لحن

Form 1 · Form 3 · 3 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 1

Form 1لَحَنَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he erred in speech; he hinted something to him alonegenerated

1.1

He erred in speech; he spoke incorrectly.

1.1.1he said to him something which he understood but which others could not—لَحَنَ لَهُ

He hinted to him something which he alone understood.

Show Lane's original text

He erred in speech; spoke incorrectly. (Msb.) 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.

Form 3لَاحَنَهُمْ1 sense

Core sense — he spoke to them in hints they alone understoodgenerated

3.1

Same in meaning as فَاطَنَهُمْ.

For an example see جَامِعٌ, and see my explanations of مُفَاطَنَةٌ.

Show Lane's original text

i. q. فَاطَنَهُمْ . (S, K.) See an ex. voce جَامِعٌ ; and see my explanations of مُفَاطَنَةٌ .

Derived nouns 1

Nounلَحْنٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the meaning or intent of speech; an incorrect word; a modulated soundgenerated

The meaning of speech; its intended sense; its intent. [It is direct: and also indirect.]

An indication by which the person addressed is made to understand what one intends; so says Az.

An oblique, or ambiguous, way of speaking; an inclining of speech towards obliqueness, ambiguity and equivocal allusion.

1.1

A barbarism; an incorrect word.

1.2

عَرَفْتُهُ فِى لَحْنِ كَلَامِهِ, فى نَحْوِ كلامه and فى مِعْرَاضِ كلامه all mean the same.

For the last of these see عَرُوضٌ.

1.3a modulated sound—لَحْنٌ

Explained as مِنَ الأَصْوَاتِ المَصُوغَةِ المَوْضُوعَةِ.

Plural أَلْحَانٌ and لُحُونٌ.

the modulated sounds of songs—أَلْحَانُ الأَغَانِى

Qur’ānic occurrences لَحْن

47:30

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَأَرَيْنَـٰكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُم بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ ۚ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِى لَحْنِ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْ

Had We so wiled, We could have shown them up to thee, and thou shouldst have known them by their marks: but surely thou wilt know them by the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all that ye do.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

Show Lane's original text

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.) A barbarism, an incorrect word. 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 . 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.)