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ل ع ض

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of biting or taking something with the mouth, specifically in a Yamanite dialect. It also denotes a type of wild animal, the jackal, with variations in its name.

Derived headwords

لَعَضَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bite itclassical

    To take or bite something with the mouth.

تَنَاوَلَهُ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to take it with itclassical

    To grasp or take something with another part, specifically with the mouth or tongue.

اللِّعَوْضُnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalclassical

    A wild animal, identified as a jackal, according to Yamanite dialect.

العُلُوضُnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalclassical

    A wild animal, the jackal, used in the language of Himyar.

Parallel reading

لعضه بلسانه
He bit it with his tongue.
أي تناوله به
Meaning, he took it with it.
واللعوض، كجرول: ابن آوى، يمانية.
And al-li'awḍ, like jurawl: the jackal, a Yamanite word.
وقد سبق في ع ل ض أن العلوض كسنور. ابن آوى، بلغة حمير، واللعوض مقلوبة.
And it has preceded in 'a-l-ḍ that al-'ulūḍ, like sunnūr, is the jackal, in the language of Himyar, and al-li'awḍ is its inversion.