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لَحِسَهُ

Root: لحس

Form: 1

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لَحِسَهُI , or لَحِسَهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun لَحْسٌ and مَلْحَسٌ and لَحْسَةٌ and لُحْسَةٌ, the last mentioned by ISk, He licked it; namely, a bowl, and a vessel: اللَّحْسُ is with the tongue: or لَحسَهُ signifies he took what was upon it, or what adhered to its sides, with his tongue or his finger; the suffixed pronoun referring to a bowl or some other thing: and he took it with his tongue. It is said in a proverb, أَسْرَعُ مِنْ لَحْسِ الكَلْبِ أَنْفَهُ [Quicker than the dog's licking his nose]. See also مَلْحَسٌ, below.
2 لَحِسَ الدُّودُ الصُّوفَ, in measure like لَبِسَ, or لَحَسَ, like مَنَعَ, Verbal.Noun لَحْسٌ, The worms ate the wool: and in like manner, لحس الجَرَادُ الخُضَرَ and الشَّجَرَ, the locusts ate the green plants and the trees.
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