لحن

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root لحن (laḥana) primarily concerns melody, song, and musicality. It extends to encompass language, dialect, and the way one speaks. Furthermore, it denotes error, particularly in pronunciation or grammar, and also implies understanding, subtlety, and indirect communication through hints or allusions.

Derived headwords

اللَّحْنnoun

1.
melodyboth
Melody is a structured arrangement of sounds that is pleasing and evokes emotion, often associated with singing and music.
2.
languageclassical
Language refers to the specific dialect or way of speaking of a particular group of people, as in the language of the Quran or a specific tribe.
3.
errorboth
An error is a mistake or deviation from correctness, especially in recitation, pronunciation, or grammatical inflection.
4.
subtletyboth
Subtlety refers to a nuanced meaning or indirect communication, an allusion or hint that is understood by the intended recipient.
5.
inclinationclassical
Inclination signifies a tendency, preference, or leaning towards something.

اللحن من الأصوات المصوغة الموضوعة — Melody is composed, structured sounds.

تعلموا اللحن في القرآن — Learn the language of the Quran.

أَلْحَانnoun

1.
melodiesboth
Plural of melody, referring to various musical tunes or songs.
2.
songsboth
A collection of different songs or musical pieces.

ج ألحان ولحون — Plural of laḥn, melodies and tunes.

لُحُونnoun

1.
melodiesboth
Plural of melody, referring to various musical tunes or songs.
2.
songsboth
A collection of different songs or musical pieces.

ج ألحان ولحون — Plural of laḥn, melodies and tunes.

لَحَّنَverb

1.
to sing melodiouslyboth
To sing with melody, to chant or warble in a musical manner.
2.
to errboth
To make a mistake, particularly in grammar or pronunciation.
3.
to hintboth
To communicate indirectly through allusion or suggestion.
4.
to understandboth
To comprehend or grasp a subtle meaning or implication.

ولحن في قراءته تلحينا: طرب فيها وغرد بألحان — He sang melodiously in his recitation, delighting in it and warbling with tunes.

تَلْحِينnoun

1.
singing melodiouslyboth
The act of singing with melody, chanting, or warbling.
2.
making an errorboth
The act of making a mistake, especially in grammar or pronunciation.
3.
allusionboth
The act of hinting or communicating indirectly.

ولحن في قراءته تلحينا: طرب فيها وغرد بألحان — He sang melodiously in his recitation, delighting in it and warbling with tunes.

مَلَاحِنnoun

1.
melodiesclassical
Tunes or melodies, often referring to specific styles or choices of songs.
2.
musical stylesclassical
Different kinds or patterns of music.

ملاحن العود: ضروب دستاناته — The musical styles of the oud: its various tunes.

لَحَّانadjective

1.
prone to errorboth
One who frequently makes mistakes, especially in speech or grammar.
2.
subtleclassical
One who is skilled in subtle communication or indirect speech.

لَحَّانَةnoun

1.
prone to errorboth
A person who frequently makes mistakes, especially in speech or grammar.
2.
subtletyclassical
Skill in subtle communication or indirect speech.

لَحْنَةnoun

1.
one who errsboth
A person who makes mistakes, particularly in grammar or pronunciation.
2.
one who is subtleboth
A person who frequently makes mistakes in speech, often implying a subtle or clever error.

وكان القاسم رجلا لحنة — And Al-Qasim was a man prone to error (or subtle).

لَحَنَverb

1.
to deviate from correct speechclassical
To stray from proper pronunciation or grammatical correctness.
2.
to be subtleclassical
To communicate indirectly or with hidden meaning.

لَاحَنَverb

1.
to be subtle withboth
To communicate indirectly or with hidden meaning to someone.
2.
to be perceptive ofboth
To understand or discern the subtle meanings or intentions of others.

عجبت لمن لاحن الناس ولاحنوه كيف لا يعرف جوامع الكلم — I am amazed by one who is subtle with people and with whom people are subtle, how they do not know the concise speech.

مُلَاحَنَةnoun

1.
subtletyboth
The act of communicating indirectly or with hidden meaning.
2.
mutual perceptionboth
The act of being subtle with each other or discerning each other's subtle meanings.

ملاحنة: فاطنهم؛ — Mutual subtlety: being perceptive of them.

أَلْحَنَverb

1.
to make understandboth
To cause someone to understand or comprehend something, especially a subtle meaning.
2.
to speak subtlyclassical
To communicate indirectly or with hidden meaning.

ألحنه القول: أفهمه إياه — He made the saying understandable to him: he made him comprehend it.

لَاحِنadjective

1.
perceptiveclassical
One who is perceptive of subtle meanings or consequences of speech.
2.
cleverclassical
One who is witty and understands the nuances of language.

ورجل لحن، ككتف: فطن ظريف — And a perceptive man, like kutuf: witty and clever.

لُحَانَةnoun

1.
prone to errorboth
A person who frequently makes mistakes, especially in speech or grammar.
2.
subtletyclassical
Skill in subtle communication or indirect speech.

لُحَانِيَةnoun

1.
prone to errorboth
A person who frequently makes mistakes, especially in speech or grammar.
2.
subtletyclassical
Skill in subtle communication or indirect speech.

لَحْنnoun

1.
melodyboth
Melody is a structured arrangement of sounds that is pleasing and evokes emotion, often associated with singing and music.
2.
languageclassical
Language refers to the specific dialect or way of speaking of a particular group of people, as in the language of the Quran or a specific tribe.
3.
errorboth
An error is a mistake or deviation from correctness, especially in recitation, pronunciation, or grammatical inflection.
4.
subtletyboth
Subtlety refers to a nuanced meaning or indirect communication, an allusion or hint that is understood by the intended recipient.
5.
inclinationclassical
Inclination signifies a tendency, preference, or leaning towards something.

اللحن من الأصوات المصوغة الموضوعة — Melody is composed, structured sounds.

تعلموا اللحن في القرآن — Learn the language of the Quran.

قَدَحٌ لَاحِنother

1.
cup with unclear soundclassical
A cup that does not produce a clear sound when liquid is poured from it.

قدح لاحن إذا لم يكن صافي الصوت عند الإفاضة — A non-melodious cup if it does not have a clear sound when pouring.

قَوْسٌ لَاحِنَةother

1.
twanging bowclassical
A bow that makes a twanging sound when its string is plucked or released.

وكذلك قوس لاحنة: إذا أنبضت — And likewise a twanging bow: if it makes a sound.

سَهْمٌ لَاحِنother

1.
non-humming arrowclassical
An arrow that does not hum or whistle when shot.

وسهم لاحن: إذا لم يكن حنانا عند النفيز — And a non-humming arrow: if it does not hum when shot.

التَّلْحِينnoun

1.
making melodiousclassical
The act of making something melodious or musical.
2.
making an errorclassical
The act of causing an error, especially in grammar.

والتلحين: اسم كالتمتين، والجمع التلاحين — And 'talḥīn': a noun like 'tamtīn', and the plural is 'talāḥīn'.

تَلَاحِينnoun

1.
melodious formsclassical
Various forms of making something melodious.
2.
errorsclassical
Various instances of making errors.

والتلحين: اسم كالتمتين، والجمع التلاحين — And 'talḥīn': a noun like 'tamtīn', and the plural is 'talāḥīn'.

Parallel reading

اللحن من الأصوات المصوغة الموضوعة

Melody is composed, structured sounds.

وهي التي يرجع فيها ويطرب؛

And it is that which is returned to and delights.

فؤادك مستجنا مطوقة على فنن تغنى يميل بها وتركبه بلحن

Your heart is enclosed, a dove on a branch singing, swaying with it and riding it with melody.

لا يعرف لحن هذا الشعر: أي لا يعرف كيف يغنيه؛

He does not know the melody of this poetry: meaning he does not know how to sing it.

هذا لحن معبد وألحانه وملاحنه لما مال إليه من الأغاني واختاره،

This is Ma'bad's melody, his tunes, and his musical styles, for what he inclined towards of songs and chose.

يرددان لحونا ذات ألوان

They repeat melodies of various kinds.

ولحن في قراءته تلحينا: طرب فيها وغرد بألحان.

And he sang melodiously in his recitation, delighting in it and warbling with tunes.

اللغة، بلغة بني كلاب؛

Language, according to the language of Banu Kilab.

تعلموا اللحن في القرآن، أي تعلموا كيف لغة العرب فيه الذين نزل القرآن بلغتهم؛

Learn the language of the Quran, meaning learn the Arabic language in it, the language in which the Quran was revealed.

وقوم لهم لحن سوى لحن قومنا وشكل،

And a people who have a language other than our language and form.

أتتني بلحن بعد لحن وأوقدت حوالي نيرانا تبوخ وتزهر

She came to me with one language after another, and lit fires around me that blazed and flourished.

هذا ليس من لحني ولا من لحن قومي، أي من نحوي وميلي الذي أميل إليه وأتكلم به، يعني لغته ولسنه؛

This is not from my language nor from the language of my people, meaning my grammar and my inclination which I lean towards and speak, meaning his language and his tongue.

تعلموا الفرائض والسنة واللحن.

Learn the obligations, the Sunnah, and the language.

أي لغة العرب في القرآن واعرفوا معانيه،

Meaning the language of the Arabs in the Quran and know its meanings.

أبي أقرؤنا وإنا لنرغب عن كثير من لحنه، أي من لغته

My father is our best reader, and we indeed desire to avoid much of his language, meaning his dialect.

العرم المسناة بلحن اليمن أي بلغتهم.

Al-'Aram is the dam built according to the dialect of Yemen, meaning their language.

وقد لحن الرجل: تكلم بلغته.

And the man spoke in his language: he spoke in his dialect.

الخطأ وترك الصواب في القراءة والنشيد ونحو ذلك.

Error and abandoning correctness in recitation, chanting, and the like.

هو ترك الإعراب، وبه فسر قول عمر، رضي الله تعالى عنه: تعلموا اللحن والفرائض.

It is abandoning grammatical inflection, and by this is explained the saying of Umar, may God be pleased with him: Learn the error and the obligations.

وهو يعلمني لحن الكلام

And he was teaching me the nuances of speech.

وإنما سماه لحنا لأنه إذا بصره بالصواب فقد بصره باللحن.

He only called it 'laḥn' because when he showed him the right, he showed him the error.

يريد به اللغو وهو الفاسد من الكلام؛

He means by it idle talk, which is corrupt speech.

وتلحن أحيانا وخير الحديث ما كان لحنا

And you make errors sometimes, and the best speech is that which has errors (in grammar).

مال عن صحيح المنطق.

He deviated from correct speech.

يخطىء؛

He makes mistakes.

خطأه في الكلام.

His error in speech.

من يلحن، أي يخطأ،

One who errs, meaning makes mistakes.

من يلحن الناس كثيرا

One who makes many people err.

وكان القاسم رجلا لحنة

And Al-Qasim was a man prone to error (or subtle).

التعريض والإيماء.

Allusion and indication.

قال له قولا يفهمه عنه ويخفى على غيره

He said something to him that he understood from him, but it was hidden from others.

ولقد لحنت لكم لكيما تفهموا

And indeed I alluded to you so that you might understand.

إذا انصرفتما فالحنا لي لحنا

When you both leave, hint to me with a hint.

أي أشيرا إلي ولا تفصحا وعرضا بما رأيتما،

Meaning, gesture to me and do not speak plainly, and allude to what you saw.

الميل؛ وقد لحن (إليه) إذا نواه و مال إليه،

Inclination; and he inclined towards it when he intended it and leaned towards it.

اللحن ما تلحن إليه بلسانك، أي تميل إليه بقولك.

Laḥn is what you incline towards with your tongue, meaning you lean towards it with your speech.

الفهم والفطنة؛ وقد ألحنه القول: إذا أفهمه إياه،

Understanding and perceptiveness; and he made the saying understandable to him: if he made him comprehend it.

ففهمه وفطن لما لم يفطن له غيره،

So he understood it and was perceptive of what others were not perceptive of.

العالم بعواقب الكلام

The one who knows the consequences of speech.

وهو بهذا المعنى ككتف وهو العالم بعواقب الأمور الظريف.

And in this meaning, he is like 'kutuf', meaning he is the witty one who knows the consequences of matters.

فطن لحجته وانتبه لها

He was perceptive of his argument and aware of it.

فاطنهم؛

He was perceptive of them.

عجبت لمن لاحن الناس ولاحنوه كيف لا يعرف جوامع الكلم

I am amazed by one who is subtle with people and with whom people are subtle, how they do not know the concise speech.

أي فاطنهم وفاطنوه وجادلهم؛

Meaning, he was perceptive of them and they were perceptive of him, and he debated with them.

تلاحن أو ترنو لقول الملاحن

She communicates subtly or looks towards the words of those who communicate subtly.

أي تكلم بمعنى كلام لا يفطن له ويخفى على الناس غيري.

Meaning, he spoke with a meaning that was not understood by others and was hidden from people except me.

في لحن القول

In the underlying meaning of the speech.

أي في فحواه ومعناه؛

Meaning in its content and meaning.

أي في نيته وما في ضميره.

Meaning in his intention and what is in his heart.

العنوان واللحن بمعنى واحد، وهو العلامة تشير بها إلى الإنسان ليفطن بها إلى غيره؛

The sign and the laḥn are one meaning, which is the sign by which you indicate to a person so that he may understand something else.

وتعرف في عنوانها بعض لحنها

And you recognize in her sign some of her subtle meaning.

هو ألحن الناس إذا كان أحسنهم قراءة أو غناء.

He is the most melodious of people if he is the best in recitation or singing.

ألحن في كلامه: أخطأ.

He made an error in his speech: he erred.

وهو ألحن من غيره: أي أعرف بالحجة وأفطن لها منه.

And he is more perceptive than another: meaning he knows the argument better and is more perceptive of it than him.

الفطنة، مصدر لحن، كفرح؛

Perceptiveness, the masdar of laḥana, like fariḥa.

الخطأ؛

Error.

الفطنة والخطأ سواء.

Perceptiveness and error are the same.

اللغة.

Language.

القرآن نزل بلحن قريش، أي بلغتهم؛

The Quran was revealed in the dialect of Quraish, meaning their language.

أراد غريب اللغة، فإن من لم يعرفه لم يعرف أكثر كتاب الله تعالى ومعانيه، ولم يعرف أكثر السنن.

He meant the obscure language, for whoever does not know it does not know most of the Book of God Almighty and its meanings, nor most of the Sunnahs.

إنه ظريف على أنه يلحن،

He is witty, although he makes errors.

أو ليس أظرف له؛

Or is it not more witty for him?

ذهب معاوية، رضي الله تعالى عنه، إلى اللحن الذي هو الفطنة بتحريك الحاء.

Mu'awiyah, may God be pleased with him, went to the meaning of 'laḥn' which is perceptiveness with a kasra on the ha.

إنما أراد اللحن ضد الإعراب؛

He only meant 'laḥn' as the opposite of grammatical inflection.

وهو يستملح في الكلام إذا قل، ويستثقل الإعراب والتشدق.

And it is considered pleasing in speech if it is little, while grammatical inflection and pretentiousness are considered heavy.

رجل لحن، ككتف: فطن ظريف؛

A perceptive man, like 'kutuf': witty and clever.

متعوذ لحن يعيد بكفه قلما على عسب ذبلن وبان

A witty amulet-wearer, repeating with his palm a pen on withered palm branches and trees.

قدح لاحن إذا لم يكن صافي الصوت عند الإفاضة.

A non-melodious cup if it does not have a clear sound when pouring.

وكذلك قوس لاحنة: إذا أنبضت.

And likewise a twanging bow: if it makes a sound.

وسهم لاحن: إذا لم يكن حنانا عند النفيز،

And a non-humming arrow: if it does not hum when shot.

والمعرب من جميع ذلك على ضده

And the grammatically correct form of all of that is the opposite of it.

ملاحن العود: ضروب دستاناته.

The musical styles of the oud: its various tunes.