lisān

tongue

لِسان

Word

Noun · pattern فِعال

Root

ل س ن

Forms

Plurals: أَلْسِنَة، أَلْسُن

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لُعِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُودَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 121 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

لَسَنٌ Chasteness, or perspicuity, or clearness, of speech

Chasteness, or perspicuity, or clearness, of speech, (S, Msb, K,) and eloquence; (Msb;) i. q. بَيَانٌ: or, as some say, the quality of speaking well: and chasteness, or perspicuity, or eloquence, of speech, and sharpness of tongue. (TA.)
لِسَانٌ thing

of a sandal, The thing (هَنَة) projecting in the fore part thereof. (TA.) See مِسْرَدٌ. ― -b2- لِسَانٌ The tongue [or cock] of a balance: see مِنْجَمٌ in the S and K. ― -b3- لِسَانٌ In formation, news, or tidings; syn. خَبَرٌ. (S in art. علو.) See a verse cited voce عُلْوٌ.
تَلَسُّنٌ Open entry

: see خَلِيَّةٌ, voce خَلِىٌّ
مُلَسَّنٌ long and slender, like the form of the tongue

, (S,) or with ة, (K,) A sandal long and slender, like the form of the tongue: (S, K:) or having the extremity of its fore part like the extremity of the tongue. (TA.)

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