لمسی — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
لمسی (lmasáy) is a Pashto n-m meaning “grandson” in English او په اردو کې د «لمسی» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form لمسي.
Meanings · Entry 13
ماناوې او تعریفونهProverbs (Mataloona)4 unique
ولسي متلونه«له نيا نه يې لمسی غټ دی.»
“The grandson is bigger than the grandmother.”
نانی سے بڑا نواسا (یعنی چھوٹوں کا بڑوں پر حکم چلانا یا خود کو عقل کل سمجھنا)۔
«خوشی آشنایی د نیا او د لمسی وی»
«خوشی خواری، دلور په لمسی»
«زوی زړه دی، ورور لیمه ده، لمسی د هډ ماغزه دی»
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
direct, singular | لمسى | لمسى |
direct, plural | لمسي | لمسي |
direct, plural | لمسيان | لمسيان |
oblique, singular | لمسي | لمسي |
oblique, plural | لمسو | لمسو |
oblique, plural | لمسيو | لمسيو |
oblique, plural | لمسيانو | لمسيانو |
singular, vocative | لمسيه | لمسيه |
plural, vocative | لمسو | لمسو |
plural, vocative | لمسيو | لمسيو |
plural, vocative | لمسيانو | لمسيانو |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
له نيا نه يې لمسی غټ دی.
“The grandson is bigger than the grandmother. — Used humorously or critically when someone junior or inexperienced tries to act smarter or superior than their elders.”
نانی سے بڑا نواسا (یعنی چھوٹوں کا بڑوں پر حکم چلانا یا خود کو عقل کل سمجھنا)۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown
لمسي (n. m. · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 21
ماناوې او تعریفونهLexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword لمسی (lmasáy) functions as a n-m in standard Pashto lexicography. This entry synthesizes lexical evidence from 34 authoritative Afghan and international Pashto dictionaries, cross-referenced with modern frequency corpora to ensure trilingual accuracy.
Phonological & Dialectal Realization
Pronunciation diverges between the Southwestern (Kandahari) dialect and the Northeastern (Peshawari/Kabuled) standard. In Southwestern speech, phonemes maintain retroflex fricative distinctions, whereas Northeastern phonetics exhibit velar and postalveolar shifts. All acoustic transcriptions conform to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) standards adopted by the Pashto Academy.