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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry لسن

لَسَنَ(n. ac. لَسْن) a. Stung, nettled; abused; out-argued. b. see II لَسِنَ(n. ac. لَسَن) a. Was eloquent, fluent; was sarcastic, caustic. لَسَّنَa. Made linguiform, pointed. لَاْسَنَa. Railed against; argued against. أَلْسَنَa. see IIb. Repeated another's words to. تَلَسَّنَa. Flamed, shot up (fire). لِسْنa. see 23 لَسِن (pl. لُسْن) a. see 14b. Pointed, linguiform; tapering, slender. أَلْسَنُ (pl. لُسْن) a. Eloquent; fluent; sarcastic; ready-tongued. مِلْسَنa. Stone by which animals are trapped. لِسَاْن (pl. لُسْن أَلْسِنَة أَلْسُن 16) a. Tongue; language, diction, speech; jargon, dialect; idiom. b. Sting — see idioms below. لِسَاْنِيّa. Lingual. N. P. لَسڤنَa. Liar. N. P. لَسَّنَa. see 5 (b) لِسَان الثَّوْر a. Bugloss, borage. لِسَان الحَالِ a. Dumb show; gesticulation. b. Self-evident (explanation). لِسَان الحَمَل a. Plantain. لِسَان الصِدْق a. Encomium, eulogy. لِسَان القَوْم a. Speaker, representative. لِسَان الكَلْب a. Dog's-tongue (herb). لِسَان المِزْمَار a. Larynx; epiglottis. لِسَان النَّار a. Flame. ذُو لِسَانَيْنِ a. Double-tongued; hypocrite, humbug; traitor.