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لقيته

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of meeting, encountering, or finding someone or something. It can also extend to the idea of receiving or experiencing something, whether positive or negative.

Derived headwords

لَقِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to meetboth

    To come into the presence of someone, either by chance or by arrangement.

  2. 2.
    to encounterboth

    To face or come up against something, often a challenge or difficulty.

  3. 3.
    to findboth

    To discover or come across something or someone.

  4. 4.
    to receiveboth

    To be given or to experience something, such as a welcome or a punishment.

لَقِيَهُ — he met him
لَقِيَ خَيْرًا — he met with good fortune
لَقِيَ شَرًّا — he met with evil
لِقَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    meetingboth

    The act of meeting or encountering someone or something.

  2. 2.
    encounterboth

    An instance of meeting or facing something.

لِقَاءٌ حَمِيمٌ — an intimate meeting
لِقَاءٌ مُفَاجِئٌ — a sudden encounter
مَلْقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    place of meetingboth

    A location where people or things meet or are found.

  2. 2.
    encounterclassical

    An act of meeting or encountering.

وَجَدَهُ بِمَلْقَاهُ — he found him at his meeting place
مَلْقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    place of meetingboth

    A location where people or things meet or are found.

  2. 2.
    encounterclassical

    An act of meeting or encountering.

وَجَدَهُ بِمَلْقَاهُ — he found him at his meeting place
تَلَاقٍnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual meetingboth

    The act of two parties meeting each other.

  2. 2.
    encounterboth

    An instance of encountering.

تَلَاقِي الْجَيْشَيْنِ — the encounter of the two armies
لَقِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    easy to meetclassical

    Describing someone who is approachable or easy to encounter.

  2. 2.
    pleasantclassical

    Describing someone who is agreeable or pleasant to meet.

رَجُلٌ لَقِيٌّ — an approachable man
لَقِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be easy to meetclassical

    To be approachable or pleasant to encounter.

لَقِيَ لَنَا — he was easy for us to meet

Parallel reading

لَقِيَتُهُ عَلَى أَوْفَاطٍ
I met him in haste.
عَلَى عَجَلَةٍ
in haste
وَبِالظَّاءِ أَعْرَفُ
and it is more known with the letter 'ẓā'.