لَقِيطٌ
Root: لقط
Full Definition
لَقِيطٌ
i. q.
مَلْقُوطٌ ; i. e. A thing that is picked up, taken up, raised, or taken, from the ground, or from a place where it was not thought to be.
2 And, generally, A foundling; or child that is cast out, and found by a man, or picked up; or because it is cast out with the object of its being picked up: not what Lth asserts it to be; i. e. a child that is cast out in the roads, and there found, whose father and mother are unknown: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: and مَلْقُوطٌ signifies the same: [pl. of the former, لُقَطَآءُ.]
3 Also, A well upon which one lights unexpectedly, or unawares, without seeking it.
2 And, generally, A foundling; or child that is cast out, and found by a man, or picked up; or because it is cast out with the object of its being picked up: not what Lth asserts it to be; i. e. a child that is cast out in the roads, and there found, whose father and mother are unknown: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: and مَلْقُوطٌ signifies the same: [pl. of the former, لُقَطَآءُ.]
3 Also, A well upon which one lights unexpectedly, or unawares, without seeking it.
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