ل وس

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of tasting, savoring, or consuming food, often with a focus on the physical sensation or the act of eating small amounts. It extends to the idea of obtaining or reaching something, and also refers to food itself or those who are strong.

Derived headwords

اللوسnoun

1.
tastingboth
The act of following after sweets and other things to eat them.
2.
tasteboth
The sensation of flavor.
3.
small amount of foodclassical
A small quantity of food.
4.
strong onesclassical
A plural referring to strong individuals.

لاسverb

1.
to tasteboth
To taste something, often by moving it around in the mouth with the tongue.
2.
to pursue foodclassical
To seek out and eat sweets or other edibles.

لوساnoun

1.
tastingboth
The act of tasting or savoring.

لائسadjective

1.
tasterboth
One who tastes or seeks out food.

لؤوسadjective

1.
tasterclassical
One who tastes or seeks out food, often implying a strong inclination towards it.

لواسadjective

1.
tasterclassical
One who tastes or seeks out food.

ألوسadjective

1.
tasterclassical
One who tastes or seeks out food.
2.
one who eats littleclassical
A person who consumes small amounts of food.

لوسnoun

1.
tastersclassical
A plural of 'la'is', referring to those who taste.

لستهverb

1.
to move in mouthclassical
To move something around in the mouth with the tongue.

اللوسnoun

1.
small amount of foodclassical
A small quantity of food.

اللواسةnoun

1.
mouthfulclassical
A mouthful of food, or even less than that.

لؤوساnoun

1.
tastingclassical
A tasting or the act of tasting.

لواساnoun

1.
tastingclassical
A tasting or the act of tasting.

ألوسadjective

1.
strongclassical
Referring to strong individuals.

لستverb

1.
to beclassical
A form of the verb 'to be', used in the first person singular past tense.

لسناverb

1.
to beclassical
A form of the verb 'to be', used in the first person plural past tense.

Parallel reading

تتبع الإنسان الحلاوات وغيرها ليأكلها

A person follows after sweets and other things to eat them.

يقال: لاس يلس لوسا

It is said: 'las' he 'yalus' 'lousan'.

فهو لئس ولؤوس، على فعول

So he is 'la'is' and 'lu'us', following the pattern 'fu'ul'.

ولواس، كشداد

And 'luwwas', like 'shaddad'.

وألوس

And 'alwas'.

وجمع اللائس: لوس، كبازل وبزل

And the plural of 'la'is' is 'luws', like 'bazil' and 'buzl'.

وقيل: اللوس: الذوق

And it is said: 'Al-luws' means tasting.

وقال ابن دريد: اللوس: إدارة الشيء في الفم باللسان

And Ibn Duraid said: 'Al-luws' is moving a thing in the mouth with the tongue.

وقد لسته لوسا

And I moved it in my mouth with my tongue, 'lousan'.

واللوس، بالضم: الطعام القليل

And 'Al-luws', with damma, means a small amount of food.

واللواسة، بالضم: اللقمة، عن ابن فارس، أو أقل منها

And 'Al-luwwasa', with damma, means a mouthful, according to Ibn Faris, or less than that.

ويقال: ما ذقت عنده لؤوسا كصبور ولا لواسا، كسحاب، أي ذواقا

And it is said: 'I did not taste from him 'lu'usan' like 'subur' nor 'luwwasan' like 'suhab', meaning a taster.

ما ذاق علوسا ولا لؤوسا، وما لسنا عندهم لواسا

'He did not taste 'alwusan' nor 'lu'usan', and we did not taste from them 'luwwasan'.

واللوس: الأكل القليل

And 'Al-luws' means eating a little.

ورجل ألوس

And a man is 'alwas'.

ولا! يلوس كذا، أي لا يناله

And 'No! 'yalus' such and such', meaning he does not attain it.

واللوس، بالضم: الأشداء، هنا ذكره صاحب اللسان، وهو جمع أليس

And 'Al-luws', with damma, means the strong ones; the author of Al-Lisan mentioned it here, and it is the plural of 'alys'.

وبنو ضبة يقولون: لست ولسنا، بمعنى الفتح

And the Banu Dhabbah say: 'lastu' and 'lasna', with the meaning of the fatha.

وبعضهم يقول: لست، بالكسر، كما سيأتي

And some of them say: 'lastu', with the kasra, as will be mentioned later.