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Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of things fitting tightly together, adhering, or interlocking. It extends to the idea of administering medicine, and also describes specific types of animals and people with certain characteristics.

Derived headwords

لَحَكَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُ لَحْكًاverb

1.
to administer medicineclassical
To give medicine to someone, often by force or in a way that requires them to swallow it.

لَحَكَ، كَمَنَعَverb

1.
to adhere tightlyboth
To stick or adhere closely to something, indicating a strong bond or fit.

لَحْكًاnoun

1.
adherenceclassical
The act or state of adhering or sticking closely to something.
2.
administration of medicineclassical
The act of giving medicine, particularly in a forceful manner.

لَاحَكَverb

1.
to fit together tightlyboth
To interlock or fit closely with something else, implying a snug or tight connection.

تَلَاحَكَverb

1.
to fit togetherboth
To fit or join together closely, often used for things that interlock or are well-suited.

ودأيا تلاحك مثل الفؤو ... س لاءم منها السليل الفقارا — And two camels that fit together like the two halves of a heart, from which the young camel's spine was fitted to the vertebrae.

لُوحِكَverb

1.
to be interlockedboth
To be fitted or joined together closely, often passively.

لوحك فقار ظهره: إذا دخل بعضها في بعض — The vertebrae of his back were interlocked: meaning some of them entered into others.

تَلَاوُحِكَverb

1.
to fit togetherclassical
To fit or join together closely, similar to تلاحك.

المُلَاحَكَةnoun

1.
tight fittingboth
The state of being tightly fitted or closely joined together.
2.
strong suitabilityclassical
A strong degree of suitability or harmony between things.

الملاحكة: شدة الملاءمة، أي لإضاءة وجهه صلى الله عليه وسلم يرى شخص الجدر في وجهه، فكأنها قد داخلت وجهه — The tight fitting: the intensity of suitability, meaning due to the radiance of his face, peace be upon him, the image of the walls was seen on his face, as if they had entered his face.

اللَّحْكُ (ككتف)noun

1.
slow personclassical
A man who is slow to descend or dismount.

لَحَكَ العَسَلَ، كَسَمِعَverb

1.
to lick honeyclassical
To lick honey, implying tasting or consuming it slowly.

لحك العسل، كسمع: لعقه — To lick honey, as in 'samia': to lick it.

اللَّحْكَاءُ (كالغلواء)adjective

1.
blueclassical
Describing a blue color, possibly referring to the creature mentioned.

اللَّحْكَةُ (كهَمْزَة)noun

1.
small lizard-like creatureclassical
A small, blue, shimmering creature resembling a lizard but without a long tail and with hidden legs.

المُتَلَاحِكَةُadjective

1.
strongly builtclassical
Describing a she-camel that is strongly built or robust.

المَلَاحِكُnoun

1.
narrow passesclassical
Narrow or constricted places, such as mountain passes or other tight spots.

أَلْحَكَهُ العَسَلَverb

1.
to make him lick honeyclassical
To cause someone to lick honey, implying giving it to them to taste.

ألحكه العسل: ألعقه، عن ابن الأعرابي — To make him lick honey: to give it to him to lick, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

مُتَلَاحِكٌadjective

1.
interlockingboth
Intertwined or fitted together closely.

شيء متلاحك: متداخل بعضه في بعض — Something interlocking: one part entering into another.

مُسْتَلْحِكٌadjective

1.
stubborn in angerclassical
Someone who is persistent or unyielding in their anger.

رجل مستلحك ومتلاحك في الغضب: مستمر فيه — A man مستلحك and متلاحك in anger: persistent in it.

Parallel reading

أوجره الدواء.

He administered the medicine to him.

لحك بالشيء لحكا: شد التئامه

He adhered to the thing tightly: its joining was strong.

يقال لوحك فقار ظهره: إذا دخل بعضها في بعض.

It is said his vertebrae were interlocked: meaning some of them entered into others.

وملاحكة البنيان ونحوه، وتلاحكه: تلاؤمه

And the fitting together of a building and the like, and its interlocking: its suitability.

إذا سر فكأن وجهه المرآة، وكأن الجدر تلاحك وجهه الملاحكة

When he was pleased, it was as if his face was a mirror, and as if the walls were fitting tightly to his face.

الملاحكة: شدة الملاءمة، أي لإضاءة وجهه صلى الله عليه وسلم يرى شخص الجدر في وجهه، فكأنها قد داخلت وجهه.

The tight fitting: the intensity of suitability, meaning due to the radiance of his face, peace be upon him, the image of the walls was seen on his face, as if they had entered his face.

واللحك، ككتف: الرجل البطيء الإنزال

And al-Luhk, like 'kutuf': the man slow to descend.

لحك العسل، كسمع: لعقه.

He licked the honey, as in 'samia': he licked it.

دويبة زرقاء تبرق تشبه العظاءة وليس لها ذنب طويل كذنب العظاءة، وقوائمها خفية

A blue, shimmering small creature resembling a lizard, but it has no long tail like a lizard's, and its legs are hidden.

المتلاحكة: الناقة الشديدة الخلق

Al-Mutalāḥikah: the strongly built she-camel.

والملاحك: المضايق من الجبال وغيرها

And al-Malāḥik: the narrow passes of mountains and other places.

وشيء متلاحك: متداخل بعضه في بعض

And something interlocking: one part entering into another.

رجل مستلحك ومتلاحك في الغضب: مستمر فيه.

A man مستلحك and متلاحك in anger: persistent in it.