English → Arabic
flesh in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- laḥm
- Arabizi
lahm- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- لُحُومٌ luḥūm
- Root
- ل ح م
How to use it
“Lahm” is the general word for the soft tissue of animals and humans, i.e., meat or flesh. It is masculine singular; the plural “luḥūm” is used mainly in culinary contexts. In Arabic, “lahm” can also refer to meat as food, so context determines the nuance.
Example sentences
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الْقِطَّةُ تَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ بِشَغَفٍ.
al-qiṭṭatu taʾkulu al-laḥma bišaghafin.
The cat eats the flesh eagerly.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ نَحْتَرِسَ مِنْ لَحْمِ السَّمَكِ الْمُصْنَعِ.
yajibu ʾan naḥtarisa min laḥmi al-samaki al-muṣnaʿi.
We must be careful with processed fish flesh.
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الْجِسْمُ مَكْتُومٌ بِاللَّحْمِ وَالعِظَامِ.
al-jismu maktūmun bi-al-laḥmi wa-al-ʿiẓāmi.
The body is covered with flesh and bones.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
scorching the flesh;
« لواحة للبشر » محرقة لظاهر الجلد.
It scorches the flesh.
« لواحة للبشر » محرقة لظاهر الجلد.
and it burns the flesh.
« لواحة للبشر » محرقة لظاهر الجلد.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
لاننا وان كنا نسلك في الجسد لسنا حسب الجسد نحارب.
For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;
لاننا وان كنا نسلك في الجسد لسنا حسب الجسد نحارب.
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
فاذا ايها الاخوة نحن مديونون ليس للجسد لنعيش حسب الجسد.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
فاذا ايها الاخوة نحن مديونون ليس للجسد لنعيش حسب الجسد.
and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
ويكون الاثنان جسدا واحدا. اذا ليسا بعد اثنين بل جسد واحد.
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
ويكون الاثنان جسدا واحدا. اذا ليسا بعد اثنين بل جسد واحد.
You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
فتأكلون لحم بنيكم. ولحم بناتكم تأكلون.
All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
ليس كل جسد جسدا واحدا بل للناس جسد واحد وللبهائم جسد آخر. وللسمك آخر وللطير آخر.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
ليس كل جسد جسدا واحدا بل للناس جسد واحد وللبهائم جسد آخر. وللسمك آخر وللطير آخر.
Questions and answers
Is there a difference between “lahm” and “ḥiṭṭ”?
“Lahm” is the generic term for flesh/meat, while “ḥiṭṭ” specifically means “muscle tissue.”
Can “lahm” be used metaphorically?
Yes, it can describe the inner part of something, e.g., “laḥm al‑kitāb” (the “body” of a book).
Related words and expressions
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