لَحْنٌ
Root: لحن
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لَحْنٌ
The meaning of speech; its intended sense or import: its intent: [it is direct: and also indirect:] an indication thereof whereby the person addressed is made to understand one's intent; so says Az an oblique, or ambiguous, mode of speech: an inclining of speech to obliqueness, or ambiguity, and equivocal allusion.
2 A barbarism, an incorrect word.
3 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.
4 لَحْنٌ A modulated sound; expl. as being مِنَ الأَصْوَاتِ المَصُوغَةِ المَوْضُوعَةِ: pl. أَلْحَانٌ and لُحُونٌ. You say, أَلْحَانُ الأَغَانِى [The modulated sounds of songs].
2 A barbarism, an incorrect word.
3 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.
4 لَحْنٌ A modulated sound; expl. as being مِنَ الأَصْوَاتِ المَصُوغَةِ المَوْضُوعَةِ: pl. أَلْحَانٌ and لُحُونٌ. You say, أَلْحَانُ الأَغَانِى [The modulated sounds of songs].
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