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laḥḥana

make music, compose music

لَحَّنَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ل ح ن

Forms

Present
يُلَحِّنُ
Verbal noun
تَلْحِين
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ لَحَّنَيُلَحِّنُ—
she هِيَ لَحَّنَتتُلَحِّنُ—
they two (m.) هُما لَحَّنايُلَحِّنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما لَحَّنَتاتُلَحِّنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ لَحَّنُوايُلَحِّنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ لَحَّنَّيُلَحِّنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ لَحَّنْتَتُلَحِّنُلَحِّنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ لَحَّنْتِتُلَحِّنِينَلَحِّنِي
you two أَنْتُما لَحَّنْتُماتُلَحِّنانِلَحِّنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ لَحَّنْتُمتُلَحِّنُونَلَحِّنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ لَحَّنْتُنَّتُلَحِّنَّلَحِّنْنَ
I أَنا لَحَّنْتُأُلَحِّنُ—
we نَحْنُ لَحَّنّانُلَحِّنُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • لَحَنَ Form I He erred in speech; spoke incorrectly
    He erred in speech; spoke incorrectly. (Msb.) ― -b2- لَحَنَ لَهُ He said to him something which he (the latter) understood, but which was unintelligible to others: (Az, S, Msb, K:) he intimated to him something which he (the latter) alone understood.
  • لَاحَنَهُمْ Form III Open entry
    i. q. فَاطَنَهُمْ. (S, K.) See an ex. voce جَامِعٌ; and see my explanations of مُفَاطَنَةٌ.
  • لَحْنٌ meaning
    The meaning of speech; its intended sense or import: (S, K, TA:) its intent: (TA:) [it is direct: and also indirect:] an indication thereof whereby the person addressed is made to understand one's intent; so says Az (Msb: [and the like is said in the TA on the authority of AHeyth:]) an oblique, or ambiguous, mode of speech: (Msb:) an inclining of speech to obliqueness, or ambiguity, and equivocal allusion. (Bd, in xlvii. 32.) ― -b2- A barbarism, an incorrect word. ― -b3- عَرَفْتُهُ فِى لَحْنِ كَلَامِهِ and فى نَحْوِ كلامه. and فى مِعْرَاضِ كلامه signify the same. (Msb in art. عرض.) See the last of these voce عَرُوضٌ. ― -b4- لَحْنٌ A modulated sound; expl. as being مِنَ الأَصْوَاتِ المَصُوغَةِ المَوْضُوعَةِ: pl. أَلْحَانٌ and لُحُونٌ. (K.) You say, أَلْحَانُ الأَغَانِى [The modulated sounds of songs]. (Mgh.)

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