head of Luqman son of Ad.

Parallel reading

اللقم بالتحريك: وسط الطريق.
Al-luqm (with harakah): the middle of the road.
واللقم بالتسكين: مصدر قولك لقمت بالفتح الطريق وغيره ألقمه بالضم، إذا سددت فمه.
And al-luqm (with sukun): is the masdar of your saying laqamtu (with fatha) the road and other than it, I ulqimuhu (with damma), if you blocked its mouth.
والتقمت اللقمة، إذا ابتلعتها.
And I iltaqamtu the morsel, if you swallowed it.
ولقمتها بالكسر لقما وتلقمتها، إذا ابتلعتها في مهلة.
And I laqimtuha (with kasr) laqman and talqamtuha, if you swallowed it with ease.
ولقمت غيري تلقيما.
And I laqamtu others talqiman.
وألقمته حجرا.
And I ulqamtu him a stone.
ورجل تلقامة، أي كثير اللقم.
And a man talqamah, meaning a frequent eater.
ولقمان صاحب النسور ينسبه الشعراء إلى عاد.
And Luqman, the owner of the eagles, whom the poets attribute to Ad.
تراه يطوف الآفاق حرصا ليأكل رأس لقمان بن عاد
You see him roaming the horizons, eager to eat the head of Luqman son of Ad.