Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لمظ لمع لمق


1. ⇒ لمع

لَمَعَ It (lightning, &c.) shone; shone brightly; gleamed; glistened. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

Root: لمع - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

لَمَعَ بِيَدِهِ, (Ḳ, TA,) and بِثَوْبِهِ, (TA, Ṣ, Ḳ, &c., in art. خفق, &c.,) and بِسَيْفِهِ, (TA,) He signalled, or made a sign, with his hand or arm, (Ḳ, TA,) and with his garment, and with his sword; or did so for the purpose of information or warning; by raising it, and moving it about, [or waving it, or brandishing it, i. e., he waved it as a sign or signal,] in order that another might see it, and come to him; as alsoأَلْمَعَ↓; but the former is the more approved; [i. q. Lat. micuit;] and sometimes the verb is used without the mention of the hand or arm [&c.]. (TA.) See a verse cited voce فَرْضٌ.

Root: لمع - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

لَمَعَ بِسَيْفِهِ, (Ṣ, and Ḳ, art. لوح,) and بِثَوْبِهِ, (Ṣ, ibid, and Ṣ, Ḳ, &c., in art. خفق.) He made a sign with his sword, and with his garment, [waving it about, to make it seen by some one whom he desired to see it]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


4. ⇒ المع

أَلْمَعَ بِيَدِهِ, &c.: see 1.


8. ⇒ التمع

اِلْتَمَسَهُ He sought, or asked, or demanded, it. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) He sought it out.


لُمْعَةٌ

لُمْعَةٌ A shining, glistening, or glossy, appearance, [or hue,] of the body: (Ḳ:) any colour different from another colour [in which it is]; (TA;) [a spot of colour].

Root: لمع - Entry: لُمْعَةٌ Signification: A2

[Primarily] A portion of herbage beginning to dry up. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)


تَلَامِيعُ

تَلَامِيعُ: see ابْرِيقٌ in the Ḳ, and my rendering in explaining the latter word, s. v.


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