Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لغز لغط لغم


1. ⇒ لغط

لَغَطَ, aor. ـَ {يَلْغَطُ}, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. لَغْطٌ (Ṣ, Mṣb, TA) and لَغَطٌ, (TA,) or the latter is a simple subst., (Mṣb,) and لِغَاطٌ; (Ṣ, TA;) andلغّط↓; (Ḳ;) andالغط↓, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. اِلْغَاطٌ; (Ṣ, Mgh;) He spoke clamorously, confusedly, and indistinctly: (Mṣb:) or, said of a number of men, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) they uttered a sound, noise, or cry; and a clamour, confused noise, or mixture of voices or cries: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or they uttered indistinct, and unintelligible sounds or noises or cries. (Mgh, Ḳ.) And لَغَطَ, aor. ـَ {يَلْغَطُ}, inf. n. لَغْطٌ and لَغِيطٌ, is said of the pigeon, and of the [bird called] قَطَا, [meaning, It uttered its cry, or cries;] (Ḳ;) or of each of these you say, لَغَطَ بِصَوْتِهِ, andالغط↓. (TA.) [Hence,] أَتَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ لَغِيطِ القَطَا, and لَغْطِهِ, [I came to him before the crying of the katà,] meaning, early in the morning. (TA.) [See also لَاغِطٌ.]


2. ⇒ لغّط


4. ⇒ الغط

see 1, in two places.

Root: لغط - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

الغط لَبَنَهُ, (L, Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (L,) He threw heated stones into his milk, and so caused it to make the sound termed نَشِيش. (L, Ḳ.)


لَغْطٌ

لَغْطٌ: see what next follows.


لَغَطٌ

لَغَطٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) andلَغْطٌ↓ (Ks, Ḳ) Clamorous, confused, and indistinct, speech: (Mṣb:) or sound, noise, or cry; and clamour, confused noise, or a mixture of voices or cries: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or indistinct and unintelligible sounds or noises or cries: (Mgh, Ḳ:) pl. أَلْغَاطٌ, (Ḳ,) of the latter as well as of the former. (TA.) You say, سَمِعْتُ لَغَظَ القَوْمِ [I heard the clamorous, and confused, and indistinct speech, &c., of the people, or company of men]. (TA.)


لَاغِطٌ

لَاغِطٌ [part. n. of 1]. You say, أَتَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ القَطَا اللَّاغِطِ [I came to him before the crying katà], meaning, early in the morning: pl. لُغَّطٌ. (TA.) [See also 1.]


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