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لَمْسَة
a touch /ˈlam.sa/
nounB2#3925 most common
Also: a touch of (something), a stroke or dab (as in art/design)
Example sentences
هذه لَمْسَة جميلة.
This is a beautiful touch.
أضافَت لَمْسَة من الملح إلى الطعام.
She added a touch of salt to the food.
بِلَمْسَة واحدة على الشاشة، تفتح التطبيق.
With a single touch on the screen, you open the app.
أعطى الفنان اللوحة لَمْسَة أخيرة قبل عرضها.
The artist gave the painting a final touch before showing it.
كانت لَمْسَتُه الحانية كافية لتهدئة الطفل الباكي.
His gentle touch was enough to calm the crying child.
تَميَّزَت التصميمات الداخلية للفندق بِلَمَسَات فنية مستوحاة من العمارة الأندلسية.
The hotel's interior design stood out for its artistic touches, drawn from Andalusian architecture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَمْسَةٌ | لَمَسَاتٌ |
| Genitive | لَمْسَةٍ | لَمَسَاتٍ |
| Accusative | لَمْسَةً | لَمَسَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا لَمْسَةُ | يا لَمَسَاتُ |
Word family
لَمَسَ (lamasa)to touch
يَلْمِس (yalmis)touches (present tense)
مَلْمُوس (malmus)tangible, palpable
تَلامُس (talamus)mutual contact
لامَسَ (lamasa, form III)to come into contact with
Etymology
Lamsa comes from the Arabic root l-m-s, a core Semitic root tied to touching and feeling. The verb lamasa means to touch. Lamsa itself follows the fa'lah pattern, which Arabic grammar uses to mark a single instance of an action, so it literally means one act of touching. Because Arabic and English come from unrelated language families, there is no shared Indo-European ancestor to trace here.
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