Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

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)

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.

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.)

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

أَلْقَمْتُهُ الحَجَرَ † I silenced him in an altercation. (Mṣb.)

أَلْقَمَهُ البِرْطِيلَ; see the latter word.

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

إِلْتَقَمَ see 1.

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 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.)

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

لُقَيْمَاتُ القَاضِى Same as لُقَمَاتُ القاضى.