ل ع س

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a dark, reddish hue, often associated with lips, skin, or even plants. It also extends to meanings related to biting, intense eating, and specific locations.

Derived headwords

لَعَسَverb

1.
to biteclassical
To bite someone, as in the wolf biting.
2.
to be dark reddishclassical
Describing a color that is dark with a touch of redness, particularly for lips or skin.

لَعْسnoun

1.
biteclassical
The act of biting.
2.
dark reddish hueclassical
A pleasing dark color on the lips and gums, or a skin tone with a slight redness.

لَعَسٌnoun

1.
dark reddish hueclassical
A pleasing dark color on the lips and gums, or a skin tone with a slight redness.

لَعْسَاءadjective

1.
dark reddish (lips/skin)classical
Describing lips or skin that have a pleasing dark hue, often with a touch of redness.

أَلْعَسadjective

1.
dark reddish (body)classical
Describing a person whose entire body has a dark reddish complexion, not just the lips.
2.
dark reddish (plant)classical
Describing plants that are dense and dark, appearing almost black.

لَعْسnoun

1.
darkness with rednessclassical
A color that is dark with a tinge of red, applied to lips or skin.

لُعْسَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A name of a place.

أَلْعَسname

1.
place nameclassical
A name of a place.

لَعَسَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A name of a place.

مُلْتَعِسadjective

1.
voracious eaterclassical
A man who eats intensely and greedily.

لَعُوسnoun

1.
wolfclassical
A wolf, named from the root's meaning of biting.
2.
greedy personclassical
A person who is quick and eager in eating or other activities, like a greedy person.

لَعُوسadjective

1.
greedyclassical
Describing someone who is quick and eager in eating or other activities, like a greedy person.

مَلْعُوسadjective

1.
rarely cooked meatclassical
Meat that is red and not fully cooked.

Parallel reading

يقال: لعسني لعسا، أي عضني

It is said: 'He bit me a bite,' meaning, 'He bit me.'

واللعس، بالتحريك: سواد مستحسن في الشفة واللثة

And 'al-'as' (with vowel movement) is a pleasing darkness on the lip and gums.

واللعس: لون الشفة إذا كانت تضرب إلى السواد قليلا، وذلك مما يستملح

And 'al-'as' is the color of the lip when it tends slightly towards black, which is considered attractive.

يقال: شفة لعساء

It is said: 'a dark reddish lip.'

وقيل: اللعس: سواد في حمرة

And it was said: 'al-'as' is blackness with redness.

لمياء في شفتيها حوة لعس ... وفي اللثات وفي أنيابها شنب

Lamya has on her lips a dark reddish heat... and on her gums and teeth, whiteness.

والنعت ألعس، وهي لعساء، من فتية ونسوة لعس، في شفاههم سواد

And the adjective is 'al-'as' (masculine), and she is 'lasa'' (feminine), from youths and women who are 'las', with darkness on their lips.

وبشر مع البياض ألعسا

And a complexion with whiteness, dark reddish.

أنه رأى فتية لعسا، فسأل عنهم

That he saw dark reddish youths and asked about them.

إنما أراد لعس ألوانهم أي سوادها

He only intended the dark reddishness of their complexions, meaning their blackness.

والعرب تقول: جارية لعساء، إذا كان في لونها أدنى سواد مشربة بالحمرة ليست بالناصعة

And the Arabs say: 'a dark reddish girl,' if her color has a slight blackness mixed with redness, not pure white.

وربما قالوا: نبات ألعس، أي كثير كثيف، لأنه حينئذ يضرب إلى السواد

And sometimes they say: 'dense dark plants,' meaning abundant and thick, because it then tends towards blackness.

وما ذقت لعوسا، أي شيئا

And I did not taste 'la'usan', meaning, anything.

فلا تنكروني إنني أنا جاركم ... عشية حل الحي غولا فألعسا

So do not deny me, for I am your neighbor... on the evening the tribe settled in Ghawl and Al-'Asa.

وماء هتكت الليل عنه ولم ترد ... روايا الفراخ والذئاب اللعاوس

And water that I uncovered at night, and the watering camels of the chicks and the dark reddish wolves did not reach it.

واللعوس: الرجل الخفيف في الأكل وغيره، كأنه الشره الحريص

And 'al-'aws' is the man who is quick in eating and other things, like a greedy, eager person.

لحم ملعوس: أحمر لم ينضج

Cooked meat 'mal'us': red and not cooked.