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الملغ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns foolishness, vulgarity, and jesting, often with a sexual or offensive undertone. It describes a foolish and vulgar person, their speech, and actions related to mockery and playful obscenity.

Derived headwords

المَلْغnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolish vulgar personboth

    A base, foolish person who speaks obscenely.

أمْلاغnoun
  1. 1.
    Fools, vulgar peopleclassical

    The plural of 'malgh', referring to base, foolish, and obscene individuals.

المَلوغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Vulgarity, obscenityclassical

    The state or quality of being base, foolish, and speaking obscenely; it is also used as a plural for 'malgh'.

مالِغadjective
  1. 1.
    Lewd, debauchedboth

    Describes a man who is lewd, debauched, and prone to vulgar speech.

مالِغونnoun
  1. 1.
    Lewd menclassical

    The plural of 'maligh', referring to lewd and debauched men.

تَمَالُغnoun
  1. 1.
    Acting foolishlyclassical

    The act of behaving foolishly or stupidly.

تَمَالُغَverb
  1. 1.
    To act foolishlyclassical

    To behave in a foolish or stupid manner.

مالَغَverb
  1. 1.
    To jest obscenelyboth

    To joke or jest with someone using lewd or obscene language.

تَمَالُغَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To laugh heartily atclassical

    To laugh heartily or excessively at someone or something.

Parallel reading

المَلْغ، بالكسر: النذل الأحمق، يتكلم بالفحش
Al-malgh (with kasra): the base, foolish person who speaks obscenely.
ج: أملاغ، وهي الملوغة
Plural: amlagh, and they are al-malughah.
ورجل مالغ: داعر
And a maligh man: lewd, debauched.
ج: ككفار
Plural: like kuffar (disbelievers).
وتمالغ به: ضحك به
And tamalagha bihi: he laughed heartily at it/him.
ومالغه بالكلام: مازحه بالرفث
And malaghahu bil-kalam: he jested with him using obscenity.
والتملغ: التحمق
And al-tamallugh: acting foolishly.