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لَقِمَ

Root: لقم

Form: 1

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لَقِمَI , [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun لَقْمٌ, [He gobbled a gobbet, or morsel, or mouthful, or] he swallowed the gobbet; and so . لَقِمَهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun لَقْمٌ, or لَقَمٌ He gobbled it; i. e., ate it quickly, as also , and hastily; drew it with his mouth, and ate it quickly.
2 لَقِمَ بِيَدِهِ He put morsels into his mouth with his hand. See an ex. voce رَقَعَ. This seems to be the primary signification.
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