ءلفج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of destitution, humiliation, and being forced into an undesirable state. It encompasses meanings of financial ruin, abjectness, and being driven to a place or condition not one's own.

Derived headwords

أَفْلَسَverb

1.
to go bankruptmodern
To become financially ruined and unable to pay one's debts.

مُلْفَجadjective

1.
bankruptmodern
One who has gone bankrupt or is in a state of financial ruin.

لَفَجnoun

1.
humiliationclassical
A state of being debased, disgraced, or subjected to indignity.
2.
abasementclassical
The act of lowering oneself or being lowered in status or esteem.

إِلْفَاجnoun

1.
forcing to a placeclassical
The act of compelling someone to go to a place or condition not their own or not suitable for them.

مُسْتَلْفِجadjective

1.
bankruptclassical
Similar to 'malfaj', referring to someone who is bankrupt or ruined.
2.
fainting from fearclassical
One whose heart has gone away due to extreme fear or terror.
3.
prostrate from weaknessclassical
One who is lying flat on the ground due to extreme emaciation or weakness.

Parallel reading

أفلس، فهو ملفج

He went bankrupt, so he is bankrupt.

واللفج: الذل

And 'al-lafj' means humiliation.

والإلفاج: الإلجاء إلى غير أهله

And 'al-ilfāj' is forcing someone to a place not their own.

والمستلفج: الملفج

And 'al-mustalfij' is the bankrupt one.

والمستلفج: الذاهب الفؤاد فرقا

And 'al-mustalfij' is one whose heart has gone away from fear.

والمستلفج: اللاصق بالأرض هزالا

And 'al-mustalfij' is one clinging to the ground from emaciation.