Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لسد لسن لص


لَسَنٌ

لَسَنٌ Chasteness, or perspicuity, or clearness, of speech, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and eloquence; (Mṣb;) i. q. بَيَانٌ: or, as some say, the quality of speaking well: and chasteness, or perspicuity, or eloquence, of speech, and sharpness of tongue. (TA.)


لِسَانٌ

لِسَانٌ of a sandal, The thing (هَنَة) projecting in the fore part thereof. (TA.) See مِسْرَدٌ.

Root: لسن - Entry: لِسَانٌ Signification: A2

لِسَانٌ The tongue [or cock] of a balance: see مِنْجَمٌ in the Ṣ and Ḳ.

Root: لسن - Entry: لِسَانٌ Signification: A3

لِسَانٌ In formation, news, or tidings; syn. خَبَرٌ. (Ṣ in art. علو.) See a verse cited voce عُلْوٌ.


تَلَسُّنٌ

تَلَسُّنٌ: see خَلِيَّةٌ, voce خَلِىٌّ


مُلَسَّنٌ / مُلَسَّنَةٌ

مُلَسَّنٌ, (Ṣ,) or with ة {مُلَسَّنَةٌ}, (Ḳ,) A sandal long and slender, like the form of the tongue: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or having the extremity of its fore part like the extremity of the tongue. (TA.)


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