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لغز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 لَغَزَهُ ذ , aor. لَغُزَ , (TK,) inf. n. لَغْزٌ, (IF, A, Msb, K,) He turned it from its proper mode or manner; distorted it. (IF, A, Msb, K, TA, TK.) ― -b2- [Hence,] لَغَزَ جِحَرَتَهُ, and ↓ أَلْغَزَهَا, He (a jerboa) made his burrows winding, or tortuous, and perplexing to the enterer thereof. And لَغَزَ فِى حَفْرِهِ, and ↓ أَلْغَزَ, He pursued a winding, or tortuous, course in his burrowing. (A.)

Derived headwords

لَغَزَهُverb
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لَغَزَ جِحَرَتَهُ
فِى حَفْرِهِ