لحي

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of peeling, stripping, or scraping something off, particularly bark or skin. It extends to the idea of removing flesh or meat from bone, and metaphorically, to the process of being stripped or flayed.

Derived headwords

أَلْحَىverb

1.
to peel offboth
To strip or peel something off, like bark from a tree.

لَحَاverb

1.
to peelboth
To peel the bark off a tree or the skin off something.

لَحْواًnoun

1.
peelingclassical
The act of peeling or stripping something off.

لَحَا (الشجرة)verb

1.
to peel the barkboth
Specifically, to peel the bark off a tree.

لَحَوْتُ (العصا)verb

1.
to peelboth
To peel the bark off a stick or staff.

لَحِيَهاverb

1.
to peel itboth
To peel or strip the bark off it (referring to a stick or staff).

تَلَحَّاهَاverb

1.
to peel itboth
To peel or strip it (referring to a stick or staff).

تَلَحَّىverb

1.
to be peeledboth
To be stripped or peeled, often used in a passive sense.

فَالْتَلَحُوا كَمَا يُلْتَحَى الْقَضِيبُ — So be peeled like a twig is peeled.

الْتَحَىverb

1.
to be peeledboth
To be stripped or peeled, often used in a passive sense.

الْتَحَى جِرَانُ الْبَعِيرِverb

1.
the camel's throat was scrapedclassical
The throat of a camel was scraped or gouged out, likely for making a strap or rope.

Parallel reading

ته {ألحاه} لحوا وهي نادرة وسيأتي.

It is peeled (ألحاه) with peeling (لحوا), and this is rare and will come later.

لحا (الشجرة) لحوا: (قشرها)

To peel (a tree) with peeling (لحوا): to strip its bark.

لحوت العصا ولحيتها: قشرتها

I peeled the stick and I peeled it: I stripped its bark.

كالتحاها

like it was peeled.

فَالْتَلَحُوا كَمَا يُلْتَحَى الْقَضِيبُ

So be peeled like a twig is peeled.

التحى جران البعير: إذا قور منه سيرا للسوط

The camel's throat was scraped: if flesh was gouged from it for a whip strap.