لحد

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Arabic

Root
ل ح د (l ḥ d)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

لَحْد • (laḥd) m (plural لُحُود (luḥūd) or أَلْحَاد (ʔalḥād))

  1. tombstone
  2. grave
    Synonym: قَبْر (qabr)
    • أُطْلُبُوا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِنَ ٱلْمَهْدِ إلَى ٱللَّحْدِ
      ʔuṭlubū l-ʕilma mina l-mahdi ʔilā l-laḥdi
      Seek ye knowledge from the cradle onto the grave.

Declension

Declension of noun لَحْد (laḥd)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَحْد
laḥd 		اللَّحْد
al-laḥd 		لَحْد
laḥd
Nominative لَحْدٌ
laḥdun 		اللَّحْدُ
al-laḥdu 		لَحْدُ
laḥdu
Accusative لَحْدًا
laḥdan 		اللَّحْدَ
al-laḥda 		لَحْدَ
laḥda
Genitive لَحْدٍ
laḥdin 		اللَّحْدِ
al-laḥdi 		لَحْدِ
laḥdi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَحْدَيْن
laḥdayn 		اللَّحْدَيْن
al-laḥdayn 		لَحْدَيْ
laḥday
Nominative لَحْدَانِ
laḥdāni 		اللَّحْدَانِ
al-laḥdāni 		لَحْدَا
laḥdā
Accusative لَحْدَيْنِ
laḥdayni 		اللَّحْدَيْنِ
al-laḥdayni 		لَحْدَيْ
laḥday
Genitive لَحْدَيْنِ
laḥdayni 		اللَّحْدَيْنِ
al-laḥdayni 		لَحْدَيْ
laḥday
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَلْحَاد‎; لُحُود
ʔalḥād‎; luḥūd 		الْأَلْحَاد‎; اللُّحُود
al-ʔalḥād‎; al-luḥūd 		أَلْحَاد‎; لُحُود
ʔalḥād‎; luḥūd
Nominative أَلْحَادٌ‎; لُحُودٌ
ʔalḥādun‎; luḥūdun 		الْأَلْحَادُ‎; اللُّحُودُ
al-ʔalḥādu‎; al-luḥūdu 		أَلْحَادُ‎; لُحُودُ
ʔalḥādu‎; luḥūdu
Accusative أَلْحَادًا‎; لُحُودًا
ʔalḥādan‎; luḥūdan 		الْأَلْحَادَ‎; اللُّحُودَ
al-ʔalḥāda‎; al-luḥūda 		أَلْحَادَ‎; لُحُودَ
ʔalḥāda‎; luḥūda
Genitive أَلْحَادٍ‎; لُحُودٍ
ʔalḥādin‎; luḥūdin 		الْأَلْحَادِ‎; اللُّحُودِ
al-ʔalḥādi‎; al-luḥūdi 		أَلْحَادِ‎; لُحُودِ
ʔalḥādi‎; luḥūdi

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: لحد (laḥd)
    > Turkish: lahit (inherited)
  • → Uyghur: لەھەت (lehet)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَحْد (laḥd).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? lahd, lahaḏ
Dari reading? lahd, lahad
Iranian reading? lahd, lahad
Tajik reading? lahd, lahad

Noun

لحد • (lahad)

  1. grave
    Synonyms: قبر (qabr), گور (gur)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 134”, in دیوان حافظ‎:
      آه و فریاد که از چشم حسود مه چرخ
      در لحد ماه کمان ابرویِ من منزل کرد
      āh u faryād ki az čašm-i husūd-i mah-i čarx
      dar lahd māh-i kamān abrū-yi man manzil kard
      Woe and alas that the moon of heaven's envious eye
      Has made the grave the dwelling of my bow-browed moon .
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “لحد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From لَ (la-, “to”) +‎ حَدّ (ḥadd, “limit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ħad/,
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Preposition

لحدّ • (la-ḥadd)

  1. until, as far as, up to
    Synonyms: لـ (la-), حتى (ḥatta)

Usage notes

  • In order to use لحدّ (la-ḥadd) as a conjunction (i.e. introducing a verbal phrase), it must be followed by the particle ما (ma).
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