Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

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.]

see 1, in two places.

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.)

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 [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.]