Quranic root
لمم
l · m · m
A core of gathering together, drawing near, and joining what is separated.
The root develops from collecting or consolidating what is dispersed to meanings of approach and visitation, slight contact or near commission, congregation, and things that befall.
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
لَمَّ
lamma
- 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 gather or bring together; in the imperative construction هَلُمَّ, to call someone to come forward or to bring something forward.
The Quranic occurrences use the imperative stem لُمَّ within هَلُمَّ. Context accounts for renderings such as “come” and “bring forward” without requiring separate lexical senses.
- Lane · entry 20712
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 6:150word 2
“Bring forward”
Quran 33:18word 8
“Come”
لَمَمٌ
lamamun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Minor sins or brief approaches to wrongdoing that fall short of full commission; hence small faults.
In the Quranic exception from major sins and indecencies, the term can denote approaching a sin and then refraining from it, as well as the resulting notion of a minor lapse.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 53:32word 7
“the small faults”
لَمٌّ
lammun
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Gathering or taking things together as a whole; altogether.
Used adverbially in the Quranic expression أَكْلًا لَمًّا, describing the collective taking or consuming of something.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 89:19word 4
“altogether”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 4 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 15 Classical meanings
لَمَّ
To repair, reconcile, and consolidate what has become disordered or unsettled.
Especially used transitively of disorganized affairs or a state of scattered disorder.
- Lane · entry 20712
لَمَّمَ
To make the hair into a لِمَّة hairstyle.
Form II; the hairstyle is hair extending below the earlobe.
- Lane · entry 20713
- Lane · entry 20719
أَلَمَّ
To come to someone or a people, alight at their abode as a guest, or visit briefly; hence to come near.
The construction is attested with بِـ and عَلَى; the visit may be covert, light, hasty, or occasional.
- Lane · entry 20714
أَلَمَّ
To know or understand the meaning of something.
A figurative use of the Form IV construction with بِـ.
- Lane · entry 20714
أَلَمَّ
To commit a sin or offense.
An extended Form IV use with بِـ.
- Lane · entry 20714
أَلَمَّ
To happen or occur.
An extended intransitive use of the Form IV verb.
- Lane · entry 20714
اِلْتَمَّ
To be collected or accumulated; for people or groups, to gather or congregate.
Form VIII; the reflexive plural use describes people collecting themselves.
- Lane · entry 20715
لَمْ
A particle that negates an imperfect verb with past-time force: “did not.”
It governs the imperfect verb; with the interrogative alif it can introduce a confirmatory or rhetorical question.
- Lane · entry 20716
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لَمَّا
A particle meaning “not yet,” denying that an expected action has occurred.
Used with an imperfect verb, leaving the action open to subsequent occurrence.
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لَمَّا
A temporal particle meaning “when” or “as soon as”; in some analyses, “since” or “because.”
Introduces a temporal clause, with the precise temporal or causal force determined by the construction.
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لَمَّا
A particle of exception equivalent to إِلَّا: “but,” “except,” or “only.”
It may precede a nominal proposition and, in a reported reading, a verb.
- Lane · entry 20716
لَمَمٌ / لَمَّةٌ
A slight taint, touch, or infection of insanity, including a slight diabolical possession.
The affliction is also described as a touch from the jinn.
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- Lane · entry 20718
لِمَّةٌ
Hair extending below the lobe of the ear; a hairstyle of that length.
A nominal designation for the hair or hairstyle itself.
- Lane · entry 20719
مُلِمَّةٌ
A misfortune that befalls a person in the present world.
A derived feminine noun for an adversity or worldly calamity.
- Lane · entry 20721
مُلَمَّمٌ
A boy having a لِمَّة hairstyle.
A derived descriptive noun referring specifically to a boy characterized by that hairstyle.
- Lane · entry 20722
- Lane · entry 20719
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Form I Quranic group is displayed under the normal perfect citation form لَمَّ, while the supplied Quran occurrences are the imperative stem لُمَّ within هَلُمَّ.
Historical Quran references occurring in the particle discussion are retained as lexical evidence but are not converted into modern verse keys.