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لَمَس
to touch /ˈla.ma.sa/
verbA2#953 most common
Also: to feel, to handle, to touch on (a topic)
Example sentences
لَمَسَ الوَلَدُ الكَلْبَ.
The boy touched the dog.
لا تَلْمِسْ هَذا الصَّحْنَ، فَهُوَ ساخِنٌ.
Do not touch this plate, it is hot.
لَمَسْتُ الماءَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ بارِداً.
I touched the water and found it cold.
حِينَ لَمَسَتْ يَدُها كَتِفي، شَعَرْتُ بِالأمانِ.
When her hand touched my shoulder, I felt safe.
لَمَسَتْ كَلِماتُ الخَطيبِ قُلوبَ الحاضِرينَ جَميعاً.
The speaker's words touched the hearts of all those present.
لَمْ يَلْمِسْ أحَدٌ جَوهَرَ المَوضوعِ في النِّقاشِ، فَبَقِيَتِ المُشكِلَةُ مُعَلَّقَةً.
No one touched on the heart of the matter in the discussion, so the problem stayed unresolved.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَلْمِسُ | لَمَسْتُ | سَأَلْمِسُ |
| 2sg | تَلْمِسُ | لَمَسْتَ | سَتَلْمِسُ |
| 3sg | يَلْمِسُ | لَمَسَ | سَيَلْمِسُ |
| 1pl | نَلْمِسُ | لَمَسْنَا | سَنَلْمِسُ |
| 2pl | تَلْمِسُونَ | لَمَسْتُمْ | سَتَلْمِسُونَ |
| 3pl | يَلْمِسُونَ | لَمَسُوا | سَيَلْمِسُونَ |
Word family
لَمْسtouch, the sense of touch
لَمْسةa touch
مَلْمُوسtangible, palpable
لَامَسَto be in contact with
الْتَمَسَto seek, to request
Etymology
لَمَسَ comes from the Semitic root l-m-s, which carries the sense of touching or feeling by hand. Classical Arabic used it both for physical contact and for searching by feel in the dark. Modern Arabic keeps the literal meaning and adds figurative ones, such as words that touch the heart or a discussion that touches on a subject.
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