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lammaḥa

allude, refer

لَمَّحَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ل م ح

Forms

Present
يُلَمِّحُ
Verbal noun
تَلْمِيح

In the library

فرأينا أن نلمح إليهم بطرف من سر الأسرار لنجتذبهم إلى جانب التحقيق، ثم نصدهم عن ذلك الطريق.

Hayy ibn Yaqzan, page 30 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ لَمَّحَيُلَمِّحُ—
she هِيَ لَمَّحَتتُلَمِّحُ—
they two (m.) هُما لَمَّحايُلَمِّحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما لَمَّحَتاتُلَمِّحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ لَمَّحُوايُلَمِّحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ لَمَّحْنَيُلَمِّحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ لَمَّحْتَتُلَمِّحُلَمِّحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ لَمَّحْتِتُلَمِّحِينَلَمِّحِي
you two أَنْتُما لَمَّحْتُماتُلَمِّحانِلَمِّحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ لَمَّحْتُمتُلَمِّحُونَلَمِّحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ لَمَّحْتُنَّتُلَمِّحْنَلَمِّحْنَ
I أَنا لَمَّحْتُأُلَمِّحُ—
we نَحْنُ لَمَّحْنانُلَمِّحُ—

From the same root

All words from ل م ح →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • لَمَحَهُ Form I He glanced, or took a light, or slight, look, at him or it
    , (S,) or لَمَحَ إِلَيْهِ, aor. , (L, Msb, K), inf. n. لَمْحٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ المح, (L, K,) or ↓ المحهُ, (S, Msb,) and ↓ التمحهُ; (S;) He glanced, or took a light, or slight, look, at him or it; (S;) like لَمَأَهُ; (Nh;) snatched a sight of him or it unawares: (L, Msb, K;) or, accord. to some, لَمَحَ signifies he looked; and ↓ المحهُ, he made him to look; but the former explanation is the more correct: or لَمَحَ is only said of one looking from a distance. (L.) ― -b2- لَمَحْتُهُ بِالبَصَرِ I directed (صَوَّبْتُ) my sight towards him. (Msb.) ― -b3- لَمَحَ البَصَرُ The sight extended to a thing. (Msb.) ― -b4- لَمَحَ, aor. , inf. n. لَمْحٌ (S, K) and لَمَحَانٌ and تَلْمَاحٌ, (K,) It (lightning, and a star,) shone; gleamed; glistened; i. q. لَمَعَ. (S, K.)
  • لَامَحَهُ Form III He glanced at him, or viewed him lightly, or slightly, or snatched sights of him unawares, reciprocally
    , inf. n. مُلَامَحَةٌ, [He glanced at him, or viewed him lightly, or slightly, or snatched sights of him unawares, reciprocally]. (A.)
  • المحهُ Form IV He made him to glance, or to take a light, or slight, look
    He made him to glance, or to take a light, or slight, look; expl. by جَعَلَهُ يَلْمَحَ, (K,) and جَعَلَهُ مِمَّنْ يَلْمَحُ. (TA.) ― -b2- See 1. ― -b3- أَلْمَحَتِ المَرْأَةُ مِنْ وَجْهِهَا, (inf. n. إِلْمَاحٌ, TA,) The woman allowed herself [or her face] to be glanced at, or to be viewed lightly, or slightly: so does a beautiful woman, displaying, and then concealing, her beauties. (T, K.)
  • أَلْتُمِحَ بَصَرُهُ Form VIII His sight was taken away
    His sight was taken away. (K.) ― -b2- See 1.
  • فُلَانٌ سَمْحٌ لَمْحٌ I will assuredly show thee a manifest, or an evident, thing, matter, or affair
    , and ↓ سَمِيحٌ لَمِيحٌ: see art. سمح. [لَمْحٌ and لَمِيحٌ in these cases seem to be merely imitative sequents.] ― -b2- لَأُرِيَنَّكَ لَمْحًا بَاصِرًا (tropical:) I will assuredly show thee a manifest, or an evident, thing, matter, or affair. (S, A, K.) [See also art. بصر.]
  • لَمْحَةٌ A glance, or light or slight look
    , subst. from لَمَحَ, (S, L,) A glance, or light or slight look. (L.) ― -b2- لَمْحَةٌ A shining, gleaming, or glistening, of lightning. (S.) ― -b3- فِى فُلَانٍ لَمْحَةٌ مِنْ أَبِيهِ In such a one is a likeness, or point of resemblance, to his father: then they said مِنْ ابيه ↓ مَلامِحُ, (S,) signifying likenessess, or points of resemblance; forming an extr. pl., (S, K,) as though from another word than لَمْحَةٌ: (S:) they did not say مَلْمَحَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- ↓ مَلَامِحُ also signifies What appear of the beauties and defects of the face (K) of a human being: or the parts thereof that are glanced at, or viewed lightly or quickly. (TA.)
  • لَمُوحٌ Open entry
    : see لَامِحٌ.
  • لَمِيحٌ Open entry
    : see لَمْحٌ.
  • لَمَّاحٌ Open entry
    : see لَامِحٌ.
  • لُمَّاحٌ Sharp hawks
    Sharp hawks; syn. صُقُورٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ. (IAar, T, K, [in the CK, زَكِيَّة].)
  • لَامِحٌ Lightning
    and ↓ لَمُوحٌ and ↓ لَمَّاحٌ Lightning, and a star, shining; gleaming; glistening: (K:) [but the second and third are intensive epithets, signifying shining much; &c.] ― -b2- ↓ أَبْيَضُ لَمَّاحٌ (tropical:) Intensely white. (A.) ― -b3- لَامِحُ عِطْفَيْهِ A self-admiring man, who looks at his sides. (M, F.)
  • أَلْمَحِىٌّ who glances much, or frequently takes light, or slight looks
    A man (TA) who glances much, or frequently takes light, or slight looks. (K.)

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