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طلغ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of exhaustion or inability to perform a task, leading to continued effort despite being incapacitated. It relates to struggling or persevering when one is weary or has become weak.

Derived headwords

يَطْلُغُverb
  1. 1.
    to struggle with exhaustionclassical

    To exert oneself or continue working despite being weary or incapacitated.

المِهْنَةَnoun
  1. 1.
    work, taskboth

    Refers to the task or work that one is engaged in, often in the context of struggling with it.

الطَّلَغَانnoun
  1. 1.
    exhaustion, wearinessclassical

    A state of being weary, exhausted, or incapacitated, often to the point of struggling to continue.

يَعْيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be weary, exhaustedboth

    To become tired, weak, or unable to continue due to fatigue or lack of strength.

التَّلَغَبُnoun
  1. 1.
    struggle from exhaustionclassical

    The act of struggling or working while in a state of exhaustion or weariness.

Parallel reading

يقال: فلان يطلغ المهنة.
It is said: So-and-so struggles with the task out of exhaustion.
والطلغان أن يعيا فيعمل على الكلال؛
And 'al-talaghan' is to become weary and then work on the basis of that weariness.
إذا عجز الرجل قلنا هو يطلغ المهنة،
If a man is incapacitated, we say he is struggling with the task out of exhaustion.
والطلغان: أن يعيا الرجل ثم يعمل على الإعياء وهو التلغب.
And 'al-talaghan' is for a man to become weary and then work on the basis of that weariness, which is 'al-talaghab'.