لمع

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Arabic

Root
ل م ع (l-m-ʕ)

Pronunciation 1

Verb

لَمَعَ (lamaʕa) I, non-past يَلْمَعُ‎ (yalmaʕu)

  1. (intransitive) to beam, to shine
    اِعْلَمْ اِعْمَلْ وَٱلْمَعْ
    iʕlam iʕmal wal-maʕ
    study (have knowledge), perform , and shine!
  2. to beckon, to gesture
    Synonyms: أَشَارَ (ʔašāra), أَوْمَأَ (ʔawmaʔa)
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

Verb

لَمَّعَ (lammaʕa) II, non-past يُلَمِّعُ‎ (yulammiʕu)

  1. to make shiny or shinier
  2. to colorize colorfully, to make colorful
    Hyponym: لَوَّنَ (lawwana)
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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN