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لوج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of crookedness or deviation, particularly in the context of a path. It also extends to the act of turning something over in the mouth, suggesting a similar sense of manipulation or rolling.

Derived headwords

لَوَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedclassical

    The path became crooked or deviated from its intended course.

تَلْوِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    crookednessclassical

    The state or quality of being crooked or deviating, specifically referring to a path.

لَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to turn over in mouthclassical

    To repeatedly turn something over and over in one's mouth, as if tasting or manipulating it.

أَلْوَجَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to turn over in mouthclassical

    To cause something to be turned over and over in the mouth.

لَوْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    turning in mouthclassical

    The act of turning something over and over in the mouth.

Parallel reading

لَوَّجَ بنا الطريقُ تلويجًا: عوج.
The path became crooked for us, with crookedness: it was crooked.
أَلْوَجَهَ الشيءَ في فيهِ إذا أدرته في فيك.
He turned the thing over in his mouth if you turned it in your mouth.
لَجَّ الشيءَ في فيهِ إذا أدرته في فيك.
He rolled the thing in his mouth if you turned it in your mouth.