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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe intense eating or speaking. It is primarily associated with the act of consuming food voraciously or engaging in forceful, possibly aggressive, speech.

Derived headwords

اللغذميadjective
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    Describing someone who eats with great intensity and appetite.

المتلغذمadjective
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    An intensifier for someone who eats with extreme voracity.

تلغذمverb
  1. 1.
    to eat voraciouslyclassical

    To consume food with great intensity and speed.

  2. 2.
    to speak intenselyclassical

    To speak forcefully or with great intensity, possibly aggressively.

Parallel reading

اللغذمي، بالمعجمتين والمتلغذم
Al-laghadhmi, with the two ghayns and al-mutalghadhim
وهما (الشديد الأكل)
And they (referring to the terms) mean (the intense eater)
تلغذم الرجل: اشتد كلامه
The man spoke intensely: his speech became forceful.