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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of stripping meat from bones, implying a thorough and forceful removal. It extends to the concept of being large or great, often in a physical or imposing sense.

Derived headwords

لَعَظَمَverb

1.
to strip meat from boneclassical
To remove the flesh from a bone completely, often by gnawing or tearing.

لَعْمَظَverb

1.
to strip meat from boneclassical
An alternative verb for stripping meat from a bone, mentioned as being on the 'heart' (core meaning) of the root.

Parallel reading

لعظمت اللحم: انتهسته عن العظم

He stripped the meat from the bone: he gnawed it off the bone.

وهو على القلب

And it is on the heart (i.e., the core meaning).

أورده الجوهري في لعمظ

Al-Jawhari mentioned it under (the root) لعمظ.

كذا في اللسان

Thus it is in Al-Lisān.