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لزء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of giving, providing, and causing something to be full or satisfied. It encompasses actions of bestowing gifts, tending to livestock well, and filling containers.

Derived headwords

لَزَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to giveboth

    To bestow or grant something to someone.

وَلَزَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to giveboth

    To bestow or grant something to someone.

  2. 2.
    to tend wellboth

    To provide excellent care and attention, especially to livestock.

أَلْزَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to make fullboth

    To cause something to be filled or satisfied, particularly with food.

تَلْزِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    good tendingclassical

    The act of providing excellent care and attention, especially to livestock.

تَلَزَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become fullclassical

    To become filled or satisfied, often used in reference to abundance or satiation.

تَوَزَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become fullclassical

    To become filled or satisfied, similar to تلزأ.

لَزِئَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to fillclassical

    To fill something, such as a waterskin.

Parallel reading

لزأ الرجل ولزأه كلاهما: أعطاه.
The man gave and he gave him; both mean: he gave him.
ولزأ إبلي ولزأها كلاهما: أحسن رعيتها.
I tended my camels well and he tended them well; both mean: he provided excellent care for them.
وألزأ غنمي: أشبعها.
And I made my sheep full: I satisfied them.
غيره: ولزأت الإبل تلزئة إذا أحسنت رعيتها.
Others said: The camels were tended well (تلزئة) when their care was excellent.
وتلزأت ريا إذا امتلأت ريا، وكذلك توزأت ريا.
And a meadow became full (تلزأت) when it was filled with abundance, and likewise a meadow became full (توزأت) when it was filled.
ولزأت القربة إذا ملأتها.
And the waterskin was filled (لزأت) when you filled it.
وقبح الله أما لزأت به.
And may God make ugly what you have filled it with.