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لَتَّ

Root: لت

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَتَّI , (Present.T لَتُتَ TA,) Verbal.Noun لَتٌّ, He bruised, or brayed, or broke up into small fragments, or particles. He broke in pieces, or bruised, with his hoof, the pebbles over which he passed.
2 I. q., فَتَّ, He crumbled a thing, or broke it into small pieces, with his fingers: or broke a thing with his fingers: &c.
3 He pounded, or bruised, small; he pulverized; syn. سَحَقَ.

def.2 لَتَّ السَّوِيقَ, Present.T لَتُتَ Verbal.Noun لَتٌّ, He moistened the سويق with a little water, [or clarified butter, or fat of a sheep's tail, &c. (see لُتَاتٌ)]: it signifies less than بَسَّ: he stirred it about with water &c. until they became of a uniform consistence; or stirred it about with a مِجْدَح; i. q. جَدَحَهُ: and in like manner, الأَقِطَ and the like: or [simply] he moistened the سويق: or he moistened the سويق in the manner termed بَسٌّ, with water and the like: [accord. to present usage, he moistened, and beat up, or mingled, the سويق with water &c.]
2 لَتَّ ثِيَابَهُ, [Present.T لَتُتَ ] Verbal.Noun لَتٌّ, It wetted his clothes.

def.3 لَتَّ, (Present.T لَتُتَ S,) Verbal.Noun لَتٌّ He bound a thing.
2 لُتَّ فُلَانٌ بِفُلَانٍ Such a one was joined, connected, coupled, or associated, with such a one; expl. by لُزَّ بِهِ وَقُرِنَ مَعَهُ.
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