Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لقف لقم لقن


1. ⇒ لقم

لَقِمَ لُقْمَةً, [aor. ـَ {يَلْقَمُ},] inf. n. لَقْمٌ, (JK, MṢ,) [He gobbled a gobbet, or morsel, or mouthful, or] he swallowed the gobbet; and soاِلْتَقَمَهَا↓. (Ṣ.) لَقِمَهُ, aor. ـَ {يَلْقَمُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ, &c.,) inf. n. لَقْمٌ, (JK, MA, Ḳ, MṢ, JM,) or لَقَمٌ (Mṣb, [app. a mistake,]) He gobbled it; i. e., ate it quickly, (Mṣb, Ḳ, TA,) as alsoاِلْتَقَمَهُ↓, (Mṣb, [see above,]) and hastily; drew it with his mouth, and ate it quickly. (TA)

Root: لقم - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

لَقِمَ بِيَدِهِ He put morsels into his mouth (i. e., his own mouth) with his hand. See an ex. voce رَقَعَ. This seems to be the primary signification.


2. ⇒ لقّم

لَقَّمَهُ الطَّعَامَ andأَلْقَمَهُ↓ إِيَّاهُ [He fed with the food by the mouthful; put it into his mouth by the mouthful]: (Mṣb:) or لَقَّمَهُ إِيَّاهُ andأَلْقَمَهُ↓ إِيَّاهُ he put a mouthful [of it] into his mouth. (TA.) And لَقَّمَهُ andأَلْقَمَهُ↓ [He fed him by the mouthful; put mouthfuls into his mouth]. (Ṣ.)


4. ⇒ القم

أَلْقَمَ He put morsels into the mouth of [such a one]. See 2.

Root: لقم - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

أَلْقَمْتُهُ الحَجَرَI silenced him in an altercation. (Mṣb.)

Root: لقم - Entry: 4. Signification: A3

أَلْقَمَهُ البِرْطِيلَ; see the latter word.


5. ⇒ تلقّم

تَلَقَّمَ اللُّقْمَهَ He swallowed the gobbet, or morsel, or mouthful, in a leisurely manner. (Ṣ, TA.)


8. ⇒ التقم

إِلْتَقَمَ see 1.

Root: لقم - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

اِلْتَقَمَ فَاهَا فِى التَّقْبِيلِ [He took her mouth within his lips in kissing]. (Ṣ in art. كعم.) Hence the verb signifies † It embraced, or clasped, a thing: see an instance, voce مِحْصَنٌ.


لُقْمَةٌ

لُقْمَةٌ A morsel, gobbet, or mouthful: what is [swallowed, or] eaten quickly, at once, of bread [&c.]; like as جُرْعَةٌ signifies what is swallowed at once in drinking: (Mṣb:) or what is prepared to be [swallowed, or] eaten quickly [at once]. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: لقم - Entry: لُقْمَةٌ Signification: A2

لُقْمَةٌ القَاضِى, and لُقْمَةُ الخَلِيفَةِ: see زُمَاوَرْدٌ, art. ورد; and مُيَسَّرٌ.


لُقَيْمَاتُ

لُقَيْمَاتُ القَاضِى Same as لُقَمَاتُ القاضى.


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