Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لهث لهج لهد


1. ⇒ لهج

لَهِجَ بِهِ, aor. ـَ {يَلْهَجُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. لَهَجٌ; (Ṣ;) andأَلْهَجَ↓, andلَهْوَجَ↓; (TA;) He became devoted, addicted, or attached, to it, (i. e., to an affair, TA,) and kept, attended, or applied himself, constantly, perseveringly, persistently, or assiduously, to it; was intent upon it; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) and accustomed, or habituated, himself to it. (TA.)


2. ⇒ لهّج

لَهَّجَهُمْ, inf. n. تَلْهِيجٌ, He fed them with something whereby to ally the craving of their stomachs before the morning-meal called الغَدَآء. (El-Umawee, Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See لُهْجَةٌ.]


4. ⇒ الهج

الهجهُ بِهِ He made him to become devoted, addicted, or attached, to it, (an affair,) and to keep, attend, or apply himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to it; to be intent upon it; and to accustom himself to it. (TA.) See 1.

Root: لهج - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

الهج He (a man) had young weaned camels intent upon sucking their mothers, and persevering therein, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and therefore made wooden pins, and tied them to the udders, that the young ones might not be able to suck: (Ṣ:) this form of the verb signifies the depriving the object of the quality denoted by the unaugmented verb: (L:) or he (a pastor) had young weaned camels intent upon sucking their mothers, and persevering therein, and it became necessary for him to perforate the tongue of each, and to insert in it a فَلْكَة, which is a round thing, like the فَلْكَة of a spindle, made of coarse hair (هُلْب), and [probably meaning or] to slit the tongue; each of which operations is performed to prevent its sucking; for the same purpose, also, a wooden pin is stuck over the nose of the young camel: the pastor in this case is termed مُلْهِجٌ↓: and one does not say أَلْهَجْتُ الفَصِيلَ, but simply أَلْهَجَ الرَّاعِى. (T.)


11. ⇒ الهاجّ

الهاجّ, inf. n. إِلْهِيجَاجٌ, It (anything, Ṣ) became mixed, or confused. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: لهج - Entry: 11. Signification: A2

It (milk) thickened so that parts thereof became mixed together, but it did not become completely thick. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: لهج - Entry: 11. Signification: A3

الهاجّت عَيْنُهُ His eye became infused (lit. mixed) with drowsiness. (Ṣ, Ḳ,)

Root: لهج - Entry: 11. Signification: A4

Q. Q. 1. ⇒ لَهْوَجَ

لَهْوَجَ أَمْرَهُ (inf. n. لَهْوَجَةٌ, Ṣ)He performed, executed, or managed, his affairs in an unsound manner. (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: لهج - Entry: Q. Q. 1. Signification: A2

لَهْوَجَ He cooked roast meat insufficiently, or not thoroughly: (Ḳ:) or he cooked roast meat, (Ḳ,) or flesh-meat, (Ṣ,) not well; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoتَلَهْوَجَ↓. (Ṣ.) See 1.


Q. Q. 2. ⇒ تَلَهْوَجَ


لَهِجٌ

[لَهِجٌ بِأَمْرٍ Devoted, addicted, or attached, to an affair, and keeping, attending, or applying himself, constantly, perseveringly, persistently, or assiduously, to it; intent upon it; and accustoming himself to it: part. n. of 1.] You say, رَجُلٌ لَهِجٌ بِشَىْءٍ [A man devoted,, &c., to a thing]. (M in art. بل.)


لَهْجَةٌ

لَهْجَةٌ andلَهَجَةٌ↓ The tongue: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or the tip, or extremity, of the tongue. (L.)

Root: لهج - Entry: لَهْجَةٌ Signification: A2

The tongue, or dialect, or language, which a person speaks by nature and custom and education. (L.)

Root: لهج - Entry: لَهْجَةٌ Signification: A3

فُلَانٌ فَصِيحُ اللَّهْجَةِ, andاللَّهَجَةِ↓, Such a one is of chaste tongue: (Ṣ:) or, chaste in the dialect, or language, which he speaks by nature and custom and education. (L.)

Root: لهج - Entry: لَهْجَةٌ Signification: A4

Also, † both words, but the former is the more approved, The sound of speech. (L.)


لُهْجَةٌ

لُهْجَةٌ That with which one allays the craving of his stomach before the morning-meal called الغَدَآء. (Ḳ.)


لَهَجَةٌ

لَهَجَةٌ: see لَهْجَةٌ.


مُلْهِجٌ

مُلْهِجٌ: see 4.


مُلَهْوَجٌ

مُلَهْوَجٌ Roast meat insufficiently cooked. (Ṣ.)

Root: لهج - Entry: مُلَهْوَجٌ Signification: A2

رَأْيٌ مُلَهْوَجٌAn unsound opinion. (A.)

Root: لهج - Entry: مُلَهْوَجٌ Signification: A3

حَدِيثٌ مُلَهْوَجٌAn unsound story, narration, or tradition. (A.)


مُلْهَاجٌّ

مُلْهَاجٌّ Mixed; confused. (TA.)

Root: لهج - Entry: مُلْهَاجٌّ Signification: A2

Milk thickened so that parts thereof are mixed together, but not completely thick. (TA.)

Root: لهج - Entry: مُلْهَاجٌّ Signification: A3

رَأَيْتُ أَمْرَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ مُلْهَاجًّا I saw the affair, or case, of the sons of such a one to be confused. (Ṣ.)


مُلَهَّجٌ

مُلَهَّجٌ One who sleeps, and lacks power, or ability, to work. (Ḳ.)


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