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لزق

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sticking, adhering, or clinging to something. It extends to notions of proximity, attachment, and even sexual intercourse as a form of close joining. Derived terms describe things that stick, the act of sticking, and substances or plants associated with adhesion.

Derived headwords

لَزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick, adhereboth

    The basic meaning of the root, indicating that something adheres or sticks to another thing.

يَلْزَقُverb
  1. 1.
    sticks, adheresboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'lazaga', indicating ongoing adherence.

لُزُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sticking, adhesionboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'lazaga', representing the act or state of sticking.

لَصَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick, adhereboth

    A synonym for 'lazaga', meaning to stick or adhere closely to something.

اِلْتَزَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick to, clingboth

    A verb form indicating the act of sticking or clinging to something, often implying a more active adherence.

اِلْتِزَاقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sticking, clingingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'iltazaqa', denoting the act of sticking or clinging.

لَصِيقًاadjective
  1. 1.
    sticking, adheringboth

    An adjective derived from 'lasaqa', describing something that sticks or adheres.

لَسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick, adhereclassical

    Another variant verb form meaning to stick or adhere, similar to 'lazaga' and 'lasaqa'.

أَلْزَقَverb
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    to make stick, attachboth

    The causative form of 'lazaga', meaning to cause something to stick or to attach it.

أَلْزَقَهُ بِهِ غَيْرُهُverb
  1. 1.
    someone else attached it to himclassical

    A specific construction of the causative verb, indicating that another person attached something to someone.

لَازَقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to stick close to, be adjacent toboth

    A verb form indicating sticking closely to someone or something, or being adjacent.

لِزْقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    something stuck, adherentboth

    A noun referring to something that is stuck or adheres to another.

  2. 2.
    neighbor, close associateboth

    Figuratively, someone or something that is very close or adjacent.

لَزِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    something stuck, adherentboth

    Similar to 'lizq', referring to something that adheres or is stuck.

  2. 2.
    neighbor, close associateboth

    Also used to denote proximity or adjacency.

بِلِزْقِهِprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    next to it, beside itboth

    An adverbial phrase indicating adjacency or being right beside something.

لَزَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    female adherent, close companionclassical

    The feminine form of 'lizq', referring to a female who sticks close or is a close companion.

لَزِيقَةٌnoun
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    female adherent, close companionclassical

    The feminine form of 'laziq', similar in meaning to 'lazqah'.

لِزْقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    pleurisy (lung sticking to side)classical

    A medical term referring to pleurisy, where the lung adheres to the chest wall.

لَزِيقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plant that sticks to mudclassical

    A type of plant that grows after rain and adheres to the mud on stones.

لَزْقٌnoun
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    intertwining, close mixingclassical

    Refers to a close mixing or intertwining, used metaphorically.

لُزَاقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sexual intercourseclassical

    A euphemism for sexual intercourse, implying a close joining.

لُزُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    healing salve, adhesive medicineboth

    A medicine or salve used for wounds that helps them adhere and heal.

لَازُوقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    healing salve, adhesive medicineboth

    Another term for a medicinal adhesive or salve for wounds.

مُلْزَقٌadjective
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    not firm, looseclassical

    Describes something that is not firmly attached or is loose.

لَزِيقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    plant that sticks to mudclassical

    A specific plant that adheres to mud after rainfall.

لُزَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed crowd of peopleclassical

    Refers to a mixed or heterogeneous group of people.

Parallel reading

لزق الشيء بالشيء يلزق لزوقا: كلصق والتزق التزاقا
A thing stuck to a thing, it sticks, with sticking: like 'lasaqa' and 'iltazaqa', with sticking.
وقد لصق ولزق ولسق
And indeed, it stuck, and it stuck, and it stuck.
وألزقه كألصقه
And he made it stick, like he made it stick.
وألزقه به غيره
And someone else attached it to him.
ولازقه: كلاصقه
And he stuck close to him: like he stuck close to him.
وهذا لزق هذا ولزيقه وبلزقه أي لصيقه
And this is the adherent of this, and its adherent, and beside it, meaning its close associate.
وقيل أي بجانبه
And it was said, meaning beside it.
والأنثى لزقة ولزيقة
And the feminine is 'lazqah' and 'laziqah'.
واللزق: هو الذي يلزق الرئة بالجنب
And 'al-lizq': it is that which sticks the lung to the side.
ويقال: هذه الدار لزيقة هذه وهذه بلزق هذه
And it is said: This house is adjacent to this one, and this one is beside this one.
وأذن لزقاء: التزق طرفها بالرأس
And an 'adhna lazqaa': its tip stuck to the head.
واللزق: كاللوى
And 'al-lizq': is like 'al-lawaa'.
واللزاق: الجماع؛ عن ابن الأعرابي
And 'al-luzaaq': sexual intercourse; from Ibn al-A'rabi.
وجربت ضعفك في اللزاق أي في مجامعته إياها
And I tested your weakness in 'al-luzaaq', meaning in having intercourse with her.
واللزوق واللازوق: دواء للجرح يلزمه حتى يبرأ
And 'al-luzooq' and 'al-laazooq': medicine for a wound that sticks to it until it heals.
ويقال له اللصوق واللزوق
And it is called 'al-lusooq' and 'al-luzooq'.
والملزق: الشيء ليس بالمحكم
And 'al-mulzaq': the thing that is not firm.
واللزيقى: نبتة تنبت بعد المطر بليلتين تلزق بالطين الذي في أصول الحجارة، وهي خضراء كالعرمض
And 'al-laziqaa': a plant that sprouts two nights after the rain, sticking to the mud at the base of stones, and it is green like 'al-'aramad'.
وأتتنا لزق من الناس أي أخلاط
And a 'lazq' of people came to us, meaning a mixture.