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ليا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to whiteness and a specific type of food. It also extends to describe a distant, arid land.

Derived headwords

اللِّيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    al-liya': something resembling chickpeas, very white, found in Hijaz, and eatenboth

    al-liya': something resembling chickpeas, very white, found in Hijaz, and eaten

لِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    distant landclassical

    A land that is far from water sources, implying dryness and remoteness.

لِيَاءَةadjective
  1. 1.
    very white (woman)classical

    Used to describe a woman as being exceptionally white or fair-skinned.

Parallel reading

اللِّيَاء: شئ يشبه الحمص شديد البياض يكون بالحجاز ; يؤكل.
Al-liya': A thing resembling chickpeas, intensely white, found in the Hijaz; it is eaten.
دخل على معاوية وهو يأكل لياء مقشى
He entered upon Mu'awiyah while he was eating peeled liya'.
أي مقشرا.
Meaning peeled.
وإذا وصفت المرأة بالبياض قلت: كأنها لياءة.
And if you describe a woman with whiteness, you say: 'She is like a liya'ah' (i.e., very white).
والليا مقصور: الأرض البعيدة عن الماء.
And al-liya' (shortened): The land far from water.