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لج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

R. Q. 1 لَجْلَجَ ذ inf. n. لَجْلَجَةٌ, He spoke with an indistinct utterance: he spoke with a heavy tongue, and was defective in speech, not uttering one part of what he said immediately after another; he hesitated in speech, by reason of a natural defect: (Lth:) or he reiterated, or stammered, or stuttered, (تَرَدَّدَ) in his speech; as also ↓ تَلَجْلَجَ. (S, K.) ― -b2- لَجْلَجَ المُضْغَةَ فِى فِمِهِ He moved the morsel of meat backwards and forwards in his mouth, to chew it. (S.)

Derived headwords

لَجْلَجَ
  1. 1.
لَجْلَجَ المُضْغَةَ فِى فِمِهِ