ل خ ف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking with force, particularly with a weapon, and also describes thin, light objects like foam or thin stones. It can also refer to specific types of food or a horse's name.

Derived headwords

اللخفnoun

1.
foamclassical
Thin, light foam, similar to froth.
2.
heavy blowclassical
A severe or heavy strike.

لخفهverb

1.
to strike heavilyboth
To strike someone or something with a heavy blow, especially with a stick or sword.

وقد لخفه بالعصا لخفا — And he struck him heavily with the stick.

لخفه بالسيف: إذا ضربه به ضربة شديدة رغيبة — He struck him with the sword: if he struck him with it a severe, abundant blow.

لخفاnoun

1.
heavy strikingclassical
The act of striking heavily, used as a verbal noun.

وقد لخفه بالعصا لخفا — And he struck him heavily with the stick.

اللخفةnoun

1.
anusclassical
The anus.
2.
markclassical
A brand or mark, likely a type of branding.
3.
thin stoneclassical
A thin, white stone.

لخفهverb

1.
to make wideclassical
To make something wide or spacious.
2.
to brandclassical
To mark or brand something.

ولخفه، كمنعه: أوسع وسمه كذا في العباب — And he made it wide and branded it, as mentioned in Al-Abab.

الوخيفةnoun

1.
type of foodclassical
A type of food, similar to Khazira and Sakhina, common among Arabs.

اللخيفةnoun

1.
type of foodclassical
A type of food, similar to Wakhifa and Khazira, common among Arabs.

الخزيرةnoun

1.
type of foodclassical
A type of food, similar to Wakhifa and Lakhifa, common among Arabs.

السخينةnoun

1.
type of foodclassical
A type of food, similar to Wakhifa, Lakhifa, and Khazira, common among Arabs.

اللخافnoun

1.
thin stonesclassical
Thin, white stones.

فجعلت أتتبعه من الرقاع واللخاف والعشب — And I began to follow it among the patches of ground, the thin stones, and the grass.

لخفverb

1.
to slap the eyeclassical
To slap or strike someone's eye.

لخف عينه: لطمها، عن ابن الأعرابي — He slapped his eye: he struck it, according to Ibn Al-A'rabi.

اللخافةnoun

1.
thin stoneclassical
A thin, sharp stone.

Parallel reading

اللخف مثل الرخف، هو: الزبد الرقيق نقله الجوهري.

Al-Lakhf is like Al-Rakhf, it is: the thin foam, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

وقال أبو عبيد عن أبي عمر و: اللخف: الضرب الشديد.

And Abu Ubaid said, from Abu Amr: Al-Lakhf: the heavy blow.

وقد لخفه بالعصا لخفا: إذا ضربه بها

And he struck him heavily with the stick, a severe striking: if he struck him with it.

وفي الحراكيك بخدب جزل لخف كأشداق القلاص الهزل

And in the joints of the strong camel's hump, a striking like the mouths of the lean young camels.

وقال ابن فارس: لخفه بالسيف: إذا ضربه به ضربة شديدة رغيبة.

And Ibn Faris said: He struck him with the sword: if he struck him with it a severe, abundant blow.

وقال ابن عباد: اللخفة بهاء: الإست.

And Ibn Abbad said: Al-Lakhfah (referring to the anus): the anus.

قال: واللخفة: سمة.

He said: And Al-Lakhfah: a brand.

ولخفه، كمنعه: أوسع وسمه كذا في العباب.

And he made it wide and branded it, as mentioned in Al-Abab.

وقال السلمي: الوخيفة، واللخيفة والخزيرة واحد، وكذلك السخينة، كلها من أطعمة العرب.

And Al-Sulami said: Al-Wakhifah, Al-Lakhifah, and Al-Khazira are one, as is Al-Sakhinah; all of them are from the foods of the Arabs.

وقال الأصمعي: اللخاف، ككتاب: حجارة بيض رقاق واحدها لخفة بالفتح

And Al-Asma'i said: Al-Lakhhaf, like Kitab: thin white stones, the singular of which is Lakhfah (with Fath).

فجعلت أتتبعه من الرقاع واللخاف والعشب.

And I began to follow it among the patches of ground, the thin stones, and the grass.

وكأمير، أو زبير: فرس للنبي صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم

And like Ameer, or Zubair: a horse of the Prophet, may God's blessings and peace be upon him.

لخف عينه: لطمها، عن ابن الأعرابي.

He slapped his eye: he struck it, according to Ibn Al-A'rabi.

واللخافة، بالكسر: حجرة رقيقة محددة.

And Al-Lakhāfah (with Kasr): a thin, sharp stone.