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لعص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to difficulty, hardship, and excessive consumption. It describes something being arduous or difficult, and also refers to greediness in eating and drinking.

Derived headwords

اللَّعَصُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardshipclassical

    A state of difficulty or arduousness.

  2. 2.
    Greedinessclassical

    Excessive eagerness or greed in eating and drinking.

لَعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    To be difficultclassical

    To present difficulty or hardship.

  2. 2.
    To be greedyclassical

    To be excessively eager or greedy in eating and drinking.

لَعَصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Difficultyclassical

    The state or quality of being difficult or arduous.

  2. 2.
    Greedinessclassical

    Excessive desire or consumption in eating and drinking.

لَعِصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Greedyclassical

    Characterized by excessive greed in eating and drinking.

تَلَعَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    To become difficultclassical

    To become arduous or difficult.

  2. 2.
    To be greedyclassical

    To exhibit greediness in eating and drinking.

Parallel reading

هو العسر
It is hardship.
وقد لعص علينا لعصا
And it became difficult for us with difficulty.
قيل: هو النهم في الأكل والشرب جميعا
It is said: It is greediness in eating and drinking altogether.
وهو لعص، ككتف
And he is greedy, like 'katif'.
وقد لعص لعصا
And he was greedy with greediness.
وتلعص فلان علينا
And so-and-so became difficult for us.
إذا تعسر
If it became difficult.
وكذلك لعص
And likewise he was greedy.
وتلعص أيضا، إذا نهم في أكل وشرب
And he was also greedy, if he was greedy in eating and drinking.