لقفه

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of quick taking, grasping, or receiving. It extends to descriptions of agility, swiftness, and also to specific physical phenomena like the collapse of structures or the gait of animals.

Derived headwords

لَقِفَverb

1.
to grasp quicklyboth
To take or receive something rapidly and swiftly.

لَقْفnoun

1.
quick takingboth
The act of taking or receiving something with speed.

لَقَفَانnoun

1.
quick takingboth
The act of taking or receiving something with speed.

لَقِفadjective

1.
agileboth
Describing a person who is quick-witted, sharp, and skillful.
2.
quick to graspboth
Possessing the ability to understand or take hold of things rapidly.

ثَقِفٌ لَقِفٌadjective

1.
agile and sharpboth
A description of a person who is both intelligent and quick to act or understand.

لَقِفnoun

1.
side of a well/basinclassical
The edge or side of a well or a basin.
2.
collapse of a wallclassical
The falling down or collapse of a wall.
3.
collapse of a basinclassical
The falling away or collapse of the lower part of a basin or reservoir.
4.
poorly built structureclassical
Something whose construction is not firm or well-executed, even if built with mud bricks.
5.
water erosionclassical
A phenomenon where water fills a structure and causes it to burst or collapse.

تَلَقُّفnoun

1.
swallowing foodboth
The act of swallowing food, often implying haste.
2.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing or gulping.
3.
horse's gaitclassical
A specific gait of a horse where it flails its forelegs without bringing them towards its belly.
4.
lifting forelegs highclassical
A description of a horse lifting its forelegs very high while running.
5.
striking hind legsclassical
A gait where a horse strikes its hind legs against its forelegs while running.

لَقَفnoun

1.
water of wellsclassical
Referring to the water from numerous wells, specifically sweet water found in the upper part of Qawran.

تَلْقِيفnoun

1.
swallowing foodboth
The act of swallowing food, similar to تلقف.
2.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing or gulping.
3.
horse's gaitclassical
A specific gait of a horse where it flails its forelegs without bringing them towards its belly.
4.
lifting forelegs highclassical
A description of a horse lifting its forelegs very high while running.
5.
striking hind legsclassical
A gait where a horse strikes its hind legs against its forelegs while running.

مُتَلَقِّفadjective

1.
animal with a specific gaitclassical
Describing a camel that lowers its hind legs towards its flanks while running.

Parallel reading

لقفه، كسمعه، لقفا ولقفانا، محركة: تناوله بسرعة.

He grasped it, like 'he heard him', with 'laqfan' and 'laqafanan', vocalized: he took it quickly.

ورجل ثقف لقف، بالفتح، وككتف وأمير: خفيف حاذق.

And a man is 'thقف laqif', with the فتح vowel, and like 'katif' and 'amir': agile and skillful.

واللقف، محركة: جانب البئر والحوض، ج: ألقاف، وسقوط الحائط، وتهور الحوض من أسفله، كالتلقف، وهو لقف، ككتف وأمير، أو هو ما لم يحكم بناؤه، وقد بني بالمدر، أو يحفر وهو مملوء، فيحمل عليه الماء، فيفجره.

And 'al-laqf', vocalized: the side of the well and the basin, plural: 'alqaf', and the collapse of the wall, and the collapse of the basin from its lower part, like 'al-talqquf', and it is 'laqf', like 'katif' and 'amir', or it is that whose construction is not firm, even if built with mud bricks, or it is dug while full, and water is brought to it, causing it to burst.

ولقف، بالكسر: ماء آبار كثيرة، عذب بأعلى قوران.

And 'laqf', with the kasr vowel: water of many wells, sweet, in the upper part of Qawran.

والتلقيف: بلع الطعام، كالتلقف، والإبلاع، وتخبط الفرس بيديه في استنانه، لا يقلهما نحو بطنه، أو شدة رفعها يديها، كأنما تمد مدا، أو ضرب البعران بأيديها لباتها في السير.

And 'al-talqif': swallowing food, like 'al-talqquf', and swallowing, and a horse's stumbling with its hands in its stride, not bringing them towards its belly, or its intense lifting of its hands, as if it were stretching, or the striking of its hind legs with its forelegs in its gait.

وبعير متلقف: إذا كان يهوي بخفي يديه إلى وحشيه في سيره.

And a camel 'mutalaqqif': if it lowers its hind legs towards its flanks in its gait.