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لدك

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of sticking or adhering closely to something. It is presented as a potential metathesis or phonetic variation of another root, indicating a strong attachment or clinging.

Derived headwords

اللَّدْكnoun
  1. 1.
    sticking, adherenceclassical

    The act of something sticking firmly to another thing, akin to strong adherence or clinging.

لَدَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick, adhereclassical

    To cause something to stick or adhere firmly to another.

لَدْكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sticking, adherenceclassical

    The act or instance of sticking or adhering firmly.

لَكََدَverb
  1. 1.
    to stick, adhereclassical

    To stick or adhere firmly to something.

لُكُودnoun
  1. 1.
    sticking, adherenceclassical

    The state or act of sticking or adhering.

جَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, attractboth

    To exert force on someone or something, so as to cause movement toward oneself or the source of the force; to draw or drag.

جَبَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, attractclassical

    To pull or draw something towards oneself; a variant or metathesis of 'jadhaba'.

Parallel reading

لزوق الشيء بالشيء كاللكد
The sticking of a thing to another thing, like al-lukd.
ورواه الأزهري عن الليث
Al-Azhari narrated it from Al-Layth.
وقال: إن صح ما قال الليث فإن الأصل فيه لكد أي لصق
And he said: If what Al-Layth said is correct, then the origin is lakada, meaning 'to stick'.
ثم قلب فقيل لدك لدكا
Then it was inverted and said 'ladaka' with the masdar 'ladakan'.
كما قالوا جذب وجبذ
Just as they said 'jadhaba' and 'jabhadha'.