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لَمَحَهُ

Root: لمح

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَمَحَهُI , or لَمَحَ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ , Verbal.Noun لَمْحٌ; and , or المحهُ , and ; He glanced, or took a light, or slight, look, at him or it; like لَمَأَهُ; snatched a sight of him or it unawares: or, accord. to some, لَمَحَ signifies he looked; and المحهُ , he made him to look; but the former explanation is the more correct: or لَمَحَ is only said of one looking from a distance.
2 لَمَحْتُهُ بِالبَصَرِ I directed (صَوَّبْتُ) my sight towards him.
3 لَمَحَ البَصَرُ The sight extended to a thing.
4 لَمَحَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun لَمْحٌ and لَمَحَانٌ and تَلْمَاحٌ, It shone; gleamed; glistened; i. q. لَمَعَ.
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