لَاقِطٌ
Root: لقط
Full Definition
لَاقِطٌ
and in an intensive sense
لَقَّاطٌ and [in a doubly intensive sense]
لَقَّاطَةٌ A man [who picks up things from the ground; and the second, who does so much, or often; and the third, who does so very much, or very often: or] who takes things from places where they were not thought to be: and all signify a man who picks up the ears of corn [that fall] when the crop is reaped, and [the fruit that falls] when the ripe dates are cut from the raceme: and the first and second, a bird that picks up grains.
2 لِكُلِّ سَاقِطَةٍ لَاقِطَةٌ For every saying that falls from one, there is a person who will take it up: (Msb in art. سقط:) or for every word that falls from the mouth of the speaker, there is a person who will hear it and pick it up and publish it: a proverb, relating to the guarding of the tongue: the ة in لاقطة is to give intensiveness to the meaning, (Msb, in art. سقط,) or for the purpose of assimilation: if you say لِكُلِّ ضَائِعٍ, or the like, you say لَاقِطٌ.
3 لَاقِطَةٌ الحَصَى The قَانِصَة [meaning stomach, &c.,] of a bird, in which pebbles become collected: or the omasum (قِبّة) of a sheep or goat [and the corresponding ventricle of a camel, as is shown in the TA in art. حصل; also called لَقَّاطَةُ الحَصَى (see قُرَيْحَآءُ);] because it conveys thereinto whatever it eats of earth and pebbles; as also اللَّاقِطَةٌ [alone].
def.2 لَاقِطٌ also signifies
2 See also لَقِيطَةٌ: and see أَلْقَاطٌ, which may be a pl. of لَاقِطٌ; as in لُقَّاطٌ, which is explained with أَلْقَاطٌ.
2 لِكُلِّ سَاقِطَةٍ لَاقِطَةٌ For every saying that falls from one, there is a person who will take it up: (Msb in art. سقط:) or for every word that falls from the mouth of the speaker, there is a person who will hear it and pick it up and publish it: a proverb, relating to the guarding of the tongue: the ة in لاقطة is to give intensiveness to the meaning, (Msb, in art. سقط,) or for the purpose of assimilation: if you say لِكُلِّ ضَائِعٍ, or the like, you say لَاقِطٌ.
3 لَاقِطَةٌ الحَصَى The قَانِصَة [meaning stomach, &c.,] of a bird, in which pebbles become collected: or the omasum (قِبّة) of a sheep or goat [and the corresponding ventricle of a camel, as is shown in the TA in art. حصل; also called لَقَّاطَةُ الحَصَى (see قُرَيْحَآءُ);] because it conveys thereinto whatever it eats of earth and pebbles; as also اللَّاقِطَةٌ [alone].
def.2 لَاقِطٌ also signifies
2 See also لَقِيطَةٌ: and see أَلْقَاطٌ, which may be a pl. of لَاقِطٌ; as in لُقَّاطٌ, which is explained with أَلْقَاطٌ.
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