لَحْدٌ
Root: لحد
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لَحْدٌ
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لُحْدٌ and
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مَلْحُودٌ , which last is an epithet wherein the quality of a subst. is predominant, A trench or an oblong excavation, in the side of a grave; a lateral hollow of a grave; which is the place of the corpse; what is called ضَرِيحٌ and ضَرِيحَةٌ is in the middle: pl. لُحُودٌ and أَلْحَادٌ. Accord. to some, لحد used in this sense is tropical; from لَحَدَ and أَلْحَدَ signifying “ he inclined, or declined. ” [The reverse, however, is the case accord. to the A.] [See an ex. in a verse cited voce شَدِيدٌ.]
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