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لقث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of taking something quickly and completely, without it being firmly established or permanent. It implies a swift, perhaps superficial, acquisition.

Derived headwords

لَقِثَverb
  1. 1.
    took quicklyboth

    To take something rapidly and with full acquisition.

لَقْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    quick takingboth

    The act of taking something quickly and completely, without it being firmly established.

Parallel reading

لقث الشيء لقثا: أخذه بسرعة واستيعاب، وليس بثبت.
He took the thing quickly and completely, not firmly established.