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لقا

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of receiving, encountering, or learning something, often passively. It extends to concepts of finding, throwing, or leaving something behind, and can also refer to a foundling or something discarded.

Derived headwords

تَلَقَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to receiveboth

    To accept or take something offered or sent. It can also imply learning or acquiring knowledge.

  2. 2.
    to encounterboth

    To meet or come across someone or something, often unexpectedly.

  3. 3.
    to learnboth

    To acquire knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught.

فتلقى آدم من ربه كلمات — And Adam received from his Lord words
تَلَقَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be taughtboth

    To be instructed or to learn something by heart, often through repetition.

ومثله لقنها وتلقنها — And like it is 'laqqanaha' and 'talqqanaha'
لَقَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to teachboth

    To impart knowledge or skill to someone, often by dictation or instruction.

ومثله لقنها وتلقنها — And like it is 'laqqanaha' and 'talqqanaha'
يُلْقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be thrownboth

    To be cast or hurled; to be put into a certain state or condition.

  2. 2.
    to be encounteredboth

    To be met or come across.

  3. 3.
    to be foundboth

    To be discovered or located.

ويلقى الشح — and stinginess will be encountered
ولا يلقاها إلا الصابرون — None shall attain to it except those who are patient
اِسْتَلْقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to lie downboth

    To recline or lie down, especially on one's back.

الاستلقاء على القفا — lying on one's back
واستلقى على قفاه — and he lay on his back
لَقِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to meetboth

    To come into the presence of someone or something; to encounter.

  2. 2.
    to findboth

    To discover or come across something.

لقى حملته أمه وهي ضيفة — his mother found him while she was a guest
لَقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    foundlingclassical

    A child found abandoned, whose parentage is unknown.

  2. 2.
    discarded thingclassical

    Something that is thrown away or left behind due to its insignificance or worthlessness.

جعله البعيث لقى لا يدرى لمن هو وابن من هو — Al-Ba'ith called him a 'laqa' (foundling), not knowing whose he was or whose son he was.
وكنت لقى تجري عليك السوائل — and you were a discarded thing upon which liquids flowed
أَلْقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to throwboth

    To propel or cast something through the air.

  2. 2.
    to cast downboth

    To cause something to fall or be in a lower position.

  3. 3.
    to impartboth

    To give or bestow something, such as affection or a message.

ألقه من يدك — throw it from your hand
وألقيت إليه المودة وبالمودة — and I imparted affection to him and with affection
أَلْقَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    discarded thingsclassical

    Plural of 'laqa', referring to things that are thrown away or left behind.

تروي لقى ألقي في صفصف — You narrate about discarded things thrown in a barren land

Parallel reading

فتلقى آدم من ربه كلمات
And Adam received from his Lord words
فمعناه أنه أخذها عنه
And its meaning is that he took them from him
ومثله لقنها وتلقنها
And like it is 'laqqanaha' and 'talqqanaha'
أي تعلمها ودعا بها
Meaning, he learned them and prayed with them
ويلقى الشح
And stinginess will be encountered
قال الحميدي لم يضبط الرواة هذا الحرف
Al-Humaydi said the narrators did not correctly pronounce this letter
ويحتمل أن يكون يلقى بمعنى يتلقى ويتعلم ويتواصى به ويدعى إليه
And it is possible that 'yulqa' means to receive, learn, be advised of, and be called to it
ولا يلقاها إلا الصابرون
None shall attain to it except those who are patient
أي ما يعلمها وينبه عليها
Meaning, he knows them and calls attention to them
الاستلقاء على القفا
Lying on one's back
وكل شيء كان فيه كالانبطاح ففيه استلقاء
And everything that is in it like prostration, then it involves lying down
واستلقى على قفاه
And he lay on his back
لقى حملته أمه وهي ضيفة
His mother found him while she was a guest
جعله البعيث لقى لا يدرى لمن هو وابن من هو
Al-Ba'ith called him a 'laqa' (foundling), not knowing whose he was or whose son he was.
واللقى، بالفتح، الشيء الملقى لهوانه
And 'al-laqa', with the fatha, is the thing thrown away due to its insignificance
وكنت لقى تجري عليك السوائل
And you were a discarded thing upon which liquids flowed
تروي لقى ألقي في صفصف
You narrate about discarded things thrown in a barren land
تصهره الشمس فما ينصهر
The sun melts it, yet it does not melt
ألقيته أي طرحته
I threw it, meaning I cast it away
ألقه من يدك
Throw it from your hand
وألق به من يدك
And cast it from your hand
وألقيت إليه المودة وبالمودة
And I imparted affection to him and with affection