لعا

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense desire, greed, and eagerness, often associated with hunger or a strong craving for something. It also extends to meanings of being easily startled, having a dark mark, and a specific call for someone who has stumbled.

Derived headwords

لَعْوَةnoun

1.
Greedy female animalclassical
A female dog or wolf described as greedy and eager for food, fighting over what to eat.
2.
Greedy personclassical
A greedy and eager person, particularly one who is intensely desirous.
3.
Dark mark around nippleclassical
The dark area surrounding the nipple of a breast.
4.
Intensity of hungerclassical
The extreme intensity or sharpness of hunger.

لَعْوَاءnoun

1.
Greedy female animalclassical
A female dog or wolf, specifically one that is greedy and eager for food.

لُعَاوَةnoun

1.
Greedy female animalclassical
A female dog or wolf, characterized by greed and eagerness for food.

لُعَاوَاتnoun

1.
Greedy female animalsclassical
Plural of 'la'wah', referring to greedy female dogs or wolves.

لَعْوadjective

1.
Bad-temperedclassical
Having a bad disposition or character.
2.
Weak, incompetentclassical
Describing someone as weak or incompetent.
3.
Greedy, eagerclassical
Intensely desirous and eager, especially for food.

لَعًاadjective

1.
Greedy, eagerclassical
Intensely desirous and eager, particularly for food; a shortened form of 'la'wo'.

تَلَعَّىverb

1.
to thicken, to congealclassical
Used to describe substances like honey becoming thick or congealing.

لَاعِيadjective

1.
Easily startledclassical
Someone who is easily frightened or startled by the slightest thing.
2.
Fearful, apprehensiveclassical
Possessing fear or apprehension, often due to intense emotion or experience.

لُعَاعnoun

1.
Early vegetationclassical
The first growth of plants, especially the tender shoots of spring.

أَلَعَتْverb

1.
to produce early vegetationclassical
Used for land that has produced the first, tender growth of plants.

أَلْعَاءnoun

1.
Finger bonesclassical
The bones of the fingers or toes; the phalanges.
2.
Tall peopleclassical
Referring to tall individuals among people.

لَعًاinterjection

1.
Call for the fallenclassical
A word used to call out to someone who has stumbled or fallen, wishing them to rise.
2.
Curse upon the fallenclassical
A form of imprecation against someone who has stumbled, meaning 'may God not make him stand'.

لُعْوَةnoun

1.
Dark mark around nippleclassical
The dark area surrounding the nipple of a breast.

لُعْوَةُ الْجُوعِnoun phrase

1.
Intensity of hungerclassical
The extreme intensity or sharpness of hunger.

لُعْوَةname

1.
Name of a Himyarite kingclassical
The name of one of the kings of Himyar, possibly named after a dark mark on his chest.

لُعْوَةnoun

1.
A group of Arabsclassical
A designation for a group or tribe of Arabs.

Parallel reading

يقال كلبة لعوة وذئبة لعوة وامرأة لعوة يعني بكل ذلك الحريصة التي تقاتل على ما يؤكل

It is said of a female dog, a female wolf, and a woman as 'la'wah', meaning by all of that the greedy one who fights over what is to be eaten.

والجمع اللعوات

And the plural is 'al-la'wahāt'.

واللعاء واللعوة واللعاة: الكلبة، وجمعها لعا؛ عن كراع

And 'al-la'ā', 'al-la'wah', and 'al-la'āh' refer to a female dog, and its plural is 'la'ā'; according to Kara'.

ويقال في المثل: أجوع من لعوة أي كلبة

And it is said in the proverb: 'More hungry than a 'la'wah', meaning a female dog'.

واللعو: السيء الخلق، واللعو الفسل، واللعو واللعا الشره الحريص

And 'al-la'wo' means bad-tempered, 'al-la'wo' means incompetent, and 'al-la'wo' and 'al-la'ā' mean the greedy, eager one.

رجل لعو ولعا، منقوص، وهو الشره الحريص، والأنثى بالهاء وكذلك هما من الكلاب والذئاب

A man is 'la'wo' and 'la'an', shortened, meaning greedy and eager, and the feminine is with 'ha', and likewise they are from dogs and wolves.

واللعوة واللعوة: السواد حول حلمة الثدي؛ الأخيرة عن كراع

And 'al-la'wah' and 'al-la'wah': the darkness around the nipple of the breast; the latter is according to Kara'.

وتلعى العسل ونحوه: تعقد

And honey and the like 'tal'ā': it thickens.

واللاعي: الذي يفزعه أدنى شيء؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And 'al-lā'i': he who is startled by the slightest thing; from Ibn al-A'rābī.

وما بالدار [لاعي] قرو أي ما بها أحد

And there is no 'lā'i' qaro in the house, meaning there is no one in it.

ويقال: خرجنا نتلعى أي نأخذ اللعاع، وهو أول النبت

And it is said: 'We went out 'natala'' meaning to take 'al-la'ā'', which is the first of the vegetation.

وألعت الأرض: أخرجت اللعاع

And the land 'al'at': it produced 'al-la'ā'.

واللاعي: الخاشي؛ وقال ابن الأعرابي في قول الشاعر: داوية شتت على اللاعي السلع، ... وإنما النوم بها مثل الرضع

And 'al-lā'i': the fearful; and Ibn al-A'rābī said in the poet's verse: 'A wound scattered upon the fearful, the affliction... sleep in it is like sips'.

يقال هو يلعى به ويلغى به أي يتولع به

It is said: 'He is 'yal'ā bihi' and 'yulghā bihi', meaning he is passionately fond of it.

ولعا: كلمة يدعى بها للعاثر معناها الارتفاع

'La'an': a word called out for one who has stumbled, meaning to rise.

إذا عثرت فالتعس أدنى لها من أن أقول لعا

If she stumbles, 'ta's' (downfall) is closer to her than for me to say 'la'an' (rise).

من دعائهم لا لعا لفلان أي لا أقامه الله

From their supplications: 'La la'an li-fulān', meaning 'May God not make him stand'.

ولعوة الجوع: حدته

And 'la'wat al-jū'' (the intensity of hunger): its sharpness.