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لعق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of licking, tasting, or consuming small amounts of something, often with the tongue. It extends to related concepts like tasting food residue, small portions, and even metaphorical uses for greed or a quick, restless nature.

Derived headwords

لَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to lickboth

    To pass the tongue over something, typically to taste or clean it.

  2. 2.
    to tasteboth

    To sample a small amount of food or drink.

لَعْقnoun
  1. 1.
    lickingboth

    The act of licking; the masdar of the verb لَعَقَ.

  2. 2.
    tastingboth

    The act of tasting a small amount.

لَعْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a lickboth

    A single instance of licking; the amount licked once.

  2. 2.
    a small portionboth

    A small amount of food or drink, often what remains.

أَلْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make someone lickclassical

    To cause someone to lick something, or to give someone something to lick.

إِلْعَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to lickclassical

    The act of making someone lick or taste something.

لَعُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    what is lickedboth

    A substance that is licked, such as medicine or honey.

  2. 2.
    food eaten with a spoonclassical

    Food that is consumed by licking, often with a spoon.

  3. 3.
    foolish personclassical

    A person who is mentally unsound or foolish.

مِلْعَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spoonboth

    An implement used for eating or stirring, consisting of a small shallow bowl on a handle.

لُعْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what a spoon takesclassical

    The amount of food or substance that a spoon can hold or pick up.

لَعَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    residue in mouthclassical

    The remnants of food or drink left in the mouth after licking or tasting.

وَعِقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    mean-spiritedclassical

    A person characterized by a mean, base, or ill-tempered disposition.

لَعِقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    greedyclassical

    Following or pursuing something eagerly, often implying greed.

وَعِقadjective
  1. 1.
    greedyclassical

    Extremely eager or desirous, often for material gain; avaricious.

لَعُوقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    restlessnessclassical

    A characteristic of acting quickly and impulsively in undertaking tasks, with haste and impatience.

Parallel reading

لعق الشيء يلعقه لعقا: لحسه.
He licked the thing, he licks it, licking: he tasted it.
واللعقة، بالفتح: المرة الواحدة، تقول: لعقت لعقة واحدة.
And al-la'qah, with the fatha: is the single instance; you say: I licked one lick.
كان يأكل بثلاث أصابع فإذا فرغ لعقها وأمر بلعق الأصابع والصحفة
He used to eat with three fingers, and when he finished, he would lick them, and he ordered the licking of fingers and the platter.
أي لطع ما عليها من أثر الطعام، وقد لعقه يلعقه لعقا.
Meaning to lick off what was on it of the traces of food, and he licked it, he licks it, licking.
واللعقة: ما لعق يطرد على هذا الباب واللعقة: الشيء القليل منه.
And al-la'qah: is what is licked, following this pattern, and al-la'qah: is a small amount of it.
يقال: قد ألعقته من الطعام ما يلعقه إلعاقا.
It is said: I made him taste some of the food that he would taste, a tasting.
واللعوق: اسم ما يلعق، وقيل: اسم لكل طعام يلعق من دواء أو عسل.
And al-la'wūq: is the name for what is licked, and it is said: it is the name for every food that is licked, from medicine or honey.
والملعقة: ما لعق به واحدة الملاعق واللعقة، بالضم: اسم ما تأخذه الملعقة.
And al-mil'aqah: is what is licked with, the singular of spoons, and al-lu'qah, with the dammah: is the name for what the spoon takes.
واللعاق: ما بقي في فيك من طعام لعقته.
And al-la'āq: is what remains in your mouth of food that you have licked.
إن للشيطان لعوقا ودساما
Indeed, Satan has lickings and richness.
اللعوق: اسم لما يلعقه، وقيل: اللعوق اسم لما يلعق أي يؤكل بالملعقة.
Al-la'wūq: is the name for what is licked, and it is said: al-la'wūq is the name for what is licked, meaning eaten with a spoon.
ورجل وعقة لعقة؛ وعقة: نكد لئيم الخلق، ولعقة إتباع.
And a man is wa'iqah la'iqah; wa'iqah: means ill-tempered, base of character, and la'iqah: means following.
واللعوقة: سرعة الإنسان فيما أخذ فيه من عمل في خفة ونزق.
And al-la'wūqah: is a person's speed in what they undertake of work, with lightness and impatience.
واللعوق: المسلوس العقل.
And al-la'wūq: is one whose mind is loose/unsound.
ولعق فلان إصبعه أي مات، وهو كناية.
And so-and-so licked his finger, meaning he died, and this is a metaphor.
ويقال: في الأرض لعقة من ربيع ليس إلا في الرطب يلعقها المال لعقا.
And it is said: there is a lick of spring in the land, but only in the fresh growth which the livestock lick, licking.
ورجل وعق لعق أي حريص، وهو إتباع له.
And a man is wa'iq la'iq, meaning greedy, and it is an appositive to him.