اللكع

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes baseness, lowliness, and ignobility, encompassing terms for a base person, a slave, or someone foolish and irrational. It also extends to meanings of stickiness, clinging, and even physical attributes like shortness or being dirty.

Derived headwords

اللَّكْعnoun

1.
base personboth
A person of low character, ignoble, or mean-spirited.
2.
slaveclassical
A person who is enslaved or in a state of servitude.
3.
foolboth
An unintelligent or irrational person, one who does not adhere to logic.
4.
young camelclassical
A young male camel.
5.
small thingclassical
Something small or insignificant.
6.
dirtboth
Filth or grime.

يَا لَكْعparticle

1.
O base one!classical
A vocative used to address someone as base or ignoble.

ذَوَيْ لَكْعnoun

1.
two base onesclassical
A dual form used in address for two base individuals.

أَلْكَعadjective

1.
more baseclassical
Comparative form indicating greater baseness or ignobility.

لَكَعَverb

1.
to be baseboth
To exhibit qualities of baseness, ignobility, or meanness.

لَكَعَ عَلَيْهِ الوَسَخُverb

1.
dirt stuck to himboth
Dirt adhered firmly to someone or something.

لَكَعَverb

1.
to stickboth
To adhere or cling to something.

لَكَعَverb

1.
to be meanboth
To act in a base or ignoble manner.

لَكَعًاnoun

1.
basenessboth
The quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

لَكَاعَةnoun

1.
basenessboth
The state or quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

أَلْكَعُ لَكِعadjective

1.
very baseclassical
An intensified description of someone as extremely base or ignoble.

مَلْكَعَانnoun

1.
basenessclassical
A state of extreme baseness or ignobility.

لَكَّاعadjective

1.
base womanclassical
A woman characterized by baseness or ignobility.

لَكِيعَةnoun

1.
base offspringclassical
Refers to offspring born of low or ignoble lineage.

بَنُو اللَّكِيعَةnoun

1.
descendants of the baseclassical
A designation for a group or people considered to be of ignoble origin.

المَلَاكِيعnoun

1.
placenta and membranesclassical
The afterbirth, including the membranes and other materials expelled with the fetus.

اللَّسْعnoun

1.
stingingboth
The act of stinging, as by an insect or reptile.

الأَكْلnoun

1.
eatingboth
The act of consuming food.

الشُّرْبnoun

1.
drinkingboth
The act of consuming liquid.

النَّهْزnoun

1.
sucklingclassical
The act of nursing or suckling, especially in infancy.

القَصِيرadjective

1.
shortboth
Having little height or length.

لَكَعَةnoun

1.
female horseclassical
A female horse.

لُكاعnoun

1.
basenessclassical
A state of ignobility or meanness.

Parallel reading

اللَّكْعُ: اللَّئِيمُ، وَالعَبْدُ، وَالأَحْمَقُ، وَمَنْ لَا يَتَّجِهُ لِمَنْطِقٍ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ، وَالمُهْرُ، وَالصَّغِيرُ، وَالوَسِخُ

Al-lak'u: the base person, the slave, the fool, one who does not turn to logic or anything else, the young camel, the small thing, and the dirty one.

وَيُقَالُ فِي النِّدَاءِ: يَا لَكْعُ

And it is said in address: O base one!

وَلِلْاِثْنَيْنِ: يَا ذَوَيْ لَكْعٍ

And for two: O two base ones.

وَلَا يُصْرَفُ فِي المَعْرِفَةِ لِأَنَّهُ مَعْدُولٌ مِنْ أَلْكَعَ

And it is not declined in the definite state because it is a diversion from 'alkaa'.

وَيُقَالُ لِلْفَرَسِ الذَّكَرِ: لَكْعٌ

And for the male horse: lak'un.

وَلِلْأُنْثَى: لَكْعَةٌ

And for the female: lak'atun.

وَهَذَا يَنْصَرِفُ فِي المَعْرِفَةِ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ المَعْدُولُ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لِلْمُؤَنَّثِ مِنْهُ لُكَاعُ

And this is declined in the definite state because it is not like that diverted form for which 'luka'u' is said for the feminine.

وَلَكَعَ عَلَيْهِ الوَسَخُ، كَفَرِحَ: لَصِقَ بِهِ، وَلَزِمَهُ

And dirt stuck to him, as in 'faraha': it adhered to him, and it clung to him.

وَفُلَانٌ لَكَعًا وَلَكَاعَةً: لَؤُمَ

And so-and-so, with 'lak'an' and 'lakā'atan': he was base.

وَهُوَ أَلْكَعُ لَكِعٌ وَمَلْكَعَانٌ

And he is 'alk'a'u lak'i'un' and 'malk'ānun'.

وَامْرَأَةٌ لُكَاعٌ، كَقَطَامٍ: لَئِيمَةٌ

And a woman is 'lukā'un', like 'qaṭāmun': base.

وَكَصَبُورٍ، وَأَمِيرٍ: اللَّئِيمُ

And like 'ṣabūrun', and 'amīrun': the base person.

وَبَنُو اللَّكِيعَةِ: قَوْمٌ

And the 'Banū al-lakī'ati': a people.

وَالمَلَاكِيعُ: مَا يَخْرُجُ مَعَ الوَلَدِ مِنْ سَخْدٍ وَصَاءَةٍ

And 'al-malākī'u': what comes out with the child from the placenta and membranes.

وَاللَّكْعُ، كَالَمَنْعِ: اللَّسْعُ، وَالأَكْلُ، وَالشُّرْبُ، وَالنَّهْزُ فِي الرِّضَاعِ

And 'al-lak'u', like 'al-man'i': stinging, eating, drinking, and suckling during infancy.

وَبِالْكَسْرِ: القَصِيرُ

And with the kasra: the short one.

وَكَغُرَابٍ: فَرَسُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

And like 'ghurābun': the horse of Zayd ibn 'Abbās.