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لعز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root لعز primarily relates to the act of licking or tasting with the tongue, often in the context of an animal feeding its young. It also carries a colloquial and non-classical meaning related to sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

لَعَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to lickboth

    To lick something with the tongue, often used to describe an animal feeding its young.

  2. 2.
    to have sexual intercourseclassical

    A colloquial and non-classical term for sexual intercourse, noted as being used by the people of Iraq.

لَعْزnoun
  1. 1.
    lickingboth

    The act of licking, particularly by a mother animal to its young.

  2. 2.
    sexual intercourseclassical

    A term used colloquially and non-classically to refer to sexual intercourse.

Parallel reading

لعزت الناقة فصيلها: لطعته بلسانها
The she-camel licked her young: she touched it with her tongue.
واللعز: كناية عن النكاح
And al-la'z: is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
ولعزها يلعزها لعزا: نكحها
And he had sexual intercourse with her, he has sexual intercourse with her, a sexual intercourse: he had sexual intercourse with her.
سوقية غير عربية
Colloquial, non-classical.
وقال الليث: هو من كلام أهل العراق
And Al-Layth said: it is from the speech of the people of Iraq.