لبخ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns actions related to striking, seizing, and trickery. It also describes a specific tree with medicinal and structural properties, as well as terms for a fleshy physique and the application of perfume.

Derived headwords

لَبَخَ، كَمَنَعَverb

1.
to strike, seize, killboth
To strike, to seize, and to kill.
2.
to trick for captureclassical
To employ stratagem to seize or capture someone.
3.
to insultclassical
To verbally abuse or insult someone.

لَبْخًاnoun

1.
striking, seizing, killingboth
The act of striking, seizing, and killing, as a verbal noun for the verb لبخ.

اللَّبْخَة، مُحَرَّكَةnoun

1.
a large treeboth
A large tree, similar to the plane tree (دلب), with sweet green fruit resembling dates, but with a foul taste. It grows only in Upper Egypt.
2.
tree fruitclassical
The fruit of the لبخة tree, which is green, very sweet, but unpleasant tasting.

اللَّبُوخ، بالضمnoun

1.
excessive fleshinessboth
A condition of having an abundance of flesh in the body.

اللَّيْخadjective

1.
fleshyboth
A man who is fleshy or corpulent.

لَبَاخِيَة، كَغُرَابِيَةadjective

1.
very fleshy and largeboth
A woman who is very fleshy, large, and well-built, appearing as if derived from the term 'labakh'.

اللَّيْخَةnoun

1.
musk podclassical
The pod containing musk.

تَلَبَّخَverb

1.
to apply perfumeboth
To apply perfume, particularly musk.

اللَّبَاخ، كَالْكِتَابnoun

1.
slap, blowboth
A slap or a forceful blow.

لَابَخَverb

1.
to slap, to strikeboth
To slap or strike someone.

مُلَابَخَةnoun

1.
slapping, strikingboth
The act of slapping or striking, as a verbal noun for the verb لابخ.

لِبَاخًاnoun

1.
slapping, strikingboth
The act of slapping or striking, as a verbal noun for the verb لابخ.

Parallel reading

يُلبَخُهُ لَبْخًا

He strikes him, a striking.

لبخ: احتال للأخذ

To trick for capture.

لبخ: شتم

To insult.

واللبخة، محركة: شجرة عظيمة مثل الدلب

And the labkha, (vowelized with fatha on the lam), is a large tree like the plane tree.

ثمرها أخضر كالتمر حلو جدا

Its fruit is green, like dates, very sweet.

لاكنه كريه ولا ينبت إلا بأنصنا من صعيد مصر

But it is unpleasant and only grows in Ansen, from Upper Egypt.

ورقها شبيه بورق الجوز، ولها جنى كجنى الحماط مر

Its leaves resemble walnut leaves, and it has a fruit like the bitter fig's fruit.

إذا أكل أعطش، وإذا شرب عليه الماء نفخ البطن

If eaten, it causes thirst, and if water is drunk after it, it causes bloating.

وإذا نشر خشبه أرعف ناشره

And if its wood is sawn, the sawyer will bleed.

يبلغ اللوح منها خمسين دينارا، يجعله أصحاب المراكب في بناء السفن

A plank of it reaches fifty dinars; shipbuilders use it in constructing ships.

إذا ضم لوحان منه ضما شديدا وجعلا في الماء سنة صارا لوحا واحدا والتحما

If two planks of it are joined very tightly and placed in water for a year, they become one plank and fuse together.

فأوحى إليه أن كل اللبخ فأكله فشفي

So it was revealed to him to eat the labkha, and he ate it and was healed.

كان سما يقتل بفارس فنقل إلى أرض مصر فزالت سميته وصار يؤكل ولا يضر

It was a poison that killed in Persia, but when it was moved to the land of Egypt, its toxicity disappeared, and it became edible without harm.

واللبوخ، بالضم: كثرة اللحم في الجسد

And al-labookh, (with dammah), means abundance of flesh in the body.

الرجل اللحيم. وهي لباخية، كغرابية: كثيرة اللحم ضخمة الربلة تامة

The fleshy man. And she is labakhiyyah, like ghurabiyyah: very fleshy, large, well-built, and complete.

ويقال للمرأة الطويلة العظيمة الجسم: خرباق ولباخية

And for a tall, large-bodied woman, it is said: kharbaq and labakhiyyah.

واللبيخة: نافجة المسك

And al-labikhah: the musk pod.

هداني إليها ريح مسك تلبخت به في دخان المندلي

A scent of musk guided me to it, which I had applied in the smoke of the incense burner.

اللباخ، كالكتاب: اللطام والضراب

Al-labakh, like al-kitab, means a slap and a blow.

وقد لابخ يلابخ ملابخة ولباخا

And he engaged in labakha, yulabikhu, mulabakhah, and labakhan.