لساس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل س س (l-s-s), where لَسَّ (lassa, to graze off). Formally compare لُعَاع (luʕāʕ, tender greenery).

Noun

لُسَاس or لُسَّاس • (lusās or lussās) m (collective)

  1. (obsolete) grass short by reason of grazing
  2. boxthorn (Lycium gen. et spp.)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “لساس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 102
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 581a
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