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لزج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root لزج (lazaja) primarily describes a sticky, viscous, or gummy quality. It extends to concepts of clinging, stretching, and adhering. It can also refer to the act of grazing or seeking out sparse vegetation.

Derived headwords

لَزِجadjective
  1. 1.
    sticky, viscousboth

    Describing something that is adhesive, gummy, or has a thick, flowing consistency.

لَزَجnoun
  1. 1.
    stickiness, viscosityboth

    The quality or state of being sticky, gummy, or viscous.

لَزَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stickyboth

    To possess the quality of being sticky or viscous.

  2. 2.
    to stretch, to extendboth

    To become elongated or drawn out, like a viscous substance.

لُزُوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    viscosity, stickinessboth

    The state or quality of being viscous or sticky.

تَلَزَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to become stickyboth

    To acquire a sticky or viscous quality.

  2. 2.
    to cling to, to stick toboth

    To adhere closely to something, often implying persistence.

  3. 3.
    to graze sparselyclassical

    To seek out and eat small amounts of vegetation, especially at the beginning or end of a grazing period.

  4. 4.
    to wash without cleaningclassical

    To wash something, such as the head, but fail to remove the dirt completely.

  5. 5.
    to be soft and droopingclassical

    Describing vegetation that is tender and wilts or bends over.

مُتَلَزِّجadjective
  1. 1.
    sticky, viscousboth

    Possessing a sticky or viscous quality.

تَلَزُّجnoun
  1. 1.
    grazing sparselyclassical

    The act of seeking out and eating small amounts of vegetation.

Parallel reading

اللزج: مصدر الشيء اللزج.
Al-lazaj: The masdar of something sticky.
ولَزِجَ الشيء أي تمطط وتمدد.
And the thing stretched and extended, meaning it became elongated.
ولَزِجَ الشيء لَزَجًا ولزوجةً.
And the thing was sticky, with stickiness and viscosity.
وتَلَزَّجَ عليك
And it clung to you.
وشيءٌ لَزِجٌ مُتَلَزِّجٌ.
And a sticky, clinging thing.
ولَزِجَ به أي غَرِيَ به.
And it stuck to him, meaning it adhered to him.
ويقال للطعام أو الطيب إذا صار كالخطمي: قد تَلَزَّجَ.
And it is said of food or perfume when it becomes like marshmallow: it has become viscous.
وتَلَزَّجَ رأسه أيضًا إذا غسله فلم يَنقِ وَسَخَه.
And his head became sticky, also, if he washed it and did not remove its dirt.
وأكلت شيئًا لَزِجًا بإصبعي يَلْزَجُ أي عَلِقَ.
And I ate something sticky with my finger, it stuck, meaning it adhered.
وزبيبةٌ لَزِجةٌ.
And a sticky raisin.
والتَلَزُّجُ: تَتَبُّعُ البقولِ والرعيِ القليلِ من أولهِ وفي آخرِ ما يبقى.
And al-talazzuj: following sparse vegetation and grazing little from its beginning and at the end of what remains.
والتَلَزُّجُ: تَتَبُّعُ الدابةِ البقولَ.
And al-talazzuj: the animal's seeking out of vegetation.
وفرغا من رعي ما تَلَزَّجا تَلَزُّجًا: تَتَبُّعًا الكلأَ وطلباه.
And they finished grazing what they had sought out, seeking it out: following the pasture and seeking it.
وتَلَزَّجَ البقلُ إذا كانَ لَدِنًا فمالَ بعضُهُ على بعضٍ.
And the vegetation became soft and drooping when it was tender and some of it leaned on the other.
وتَلَزَّجَ النباتُ: تَلَجَّنَ.
And the vegetation became soft and drooping: it became viscous.