maṣdarلَوْحٌ لَوْحَةٌmuḍāriʿيَلُوحُ
Core sense — it shone, gleamed; it appeared; he thirstedgenerated
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It (a thing) shone, gleamed, glistened.
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1.1.1it (lightning) flashed slightly, not extending sideways into the neighbouring tracts of cloud—لَاحَ
maṣdars لَوْحٌ, لُؤُوحٌ, and لَوَحَانٌ.
it (lightning) flashed slightly, in the same way—الاح
Or الاح means: it lighted up what surrounded it.
1.1.2it appeared—لَاحَ
maṣdar [لَوْحٌ and] لِيَاحٌ.
it (a star) appeared [it loomed], and shone, gleamed, or glistened—الاح
الاح has the same meaning.
Canopus appeared—لَاحَ سُهَيْل
So ISk.
it shone and glistened—الاح
1.1.3he (a man) came forth and became apparent—لاح
he (a man) came forth and became apparent—الاح
on this sense A 'Obeyd.
1.1.4figurative · مجازyour affair became apparent and clear to me—لَاحَ لِى أَمْرُكَ
your affair became apparent and clear to me—تلوّح
1.1.5hoariness appeared upon his head—لَاحَ الشَّيْبُ فِى رَأْسِهِ
1.1.6he saw him, or it—لَاحَهُ
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1.1.7he looked at, or towards, such a thing—لَاحَ إِلَى كَذَا
For example, a distant fire.
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1.1.8he saw him, or it, and then he, or it, became hidden from him—لَاحَهُ بِبَصَرِهِ
[so in the L].
1.2he thirsted; or he thirsted in the slightest degree; or he thirsted quickly—لَاحَ
maṣdars لَوْحٌ, لُوحٌ, لُوَاحٌ, لُؤُوحٌ, لَوَحَانٌ, and التاح.
1.2.1it altered him, and made him lean, light of flesh, or lank in the belly—لَاحَهُ
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it altered him, and made him lean, light of flesh, or lank in the belly—لوّحهُ
Said of thirst, or of travel, and of cold, of disease or illness, and of grief.
Maṣdar تَلْوِيحٌ. Or it means: the heat of fire, or of the sun, altered the colour of his skin. Or both verbs mean: it parched, scorched, or burned his skin and blackened it.
the sun altered him, and slightly burned and changed the colour of his face—لَوَّحَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ
The same is said of fire, and of the hot wind called سَمُوم; also لَاحَتْهُ.
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, aor. يَلُوحُ , inf. n. لَوْحٌ , It (a thing) shone; gleamed; glistened. (S.) لَاحَ , (aor. يَلُوحُ , inf. n. لَوْحٌ and لُؤُوحٌ and لَوَحَانٌ ; TA;) and الاح ; It (lightning) flashed slightly, not extending sideways in the adjacent tracts of cloud: (S, K:) or الاح signifies it lighted up what surrounded it. (TA.) لَاحَ , (S, Msb,) aor. يَلُوحُ ; (Msb;) inf. n. [ لَوْحٌ and] لِيَاحٌ ; (IAth;) It appeared: (IAth, Msb:) it (a star) appeared, (S, Msb,) as also الاح , (S, K,) [it loomed,] and shone, gleamed, or glistened; (TA;) as also الاح : (Msb, TA:) ISk says, لَاحَ سُهَيْل Canopus appeared; (S;) and الاح it shone and glistened. (S, K.) لاح , and الاح , He (a man) came forth and became apparent. (A 'Obeyd.) لَاحَ لِى أَمْرُكَ , and تلوّح , Thine affair became apparent and manifest to me. (A.) لَاحَ الشَّيْبُ فِى رَأْسِهِ Hoariness appeared upon his head. (TA.) لَاحَهُ , aor. يَلُوحُ , He saw him, or it. (K.) لَاحَ إِلَى كَذَا , aor. يَلُوحُ , He looked at, or towards, such a thing; as a distant fire. (L.) لَاحَهُ بِبَصَرِهِ , aor. يَلُوحُ , inf. n. لَوْحَةٌ , [so in the L,] He saw him, or it, and then he or it became concealed from him. (L.) See 4. لَاحَ , (S,) aor. يَلُوحُ , (TA,) inf. n. لَوْحٌ (S, K,) and لُوحٌ (K) and لُوَاحٌ (S, K) and لُؤُوحٌ and لَوَحَانٌ ; (K;) and التاح ; (S, K;) He thirsted: (S, K;) or he thirsted in the slightest degree: (TA:) or he thirsted quickly. (Lh.) لَاحَهُ , (aor. يَلُوحُ , inf. n. لَوْحٌ , TA,) It (thirst, K, or travel, S, K, and cold, and disease or illness, and grief, TA,) altered him, (S, K,) and made him lean, lank, light of flesh, slender, or lank in the belly; (TA;) as also لوّحهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَلْوِيحٌ : or the latter signifies it (the heat of fire or of the sun) altered the colour of his skin: (TA:) or both verbs signify it parched, scorched, or burned, and blackened, his skin. (Zj.) لَوَّحَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ The sun altered him, and scorched, i. e. slightly burned, and changed the colour of, his face; (S;) and in like manner fire, and the hot wind called سَمُوم ; as also لَاحَتْهُ . (A.)