لتح

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root 'لتح' primarily relates to striking, particularly the face or body, often with small, hard objects like pebbles, causing injury or impact. It extends to concepts of forceful action, taking everything, sexual intercourse, and also describes a state of hunger and a person of intelligence and cunning.

Derived headwords

لَتَحَهُ، كَمَنَعَverb

1.
to strike the face/body with pebblesboth
To strike someone's face or body with pebbles, causing injury without a severe wound.

لَتَحَverb

1.
to gouge out an eyeboth
To gouge out someone's eye by striking it.

لَتَحَ بِبَصَرِهِverb

1.
to aim one's gaze atclassical
To aim one's gaze or look at someone.

لَتَحَ جَارِيَتَهُverb

1.
to have intercourse withboth
To have sexual intercourse with one's female slave.

لَتَحَ فُلَانًاverb

1.
to take everything fromboth
To take everything that someone possesses, leaving them with nothing.

لَتَحَ بِيَدِهِverb

1.
to strike with one's handboth
To strike someone with one's hand, whether on the face, body, or eye.

لَتَحَ، كَفَرِحَverb

1.
to be hungryboth
To be hungry.

لُتْحَانadjective

1.
hungryboth
An adjective describing someone who is hungry.

لُتْحَىadjective

1.
hungryboth
An adjective describing someone who is hungry.

لَاتِحadjective

1.
intelligent, cunningclassical
Describing a person who is intelligent and cunning.

لَتَّاحadjective

1.
intelligent, cunningclassical
Describing a person who is intelligent and cunning.

لُتْحَةnoun

1.
intelligence, cunningclassical
A noun referring to intelligence and cunning.

لُتْحnoun

1.
intelligence, cunningclassical
A noun referring to intelligence and cunning.

لُتَّاحnoun

1.
intelligent, cunning menclassical
A plural noun referring to intelligent and cunning men.

أَلْتَحُadjective

1.
more eloquent in poetryclassical
More eloquent or skillful in expressing meanings through poetry.

مُلْتُوحadjective

1.
struck by pebblesboth
Describing someone whose face or body has been struck by pebbles.

مُلْتُوحَةadjective

1.
sexually penetratedboth
Describing a female who has been sexually penetrated.

Parallel reading

لتحه، كمنعه، يلتحه لتحا: ضرب وجهه أو جسده بالحصى فأثر فيه من غير جرح شديد.

To strike his face or body with pebbles, causing an effect without a severe wound.

يلتحن وجها بالحصى ملتوحا

He strikes the face with pebbles, leaving it struck.

أو لتحخ: فقأ عينه بضربها

Or to gouge out his eye by striking it.

لتحه ببصره: رماه به

To aim his gaze at him: to throw it at him.

لتح جاريته تحا، إذا نكحها وجامعها

To have intercourse with his female slave, if he married her and had intercourse with her.

وهو لاتح وهي ملتوحة

And he is a penetrator and she is penetrated.

ولتح فلانا: ما ترك عنده شيئا إلا أخذه.

And to take everything from someone: he left nothing with him except that he took it.

ولتح بيده ضربه بها على وجه أو جسد أو عين.

And to strike with his hand, striking him with it on the face, body, or eye.

ولتح، كفرح: جاع.

And to be hungry, as in 'faraha'.

والنعت لتحان، وهي لتحى.

And the adjective is 'luthhan', and she is 'luthha'.

هو رجل لاتح ولتاح كغراب، ولتحة كهمزة، ولتح ككتف: عاقل داهية.

He is a man who is 'latikh' and 'luttah' like 'ghurab', and 'luthhah' like 'humazah', and 'luthh' like 'katif': intelligent and cunning.

وقوم لتاح، وهو العقلاء من الرحال الدهاة.

And a group of 'luttah', which are the intelligent and cunning men.

ويقال: هو ألتح شعرا منه، أي أوقع على المعاني

And it is said: he is more eloquent in poetry than him, meaning he expresses meanings.