لهع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone who is overly accommodating or easily influenced, often to the point of being foolish or slow. It also extends to meanings related to speaking excessively, being negligent, or exhibiting laziness and slowness, particularly in transactions.

Derived headwords

اللهعnoun

1.
Accommodating personclassical
One who is easily influenced or yields to everyone.
2.
Loquacityclassical
Excessive or pompous speech.

اللهعverb

1.
To be accommodatingclassical
To be yielding and easily influenced by everyone.
2.
To speak pompouslyclassical
To speak excessively or with pompousness.

اللهيعnoun

1.
Accommodating personclassical
One who is easily influenced or yields to everyone.

لهعverb

1.
To be accommodatingclassical
To be yielding and easily influenced by everyone.

لهعاnoun

1.
Accommodating natureclassical
The state or quality of being accommodating and yielding.

لهاعةnoun

1.
Accommodating natureclassical
The state or quality of being accommodating and yielding.
2.
Negligenceclassical
Carelessness or inattentiveness, especially in business dealings.

لهعadjective

1.
Accommodatingclassical
One who is yielding and easily influenced by everyone.

لهيعadjective

1.
Accommodatingclassical
One who is yielding and easily influenced by everyone.

لهيعةnoun

1.
Slownessclassical
A state of sluggishness, laziness, or lack of energy.
2.
Negligenceclassical
Carelessness or inattentiveness, especially in business dealings.
3.
Hesitationclassical
A delay or pause, particularly in buying or selling, leading to disadvantage.

تلهيعverb

1.
To speak excessivelyclassical
To speak in an exaggerated or excessive manner.
2.
To become sluggishclassical
To become slow or lazy, especially after a period of activity.

لهيعةname

1.
Male nameclassical
A proper name for a man.

تَبَلْتَعَverb

1.
To speak excessivelyclassical
To speak in an exaggerated or excessive manner.

Parallel reading

المسترسل إلى كل أحد

One who is yielding to everyone.

وقد لهع لهعا ولهاعة، فهو لهع ولهيع.

And he was accommodating with accommodation and negligence; he is accommodating and sluggish.

واللهع أيضا: التفيهق في الكلام.

And 'al-lah' also means: pompousness in speech.

في فلان لهيعة إذا كان فيه فترة وكسل.

So-and-so has 'lahia'ah' if he has sluggishness and laziness.

ورجل فيه لهيعة ولهاعة أي غفلة

And a man has in him 'lahia'ah' and 'laha'ah', meaning negligence.

وقيل: اللهيعة التواني في الشراء والبيع حتى يغبن.

And it was said: 'al-lahia'ah' is hesitation in buying and selling until one is defrauded.

وتلهيع في كلامه إذا أفرط

And he speaks excessively in his speech if he exaggerates.

ودخل معبد بن طوق العنبري على أمير فتكلم وهو قائم فأحسن، فلما جلس تلهيع في كلامه

And Ma'bad bin Tuq al-Anbari entered upon an emir and spoke while standing, and he did well. When he sat down, he became sluggish in his speech.

فقال له: يا معبد ما أظرفك قائما وأموتك جالسا

So he said to him: 'O Ma'bad, how delightful you are standing and how dull you are sitting!'

فقال: إني إذا قمت جددت، وإذا جلست هزلت.

He replied: 'Indeed, when I stand, I am invigorated, and when I sit, I become dull.'

ولهيعة: اسم رجل منه

'Lahia'ah': a man's name derived from it.

وقيل: هي مشتقة من الهلع مقلوبة.

And it was said: it is derived from 'al-hala' (fear) by inversion.