Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ل

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ليط

1 لَاطَ بِهِ ذ , aor. يَلِيطُ, inf. n. لَيْطٌ: see لَاطَ بِهِ in art. لوط, in three places. ― -b2- مَا يَلِيطُ بِهِ النَّعِيمُ A state of ease, or plenty, or enjoyment, does not suit him, (AZ, K.) -A2- لَاطَ القَاضِى فُلَانًا بِفُلَانٍ, (K,) aor. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) The judge classed such a one, as an adjunct, with such a one; put him on a par with him; or made him to be as though on a par with him; syn. أَلْحَقَهُ بِهِ. (K.) It is said in a trad., of 'Omar, كَانَ يَلِيطُ أَوْلَادَ الجَاهِليَّةِ بِآبَائِهِمْ (tropical:) He used to class the children of people of ignorance, [the pagans,] as adjuncts, with their fathers; syn. يُلْحِقُهُمْ. (TA.) [See also لَاطَهُ in art. لوط; and see 4.] 2 لَيَّطَ see 4. 4 الاطهُ ذ , inf. n. إِِلَاطَةٌ, He stuck it; made it to cleave, stick, or adhere; (TA;) as also ↓ ليّطهُ , inf. n. تَلْيِيطٌ. (K, TA [but only the inf. n. is mentioned.]) لَيْطٌ ذ : see لَوْطٌ: -A2- see also لِيطٌ. لِيطٌ ذ is a pl. of ↓ لِيطَةٌ , (S, K,) as also لِيَاطٌ and أَلْيَاطٌ; (K;) [the last being a pl. of pauc.; or rather, لِيطٌ is a coll. gen. n., of which لِيطَةٌ is the n. un.;] and signifies The bark, rind, or peel, that adheres to a tree: or, accord. to Az, that is beneath the upper bark, rind, or peel: (TA:) or the covering, exterior part, skin, peel, rind, bark, or the like, of anything: (K:) and particularly, of a cane, or reed; (L;) or this is termed ↓ لِيطَةٌ ; (K:) or this last word signifies a piece, or portion, of the exterior part of a cane, or reed; (S, L;) or a sharp piece thereof, mentioned in a trad. as used for cutting the throats of sparrows: (TA:) also, of a spear-shaft; (L;) or this, too, is termed ↓ لِيطَةٌ : (K:) and of a bow; i. e. the upper and exterior part thereof, that is oiled and made smooth; (TA;) or the exterior part of a bow is termed ↓ لِيطَةٌ : (K:) and of a [beetle of the kind called] جُعَل: (TA:) and of anything that is hard and strong; and ↓ لِيطَةٌ signifies a piece, or portion, of the exterior part of any such thing. (L.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) (tropical:) The skin: (K, TA:) pl. أَلْيَاطٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) The external skin; or exterior of the skin: as in the saying, رَجُلٌ لَيِّنُ اللِّيطِ (tropical:) a man soft in the external skin, or exterior of the skin: also meaning (tropical:) soft to the feel. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) Colour; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ لَيْطٌ (K) and ↓ لِيَاطٌ : (TA:) and particularly of the sun; as also ↓ لِيَاطٌ . (TA.) You say, هُوَ أَنْوَرُ مِنْ لِيطِ الشَّمْسِ (tropical:) He is brighter than the colour of the sun. (TA.) And أَتَيْتُهُ وَلِيطُ الشَّمْسِ لَمْ يُقْشَرْ (tropical:) I came to him when the redness of the sun had not departed, in the beginning of the day. (TA.) ― -b5- (tropical:) What appears of the sky. (TA.) ― -b6- (tropical:) The natural disposition, or temper. (K, TA.) لِيطَةٌ ذ : see لِيطٌ, in five places. لِيَاطٌ ذ : see لِيطٌ, in two places: -A2- and see also art. لوط. أَلْيَطُ ذ : see أَلْوَطُ.