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ل م ط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of agitation, disturbance, and forceful taking. It also encompasses geographical names and a specific historical account related to tribal origins and practices.

Derived headwords

اللَّمَطnoun
  1. 1.
    agitation, disturbanceclassical

    The state of being agitated or disturbed, a commotion.

  2. 2.
    stabbing, thrustingclassical

    An act of stabbing or thrusting, a piercing action.

لمطةname
  1. 1.
    Lamṭa (place name)classical

    A place name, specifically an area belonging to a tribe among the Berbers, located in the far west of the Greater Sahara. It is associated with the production of shields.

لمطname
  1. 1.
    Lamṭ (people name)classical

    The name of a nation or a group of people, possibly among the Berbers, who were originally from Palestine and settled in the Maghreb.

التمطnoun
  1. 1.
    taking away, appropriationclassical

    The act of someone taking away or appropriating another person's right or property.

Parallel reading

وقال غيره: اللمط: الطعن.
And others said: Al-lamaṭ: is stabbing.
والصواب من البربر بأقصى المغرب من البر الأعظم، ينسب إليها الدرق، لأنهم فيما زعم ابن مروان يصطادون الوحش وينقعون الجلود في اللبن الحليب سنة كاملة فيعملونها دروقا، فينبو عنها السيف القاطع.
And the correct origin is from the Berbers in the farthest west of the Greater Sahara, to which shields are attributed, because, as Ibn Marwan claimed, they hunt wild animals and soak the hides in fresh milk for a full year, then they make them into shields, so that the sharp sword bounces off them.
أو لمط: اسم أمة من الأمم قاله الخارزنجي، وأنشد: لو كنت من نوبة أو من لمط
Or Lamṭ: the name of a nation among nations, said Al-Khawarizmi, and he recited: If you were from Nubia or from Lamṭ
والصحيح أنها من البربر، وهي عدة قبائل أخرجت من فلسطين، ونزلت بالمغرب، وتناسلت فسميت بهم الأماكن التي نزلوها
And the correct view is that they are from the Berbers, and they are several tribes who were expelled from Palestine, settled in the Maghreb, and multiplied, so the places they settled were named after them.
ولمط هذا تزوج العرجاء أم صنهاج، فأولد منها لمطا الأصغر، فهما أخوان لأم.
And this Lamṭ married Al-ʿArjāʾ, the mother of Ṣinnāhāj, and she bore him the younger Lamṭ, so they are uterine brothers.
وقال أبو زيد: التمط فلان بحقي، إذا ذهب به نقله، الصاغاني عن أبي زيد.
And Abu Zayd said: Faulān tamatta bi-ḥaqqī, if he took it away and moved it. Al-Ṣāghānī narrated from Abu Zayd.