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تغا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of suppressing or struggling to contain laughter, often implying an attempt to hide it. It also carries a secondary meaning related to perishing or destruction.

Derived headwords

تَغِتَverb
  1. 1.
    suppress laughterclassical

    A female, specifically a young girl, suppresses laughter when she intends to hide it and it overcomes her.

  2. 2.
    sound of suppressed laughterclassical

    This refers to the sound made when trying to suppress laughter, described as 'tagh tagh'.

تَغًىverb
  1. 1.
    perishclassical

    A human being perishes or is destroyed.

تَغًىnoun
  1. 1.
    suppression of laughterclassical

    The act of a female suppressing her laughter, which then overcomes her.

Parallel reading

تغت الجارية الضحك إذا أرادت أن تخفيه ويغالبها
The young girl suppresses laughter when she wants to hide it and it overcomes her.
إنما هو حكاية صوت الضحك: تغ تغ وتغ تغ
It is merely a representation of the sound of laughter: tagh tagh and tagh tagh.
تغت الجارية تغا سترت ضحكها فغالبها
The young girl suppressed her laughter, hiding it, and it overcame her.
تغا الإنسان: هلك
A human being perishes: he is destroyed.