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lamm

collect, put in order

لَمّ

Word

Verb

Root

ل م م

Forms

Present
يَلُمُّ

In the library

وكثر الحاسدون، فأرادوا تقليد أسلوب الجاحظ، والإنتقاص منه، إلّا أنّهم لم يفوزوا.

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Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ لَمَّيَلُمُّ
she هِيَ لَمَّتتَلُمُّ
they two (m.) هُما لَمّايَلُمّانِ
they two (f.) هُما لَمَّتاتَلُمّانِ
they (m.) هُمْ لَمُّوايَلُمُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ لَمَمْنَيَلْمُمْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ لَمَمْتَتَلُمُّ
you (f.) أَنْتِ لَمَمْتِتَلُمِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما لَمَمْتُماتَلُمّانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ لَمَمْتُمتَلُمُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ لَمَمْتُنَّتَلْمُمْنَ
I أَنا لَمَمْتُأَلُمُّ
we نَحْنُ لَمَمْنانَلُمُّ

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • لم Open entry
    see Supplement.
  • لَمَّ ٱللّٰهُ شَعَثَهُ Form I God rectified, or repaired, and consolidated, what was disorganized, disordered, or unsettled, of his affairs
    God rectified, or repaired, and consolidated, what was disorganized, disordered, or unsettled, of his affairs. (S.)
  • لَمَّمَ Form II He made a لِمَّة of his hair
    He made a لِمَّة of his hair. (Z, TA in art. جم.)
  • أَلَمَّ بِالقَوْمِ Form IV He came to the people, and alighted at their abode as a guest
    He came to the people, and alighted at their abode as a guest. (Msb.) See أَطَافَ. ― -b2- And hence, أَلَمَّ بِالمَعْنَى (assumed tropical:) He knew the meaning. (Msb.) ― -b3- And أَلَمَّ بَالذَّنْبِ (assumed tropical:) He committed the sin, or offence. (Msb.) ― -b4- And أَلَمَّ He, or it, visited covertly; (Ham, p. 23;) or in a light, slight, or hasty manner. (Idem, pp. 385 and 815.) It became near. (Msb.) ― -b5- It happened. (Ham, p. 385.) ― -b6- أَلَمَّ بِهِ He came to him. (Ham, p. 127.) ― -b7- I. q. زَارَهُ غِبًّا; as also أَلَمَّ عَلَيْهِ. (TA.)
  • اِلْتَمَّ Form VIII It was collected, accumulated
    It was collected, accumulated. ― -b2- التمّوا They collected themselves; congregated.
  • لَمْ I have not seen him for two days
    with an aor. following it is often to be rendered in English by the preterperfect: ex., لَمْ أَرَهُ مُذُ يَوْمَانِ I have not seen him for two days. ― -b2- لَمْ يَضْرِبْ He did not beat. (S, &c.) See also لَمَّا. ― -b3- أَلَمْ: see the latter half of art. أَلَا; and the former part of art. أَمَا. ― -b4- لَمَّا as a particle of exception [is equivalent to our But; meaning both except and, after an oath or the like, only, or nothing more than; and] is put before a nominal proposition; as, إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ [There is not any soul but over it is a guardian, (Kur lxxxvi. 4,)] accord. to those who pronounce the م with teshdeed: and before a verb which is literally, but not in meaning, a preterite; as in أَنْشُدُكَ ٱللّٰهَ لَمَّا فعَلْتَ [I conjure, or beg, or beseech, thee by God but that thou do such a thing], i. e. مَا أَسْأَلُكَ إَلَّا فِعْلَكَ [I do not ask of thee anything save thy doing such a thing]. (Mughnee.) See its syn. إِلَّا. In the Kur xxxviii. 13, accord. to one reading, it occurs before a verb which is a preterite literally and in meaning. ― -b5- لَمَّا, accord. to Ibn-Málik, is syn. with إِذْ: [and sometimes, like إِذْ, it means Since, or because:] one may say, لَمَّا أَكْرَمْتَنِى أَمْسِ أَكْرَمْتُكَ اليَوْمَ: but this is said to mean لَهَّا ثَبَتَ اليَوْمَ إِكْرَامُكَ لِى أَمْسِ أَكْرَمْتُكَ. (Mughnee.) See also an ex. voce رَزَقَ. ― -b6- لَمَّا يَضْرِبْ He has not yet beaten. (S, &c.) See also لَمْ.
  • لَمَمٌ A slight insanity or diabolical possession
    A slight insanity or diabolical possession; (Mgh, Msb:) a slight taint or infection of insanity. See طَيْفٌ.
  • لَمَّةٌ A touch, or somewhat
    A touch, or somewhat [of a taint or an infection of insanity], from the jinn. (S, K.) See لَمَمٌ.
  • لِمَّةٌ Hair that descends below the lobe of the ear
    Hair that descends below the lobe of the ear. (S, K.) But see وَفْرَةٌ: and see a tropical use of it in a verse of Kumeyt cited in art. حف, p. 597 c.
  • مِلَمٌّ Open entry
    : see مِثَمٌّ.
  • مُلِمَّةٌ A misfortune that befalls in the present world
    A misfortune that befalls in the present world. (S.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce حَجَا.
  • مُلَمَّمٌ having a لِمَّة
    A boy having a لِمَّة. (IDrd, TA, voce مُجَمَّمٌ.)

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