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لوص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of licking, tasting, or taking something with the tongue or fingertips. It extends to meanings of deception, slander, and causing harm or annoyance. It also includes derived terms for specific foods, deceptive individuals, and even a place name.

Derived headwords

لَمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to lickboth

    To take something, like honey or similar substances, with the tongue or fingertips.

  2. 2.
    to take with fingertipsclassical

    To take a thing by its edge with a fingertip and lick it.

  3. 3.
    to pinchclassical

    To pinch someone and cause them pain or annoyance.

  4. 4.
    to slanderclassical

    To speak ill of someone behind their back.

  5. 5.
    to imitate and criticizeclassical

    To imitate someone's actions or speech in order to mock or criticize them.

لَمْصnoun
  1. 1.
    lickingboth

    The act of licking or taking something with the tongue or fingertips.

  2. 2.
    slanderclassical

    The act of speaking ill of someone.

لَمَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of foodclassical

    A food item resembling faloodh, sold in Basra, which children eat with date syrup. It lacks sweetness.

لَمُوصadjective
  1. 1.
    deceitfulclassical

    Characterized by deception and untrustworthiness.

  2. 2.
    slandererclassical

    One who speaks ill of others.

  3. 3.
    talebearerclassical

    One who spreads gossip or rumors.

  4. 4.
    deviousclassical

    One who is cunning and manipulative, often through falsehoods and gossip.

المَلْمُوصadjective
  1. 1.
    deceptiveclassical

    One who is characterized by deceit.

أَلْمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to become edible/grazableclassical

    Said of trees, meaning they have become accessible for grazing or consumption.

  2. 2.
    to ripenclassical

    Said of grapevines, meaning their grapes have become soft and ripe.

إِلْمَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    grazingclassical

    The act of trees becoming suitable for grazing.

  2. 2.
    ripeningclassical

    The process of grapevines becoming ripe.

اللَّامِصnoun
  1. 1.
    vineyard keeperclassical

    One who guards or tends to a vineyard.

تَلْمَصname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A specific location mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

أو هو شيء يشبهه، ولا حلاوة له، يباع كالفالوذ بالبصرة، يأكله الصبي بالدبس
Or it is something similar to it, which has no sweetness, sold like faloodh in Basra, which a child eats with date syrup.
ولمص اللمص: أكله، عن الفراء، وضبطه الصاغاني بالتشديد.
And 'lamasa al-lamasa': eating it, according to Al-Farra', and Al-Sagani vocalized it with shadda.
لمص الشيء لمصا: أخذه بطرف إصبعه فلطعه، ونص ابن القطاع فلعقه، العسل وشبهه.
Lamasa the thing lamasan: to take it with the tip of your finger and lick it; Ibn Al-Qatta' specified 'to lick it', like honey and similar things.
لمص فلانا، إذا قرصه وآذاه، وقيل: لمزه، وقيل: اغتابه.
Lamasa fulanan, if he pinched him and harmed him; and it was said: he insulted him; and it was said: he slandered him.
الكذاب اللموص
The deceitful liar.
مخالف عهد الكذوب اللموص
Violating the covenant of the deceitful, the liar.
وقد لمص يلمص لمصا.
And he slandered, he slanders, with slander.
وألمص الشجر إلماصا: أمكن أن يلمص، نقله الصاغاني، أي يرعى.
And the trees became almasan: they became able to be licked/grazed, as reported by Al-Sagani, meaning they could be grazed.
لمص فلان فلانا، إذا حاكاه وعابه أن الحكم بن أبي العاص كان خلف النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يلمصه، فالتفت إليه فقال: كن كذلك.
Lamasa fulan fulanan, if he imitated him and criticized him; it is narrated that Al-Hakam bin Abi Al-Aas was behind the Prophet, peace be upon him, imitating him, so he turned to him and said: Be like that.
ورجل لموص: مغتاب، وقيل: نمام، وقيل: هو ملتو من الكذب والنميمة.
And a man is lamus: a slanderer; and it is said: a talebearer; and it is said: he is devious from lying and talebearing.
وألمص الكرم: لان عنبه
And the vine almas: its grapes softened.
هل تذكر العهد في تلمص إذ تضرب لي قاعدا بها مثلا
Do you remember the covenant in Talmas when you used to sit with me there as an example?