Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الِلّجَامَ

Root: الك

Form: 1

Full Definition

الِلّجَامَI , [Present.T ـُ or ـِ] Verbal.Noun أَلْكٌ, He chewed, or champed, the bit; syn. عَلَكَهُ. One says, of a horse, يألكُ اللُّجُمَ He chews, or champs, the bits: but the verb commonly known is يَلُوكَ, or يَعْلُكُ.
2 [Hence, accord. to some, (see أَلُوكٌ,)] أَلَكَ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun أَلْكٌ and أُلُوكٌ, He acted as a messenger (تَرَسَّلَ) between the people.
3 And أَلَكَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun أَلْكٌ, He conveyed, or communicated, to him a message.
4 And أَلَكَ He sent. (IB in art. لوك.)


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