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لمد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes humility, submissiveness, and being abject or disgraced. It also includes a secondary meaning related to striking, possibly as an inversion of another root.

Derived headwords

اللَّمَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Humility, submissivenessclassical

    The state of being humble or submissive, often to the point of being abject or disgraced.

لَمَدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To strike himclassical

    To hit or strike someone. This is mentioned as a possible inversion of another root.

اللَّمَدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    The humble oneclassical

    An individual who is humble, submissive, and abject. It is used as a descriptive noun.

أَلْمَدَadjective
  1. 1.
    Humble, abjectclassical

    Describing someone as humble, submissive, and disgraced.

Parallel reading

اللَّمَدُ: التواضعه بالذل
Al-lamad: his humility with abjection.
اللَّمَدَانِ: الذليل الخاضع
Al-lamadān: the humble, the submissive.
ما حَمْدَانُ إلا لَمَدَانُ
No one is praised except the abject one.
وَلَمَدَهُ: لَدَمَهُ، يعني ضربه
And lamadahu: ladamahu, meaning he struck him.
كأنه مقلوب منه
As if it is an inversion of it.
الأَلْمَدُ: الذليل
Al-amadu: the humble/abject.