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لجد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of licking, specifically by a dog. It describes the physical act of using the tongue to clean or consume something from a surface, like an eating vessel.

Derived headwords

لَجَدَverb
  1. 1.
    lickedboth

    To lick, especially a dog licking a vessel.

لَجْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    lickingboth

    The act of licking, used as a verbal noun.

Parallel reading

لجد الكلب الإناء لجدا إذا لحسه
The dog licked the vessel, a licking, if it licked it.
أهمله الجماعة
The group neglected it.
وأورده في اللسان في تركيب لسد عن أبي خالد في كتاب الأبواب
And he [al-Jawhari] mentioned it in al-Lisān under the root L-S-D, from Abu Khalid in the Book of Chapters.