لفح

Form 1 · 5 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 1

Form 1لَفَحَتْهُ النَّارُ2 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarلَفْحٌ

Core sense — the fire smote, or hurt, his facegenerated

1.1the fire smote, or hurt, his face—لفحت وَجْهَهُ

maṣdar لَفْحٌ and لَفَحَانٌ.

the fire burned him—نفحته النار بِحَرِّهَا

The same is said of the hot wind called سَمُوم.

لَفَحَتْ and نَفَحَتْ are synonymous, except that the effect of النَّفْح is greater than that of اللَّفْح. Or لَفْحٌ relates to a hot wind, and نَفْحٌ to a cold, or cool, wind.

the سموم blew in his face—لفحته السَّمُوم

1.1.1he struck him with a sword lightly, or slightly—لَفَحَهُ

I struck him with the sword a light, or slight, blow—لَفَحْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ لَفْحَةً

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

23:104

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَـٰلِحُونَ

The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced.

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.

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, (S, M, K,) aor. لَفَحَ , (M,) inf. n. لَفْحٌ and لَفَحَانٌ , (M, K,) The fire smote, or hurt, his face; as also لفحت وَجْهَهُ : (M, O:) the fire burned him; (TA;) as also نفحته النار بِحَرِّهَا ; (S, K;) and in like manner the hot wind called سَمُوم : (S:) لَفَحَتْ and نَفَحَتْ are syn., except that the effect of النَّفْح is greater than that of اللَّفْح : (Zj:) or لَفْحٌ relates to a hot wind; and نَفْحٌ , to a cold, or cool, wind: (As, S:) you also say لفحته السَّمُوم meaning the سموم blew in his face. (L.) Also لَفَحَهُ , aor. لَفَحَ , He smote, or struck, him, with a sword, (S, K,) lightly, or slightly: you say لَفَحْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ لَفْحَةً I struck him with the sword a light, or slight, blow. (S.)

Derived nouns 4

Nounأَصَابَهَ لفْحٌ مِنْ حَرُورٍ وَسَمُومٍ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a burning blast of hot or cold windgenerated

A burning gust of hot night-wind, and of hot day-wind, smote him.

1.1[A blast of heat smote him, and a blast of cold]—أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الحَرِّ لَفْحٌ وَمِنَ البَرْدِ نَفْحٌ

1.2burning blasts of the سموم—لَوَافِحُ السَّمُوِم

Plural of لَافِحَةٌ.

So in the article on سفع.

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A burning gust of hot night-wind, and of hot day-wind, smote him. (L.) أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الحَرِّ لَفْحٌ وَمِنَ البَرْدِ نَفْحٌ [A blast of heat smote him, and a blast of cold]. (A.) You say also لَوَافِحُ السَّمُوِم [pl. of لَافِحَةٌ , and meaning Burning blasts of the سموم ]. (S, K in art. سفع .)

Nounلَفْحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a light, or slight, blow with a swordgenerated

A light, or slight, blow with a sword.

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A light, or slight, blow with a sword. (S.)

Nounلُقَّاحٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a yellow sweet-smelling plant; the fruit of the mandrakegenerated

A certain well-known plant, of the kind termed يَقْطِينِىٌّ, which people smell; yellow, sweet-smelling, and resembling the بَاذِنْجَان when it turns yellow.

According to Golius, apparently on the authority of Ibn-Beyṭár, the same plant that the Syrians and Egyptians call شَمَّامٌ.

1.1

Also the fruit, or produce, of the يَبْرُوح [or mandrake, which is called by this name at the present day].

Correctly written with the ى before the ب [not ببروح, as in the CK and some manuscript copies].

[It seems that applying the term لفّاح to both the mandrake and the شمّام has led to confusion, and made Linnæus call the latter “cucumis dudaim.” See also يَبْرُوحٌ and مَغْدٌ.]

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A certain well known plant, (K,) of the kind termed يَقْطِينِىٌّ , (L,) which people smell, (S.) yellow, and of sweet odour, (A, L,) resembling the بَاذِنْجَان (S, A, K,) when it becomes yellow; (S, A;) [accord. to Golius, app. on the authority of Ibn-Beytár, the same which the Syrians and Egyptians call شَمَّامٌ , q. v.]. Also, The fruit, or produce, ( ثَمَرَة ,) of the يَبْرُوح [or mandrake, which is called by this name ( يبروح ) in the present day]; (K;) thus correctly written, with the ى before the ب [not ببروح , as in the CK and some MS. copies]. (TA.) [It seems that the application of the term لفّاح to both the mandrake and the شمّام has led to confusion, and occasioned Linnæus to call the latter “ cucumis dudaim. ” See also يَبْرُوحٌ , and مَغْدٌ .]

Nounلَافِحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — burning, scorchinggenerated

See لَفْحٌ.

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: see لَفْحٌ .