Quranic root
لهث
l · h · th
The root centers on the tongue protruding and panting under thirst, especially the characteristic lolling of an animal's tongue.
The concrete image of thirst-driven tongue protrusion extends to the heat or vehemence of thirst, panting and fatigue, and some figurative or specialized lexical uses.
- Maqāyīs · row 4231
- Mufradāt · row 1325
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
لَهِثَ
lahitha
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To pant, with the tongue lolling out from thirst.
In 7:176, the imperfect is repeated in the comparison of the dog whether driven off or left alone; the Quran-focused explanation specifically describes protruding the tongue from thirst.
- Lane · entry 9913
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:176word 17
“he lolls out his tongue”
Quran 7:176word 20
“he lolls out his tongue”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 11 Classical meanings
لَهِثَ
To thirst; to be thirsty.
A Form I verbal state of thirst, distinct from the action of protruding the tongue.
- Lane · entry 9913
لَهَثَ / لَهِثَ
To pant or protrude the tongue because of fatigue or weariness; to be fatigued or weary.
The construction may describe the breath rising or the resulting condition of a person or animal when fatigued.
- Lane · entry 9913
لُهْثَةٌ
Thirst.
A noun denoting the state of thirst.
- Lane · entry 9915
لُهْثَةٌ
Fatigue or weariness.
A noun denoting fatigue, separately attested from the noun's meaning of thirst.
- Lane · entry 9915
لُهْثَةٌ (plural: لُهَاثٌ)
A red speck seen in a palm-leaf when it is split; plural, such specks.
A specialized lexical use concerning the interior of split palm-leaves.
- Lane · entry 9915
لَهْثَانُ
Thirsty.
An adjective; the feminine form لَهْثَى is also reported.
- Lane · entry 9916
لُهَاثٌ
The burning heat, intensity, or vehemence of thirst.
A noun emphasizing the severity of thirst rather than merely the state of being thirsty.
- Lane · entry 9917
لُهَاثٌ
The severity or vehemence of death.
A figurative use.
- Lane · entry 9917
لُهَاثِيٌّ
A man having many red moles or spots on his face.
A specialized, figurative-derived description connected with the red specks found in palm-leaves.
- Lane · entry 9918
لُهَّاثٌ
Makers of palm-leaf baskets of the kind called دَوَاخِلُّ, in which dates are placed.
A specialized occupational plural noun.
- Lane · entry 9919
مَلْهَثَةٌ
A cause or occasion of panting or thirst.
Attested especially in the phrase فِي سَكْرَةٍ مَلْهَثَةٌ, describing an intoxication that induces such a state.
- Lane · entry 9920
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic evidence consists of two active imperfect Form I occurrences in 7:176; the normalized public headword is the standard perfect citation form لَهِثَ.
The Lane material contains several distinct vocalized headwords and specialized derivatives, which are kept separate from the Quranic verb.