لفظ

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Form 1لَفَظَهُ2 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarلَفْظٌ

Core sense — he ejected it, cast it forth; he uttered it, pronounced itgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازhe ejected it, cast it forth—لَفَظَ بِهِ

maṣdar لَفْظٌ, لَفِظَهُ and لَفِظَ بِهِ. Ibn-'Abbād also gives the, but the first is the form commonly known.

Said of a thing that was in his mouth, his spittle and the like, from his mouth.

he ejected what had got between his teeth, of food—لَفَظَ

the serpent ejected its poison—لَفَظَتِ الحَيَّةُ سَمَّهَا

he ejected the spittle that stuck and dried in his mouth, meaning he died—لَفَظَ عَصْبَهُ

[Said with a word left out.]

Also لَفَظَ نَفْسَهُ, with the maṣdar as above; and لَفَظَ alone.

he came harassed, or distressed, by thirst and fatigue—جَآءَ وَقَدْ لَفَظَ لِجَامَهُ

Ibn-'Abbād: in letter and in meaning this is like جَآءَ وَقَدْ دَلَقَ لِجَامَهُ.

the womb ejected the seminal fluid of the stallion—لَفَظَتِ الرَّحِمُ مَآءَ الفَحْلِ

the sea cast it forth upon the shore—لَفَظَهُ البَحْرُ

the sea cast forth what was in it to the shores—لَفَظَ البَحْرُ بِمَا فِيهِ إِلَى الشُّطُوطِ

the earth disclosed her plants and revealed her hidden things—قَآءَتِ الأَرْضُ أُكْلَهَا وَلَفَظَتْ خَبِيْئَهَا

Said of a fish, or of a beast.

Mentioned both under this root and under قيأ.

the earth cast forth the dead, did not receive the dead—لَفَظَتِ الأَرْضُ المَيِّتَ

the countries cast forth their inhabitants—لَفَظَتِ البِلَادُ أَهْلَهَا

1.1.1figurative · مجازhe uttered, or pronounced, the saying—لَفَظَ بِالكَلَامِ

he uttered a saying—بِقَوْلٍ

he uttered the thing—بِالشَّىْءِ

he uttered it, spoke it forth—لَفَظَ القَوْلَ

This meaning comes from the preceding one.

. تلفّظ بِهِ has the same meaning.

he does not utter a saying—مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ

In the Qur'ān 50:17. Kh. reads ما يَلْفَظُ, both forms of the verb being used in this sense.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

50:18

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it).

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, Msb, K,) and لَفَظَ بِهِ , (M, K,) aor. لَفِظَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. لَفْظٌ ; (T, S, M, Msb;) and لَفِظَهُ , and لَفِظَ بِهِ , aor. لَفِظَ ; (Ibn- Abbád, K.) but the former is that which is commonly known; (TA;) He ejected it; cast it forth; [disgorged it;] (T, S, M, Msb, K;) namely a thing that was in his mouth; (T;) his spittle, &c.; (Msb;) from ( مِنْ ) his mouth. (S, TA.) And لَفَظَ alone, [elliptically,] He ejected what had entered between his teeth, of food. (TA.) You say also, لَفَظَتِ الحَيَّةُ سَمَّهَا [The serpent ejected its poison.] (TA.) And لَفَظَ عَصْبَهُ , lit. He ejected his spittle that stuck and dried in his mouth; meaning he died; (T, TA;) as also لَفَظَ نَفْسَهُ , aor. لَفِظَ , inf. n. as above; (M, TA;) and لَفَظَ alone. (M, K.) And جَآءَ وَقَدْ لَفَظَ لِجَامَهُ , [as to the letter and the meaning like جَآءَ وَقَدْ دَلَقَ لِجَامَهُ ,] He came harassed, or distressed, by thirst and fatigue. (Ibn-'Abbád, M, Z, K.) And لَفَظَتِ الرَّحِمُ مَآءَ الفَحْلِ The womb ejected the seminal fluid of the stallion. (TA.) And لَفَظَهُ البَحْرُ The sea cast it forth upon the shore; (Msb, TA;) namely a fish; (TA;) or a beast. (Msb.) And لَفَظَ البَحْرُ بِمَا فِيهِ إِلَى الشُّطُوطِ The sea cast forth what was within it to the shores. (M.) And قَآءَتِ الأَرْضُ أُكْلَهَا وَلَفَظَتْ خَبِيْئَهَا The earth disclosed her vegetables, and revealed her hidden things. (TA in this art. and in art. قيأ .) And لَفَظَتِ الأَرْضُ المَيِّتَ The earth cast forth the dead; (T, Msb;) did not receive, or admit, the dead. (M.) And لَفَظَتِ البِلَادُ أَهْلَهَا [The countries cast forth their inhabitants]. (TA.) [Hence,] لَفَظَ بِالكَلَامِ , (S, K,) and بِقَوْلٍ , (Msb,) and بِالشَّىْءِ , (M,) and لَفَظَ القَوْلَ , (TA,) aor. لَفِظَ , inf. n. لَفْظٌ , (M,) He uttered, spoke forth, or pronounced, (S, M, Msb, K,) the saying, (S, K,) and a saying, (Msb,) and the thing; (M;) as also تلفّظ بِهِ . (S, Msb, K.) It is said in the Kur, [l. 17,] مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ [He doth not utter a saying]: where Kh. reads ما يَلْفَظُ : both forms of the verb being used in this sense [as is implied in the K.]. (TA.)

Form 5تَلَفَّظَ1 sense

Core sense — he uttered it, pronounced itgenerated

5.1

See form 1, last meaning.

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see 1, last signification.

Derived nouns 11

Nounلَفْظٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an expression; a word; a phrase or sentencegenerated

1figurative · مجازwith respect to the wording and the meaning—لَفْظًا وَمَعْنًى

Originally a maṣdar, used as a noun: an expression, that is, a word [more precisely termed لَفْظَةٌ], and also a collection of words, a phrase, or sentence, each taken as such without regard to its meaning. (I'Ak)

The latter is also called لَفْظٌ مُرَكَّبٌ, a compound expression, one made up of two or more words. (Exposition of the Ajroomeeyeh, by the sheykh Khálid)

مَلْفَظٌ means the same. The plural of the first is أَلْفَاظٌ, its diminutive أُلَيْفَاظٌ, and the plural of the second is مَلَافِظ.

with respect to the actual order of the words and the order of the proper relative places—لَفْظًا وَرُتْبَةً

literally and virtually—لَفْظًا وَتَقْدِيرًا

it has no singular formed of the same radical letters, that is, no proper singular—لَا وَاحِدَ لَهُ مِنْ لَفْظِهِ

It also means: with respect to the actual order of the words, and the order of the sense.

Said of a word such as قَوْمٌ and رَهْطٌ.

1.1

See also لُفَاظٌ.

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, originally an inf. n., (S, Msb,) is used as a subst., (Msb,) signifying An expression; i. e. a word; [more precisely termed لَفْظَةٌ ;] and also a collection of words, a phrase, or sentence; (I'Ak &c.;) [each considered as such, without regard to its meaning; a word itself; and a phrase itself;] the latter also called لَفْظٌ مُرَكَّبٌ , a compound expression, an expression composed of two or more words: (Expos. of the Ajroomeeyeh, by the sheykh Khálid; &c.:) and مَلْفَظٌ signifies the same (TA:) pl. of the former أَلْفَاظٌ ; (S, Msb;) dim. أُلَيْفَاظٌ : (Har., p. 593 ) and of the latter مَلَافِظ . (TA.) [Hence, لَفْظًا وَمَعْنًى With respect to the word, or words, or wording, and the meaning: and with respect to the actual order of the words; and the order of the sense. And لَفْظًا وَرُتْبَةً With respect to the actual order of the words, and the order of the proper relative places. And لَفْظًا وَتَقْدِيرًا Literally and virtually. And لَا وَاحِدَ لَهُ مِنْ لَفْظِهِ It has no singular formed of the same radical letter: i. e., it has no proper singular: said of a word such as قَوْمٌ and رَهْطٌ &c.] See also لُفَاظٌ .

Nounلَفْظَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a word, a single expressiongenerated

See لَفْظٌ.

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: see لَفْظٌ .

Nounلَفْظِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — relating to the word, or wording; verbalgenerated

[Of, or relating to, a word, or a collection of words; verbal:] opposed to مَعْنَوِىٌّ.

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[Of, or relating to, a word, or collection of words, verbal:] opposed to مَعْنَوِىٌّ .

Nounلَفَظَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — loquacious, a great talkergenerated

Loquacious; a great talker. But this is a vulgar word.

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Loquacious; a great talker: but this is a vulgar word. (TA.)

Nounلُفْاظٌ1 sense

Core sense — what is cast away, thrown awaygenerated

What is cast, or thrown, away. Apparently an ism jamʿ, of which لُفَاظَةٌ is the ism waḥda.

لَفْظٌ has the same meaning, on the authority of IB.

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[app. a coll. gen. n., of which لُفَاظَةٌ , q. v., is the n. un., as seems to be indicated in the S, TA,] What is cast, or thrown, away; (M, TA;) as also لَفْظٌ : the latter on the authority of IB. (TA.)

Nounلِفَاظٌ1 sense

Core sense — leguminous plantsgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Leguminous plants [put forth by the earth].

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Leguminous plants [put forth by the earth]. (Sgh, K.)

Nounلَفِيظٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — ejected, cast forth; uttered, pronouncedgenerated

1ejected, cast forth—مَلْفُوظٌ

The headword and this word have the same meaning.

1.1figurative · مجاز

[Uttered, spoken forth, or pronounced.]

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and مَلْفُوظٌ Ejected; cast forth. (M, K.) [Uttered, spoken forth, or pronounced.]

Nounلُفَاظَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — what is ejected from the mouth; a small remainder of a thinggenerated

What is ejected, or cast forth, from the mouth: such as particles of the toothstick with which the teeth are cleaned; and what is thrown away, of food.

Plural لُفَاظَاتٌ.

See also لُفَاظٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Also a remain, remainder, or residue, of a thing, little in quality.

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What is ejected, or cast forth, from the mouth: (S, K:) such as particles of the toothstick, or stick with which the teeth are cleaned: (TA:) and what is cast, or thrown, away, of food: pl. لُفَاظَاتٌ : (Har, p. ١٨٥ :) see also لُفَاظٌ . Also, A remain, remainder, or residue, of a thing, (K, TA,) little in quality. (TA.)

Nounلَافِظٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who ejects, or casts forthgenerated

1figurative · مجازsuch a one is dying—فُلاَنٌ لَافِظٌ

Ism fāʿil of form 1; the feminine is formed with ة.

1.1figurative · مجازthe she-goat, or ewe—اللَّافِظَةٌ

Explained in several ways: the she-goat, or ewe, because she is called to be milked while ruminating, and then ejects her cud and comes joyfully to be milked; or the bird that feeds her young one from her beak, because she puts forth what is inside her and gives it for food; or the domestic cock, because he takes the grain with his beak and does not eat it but throws it to the hen; or the mill, because it casts forth the flour it grinds; or the sea, also called لَافِظَةُ as a proper name, because it casts forth the ambergris and jewels in it.

In this last sense, and as applied to the cock, the ة makes the meaning more intensive.

more liberal, or bountiful, than a she-goat—اسْمَحُ مِنْ لَافِظَةٍ

The word has one or another of these meanings in this saying, and in أَسْخَى مِنْ لَافِظَةٍ and أَجْوَدُ مِنْ لَافِظَةٍ, which mean the same.

any bird that feeds his female, or his young one, from his beak—لَافِظَةٌ

the earth—اللَّافِظَةُ

So called because it casts forth the dead. It also means the present world, because it casts forth those who are in it to the world to come.

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[act. part. n. of 1: fem. with ة ]. You say, فُلاَنٌ لَافِظٌ Such a one is dying. (TA.) اللَّافِظَةٌ The she-goat, (T, S, M, K,) or ewe; (M, K;) because she is called to be milked, while ruminating, and thereupon ejects her cud, and comes joyfully to be milked: (T, * S, M, * K: *) or the bird that feeds her young one from her beak; because she puts forth what is in her inside and gives it for food: (S, K *:) or the domestic cock; (S, K;) because he takes the grain with his beak, and does not eat it, but throws it to the hen: (K:) or the mill; (T, S, M, K;) because it casts forth what it grinds, (T, TA,) of the flour: (TA:) or the sea; (S, M, K;) as also لَافِظَةُ , determinate [as a proper name]; (K;) because it casts forth (S, M) what is in it, (M,) [namely] ambergris and jewels: (S:) in this last sense, and as applied to the cock, (Sgh,) the ة is to give intensiveness to the signification. (S, Sgh.) It has one or another of these significations in the saying, اسْمَحُ مِنْ لَافِظَةٍ [More liberal, or bountiful, than a she-goat, &c.,] (T, S, K,) and أَسْخَى مِنْ لَافِظَةٍ (M, TA) and أَجْوَدُ مِنْ لَافِظَةٍ [which mean the same]. (TA.) لَافِظَةٌ also signifies Any bird that feeds his female, (T,) or that feeds his young bird, (M, K,) from his beak. (T, M, K.) And اللَّافِظَةُ The earth; because it casts forth the dead. (TA.) And The present world; because it casts forth those who are in it to the world to come. (T, K, TA.)

Nounمَلْفَظٌ1 sense

Core sense — an utterance, a word utteredgenerated

See لَفْظٌ.

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: see لَفْظٌ .

Nounمَلْفُوظٌ1 sense

Core sense — uttered, pronouncedgenerated

See لَفِيظٌ.

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: see لَفِيظٌ .