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لمى

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of dark coloration, particularly a desirable duskiness or blackness. It extends to describe shades of darkness in lips, complexions, and even the density of shade cast by trees. It also touches upon the idea of resemblance or likeness.

Derived headwords

اللَّمَىnoun
  1. 1.
    clear darkness of the lipsboth

    clear darkness of the lips

أَلْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    a man with dark lipsboth

    a man with dark lips

لَمْيَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    a girl with dark lipsboth

    a girl with dark lips

أَلْمَى الظِّلالadjective
  1. 1.
    dense shadeboth

    Describing shade that is thick and dark, often due to dense foliage.

لَمْيnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    The quality of being dark or dusky, often referring to color or shade.

لِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a touch and a small thingboth

    a touch and a small thing

  2. 2.
    hair that extends beyond the earlobeboth

    hair that extends beyond the earlobe

  3. 3.
    a group of womenboth

    a group of women

Parallel reading

اللمى: سمرة في الشفة تستحسن.
Al-lamā: A duskiness on the lip that is considered attractive.
ورجل ألمى وجارية لمياء بينة اللمى.
And a dark-lipped man and a dark-lipped girl, clearly so.
وظل ألمى: كثيف أسود.
And dark shade: dense and black.
وشجر ألمى الظلال من الخضرة.
And trees with dark shade from their greenery.
إلى شجر ألمى الظلال كأنه (1) * رواهب أحر من الشراب عذوب والتمي لونه مثل التمع، وربما همز.
To trees with dark shade, like (1) * monks more fervent than sweet drinks, and its color is like a gleam, and sometimes it is hamzated.
ولمة الرجل: تربه وشكله، وا
And a man's lamah: his peer and his form, and...