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ل ح ط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of sprinkling or washing with water, often in the context of cleaning or preparing something. It also extends to the meaning of being angry or agitated.

Derived headwords

اللَّحْطnoun
  1. 1.
    sprinklingclassical

    The act of sprinkling or washing with water.

  2. 2.
    pushingclassical

    An act of pushing or shoving.

لَحَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to sprinkleclassical

    To sprinkle or wash something with water, often for cleaning.

  2. 2.
    to pushclassical

    To push or shove.

لاحِطnoun
  1. 1.
    sprinklerclassical

    One who sprinkles or washes a door and cleans it.

تَحَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become angryclassical

    To become angry or agitated.

Parallel reading

هو كالمنع: الرش بالماء
It is like preventing: sprinkling with water.
لحط باب داره، إذا رشه بالماء
He sprinkled his door with water, meaning he washed it with water.
واللاحط: الذي يرش باب داره وينظفه
And the sprinkler: is one who sprinkles his door and cleans it.
أنه مر بقوم لحطوا باب دارهم
That he passed by a people who had sprinkled their door.
أي كنسوه ورشوه بالماء
Meaning they swept it and sprinkled it with water.
واللحط: الزبن
And al-laḥṭ: is pushing.
التحط الرجل: غضب، كاحتلط
The man became angry: he was angry, like iḥtaṭala.