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Etymology edit

From the root ل س س (l-s-s), where لَسَّ (lassa, to graze off). Formally compare لُعَاع (luʕāʕ, tender greenery).

Noun edit

لُسَاس or لُسَّاس (lusās or lussāsm (collective)

  1. (obsolete) grass short by reason of grazing
  2. boxthorn (Lycium gen. et spp.)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “لساس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 102
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 581a