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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of involuntary muscle twitch or spasm, particularly in the shoulder. It is a rare term with limited usage and discussion in classical Arabic lexicography.

Derived headwords

اللِّبَمُnoun

1.
shoulder twitchclassical
An involuntary twitching or spasm of the shoulder muscle.

اختلاج الكتفother

1.
shoulder twitchclassical
The involuntary twitching or spasm of the shoulder.

اختلاج الكفother

1.
hand twitchclassical
The involuntary twitching or spasm of the hand.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري

Al-Jawhari neglected it.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو اختلاج الكتف

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: it is a shoulder twitch.

وليس في نوادره

And it is not in his rare works.

ضبطه بالتحريك

He vocalized it with a kasra.

وإنما هو بالفتح

But it is actually with a fatha.

ووقع في بعض النسخ: اختلاج الكف

And in some copies, it occurred as: hand twitch.

والأولى الصواب

And the first is the correct one.