لحن

العربية

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لحن^¹

verb لَحَنَ · laḥana · يَلْحَنُ · لَحْن · لَاحِن

to mispronounce; to smatter (a language)
obsolete, rhetoric to give [with لِ (li) ‘someone’] a veiled hint of

لحن^²

verb لَحِنَ · laḥina · يَلْحَنُ · لَحَن · لَحِن

to articulate eloquently (an argument)
to be intelligent, to have a good grasp

لحن^³

verb لَحَّنَ · laḥḥana · يُلَحِّنُ · تَلْحِين · مُلَحِّن

to make music, to compose
to set to music
to remix
to chant, to intone; to psalmodize
to rhyme
to accuse of mispronouncing or employing barbarisms in speaking

لحن^⁴

noun لَحْن · laḥn · أَلْحَان · لُحُون · اللَّحْن

archaic tone or mode of speech, idiom, the characteristic way any animal or group sounds like فَلَعَرَفْتَهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ ٱلْقَوْلِ
mispronunciation, barbarism وقد وقعت لحون في قراءة القرآن الكريم في عهد الصحابة رضوان الله عليهم ، فاستنكروها، لأنها قد أفسدت المعني
melody, tune
obsolete, rhetoric overtone, insinuation, hint, dog whistle

لحن^⁵

noun لَحَن · laḥan · اللَّحَن · لَحَنٌ

intelligence, quickwittedness, nimbleness, verbal noun of لَحِنَ (laḥina)

لحن^⁶

adjective لَحِن · laḥin · اللَّحِن · لَحِنَة · اللَّحِنَة

intelligent, quick-witted, nimble

In English

melody sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
tune melody
solecism error in the use of language
smatter (transitive) to speak (a language or words) with only a superficial knowledge of

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {لحن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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