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لفق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of joining, patching, or combining things together, often in a way that implies mending or fabricating. It extends to concepts of achieving or catching something, and also to the idea of things fitting or harmonizing.

Derived headwords

لَفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to patchboth

    To join one piece of fabric to another by sewing them together.

  2. 2.
    to pursue and missclassical

    To seek something but fail to attain it.

  3. 3.
    to send and fail to catchclassical

    To release a falcon (or similar hunter) but it fails to catch its prey.

لَفْقnoun
  1. 1.
    patchingboth

    The act of joining pieces together, specifically in the context of mending fabric.

لُفْقnoun
  1. 1.
    side of a garmentclassical

    One of the two sides or halves of a garment, particularly a cloak or sheet.

تَلْفَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    patched garmentboth

    Two garments that are joined or patched together, one onto the other.

تَلَفَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to catch up withboth

    To reach or catch up with someone or something.

تَلَافَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to harmonizeboth

    For affairs or matters to become harmonious or reconciled.

طَفِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to beginclassical

    To start doing something; to commence.

لَفِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike and takeclassical

    To strike something and then take it.

مُلَفَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    fabricatedboth

    Stories or accounts that are embellished, fabricated, or made up.

Parallel reading

لَفَقَ الثوبَ يَلْفُقُهُ: ضَمَّ شُقَّةً إلى أخرى، فَخاطَهُما
He patched the garment, joining one tear to another and sewing them.
والأمر: طَلَبَهُ فلم يُدْرِكْهُ
And the matter: he sought it but did not attain it.
والصقر: أَرْسَلَهُ فلم يَصِدْ
And the falcon: he sent it forth but it did not hunt.
واللَّفْقُ، بالكسر: أَحَدُ لُفْقَيْ المِلاءَةِ
And al-lafq, with kasra: one of the two sides of the sheet/garment.
والتَّلْفَاقُ أو اللِّفَاقُ، بِكَسْرِهِما: ثَوْبانِ يُلْفَقُ أَحَدُهُما بالآخر
And al-tilfaq or al-lifaq, with kasra: two garments where one is patched onto the other.
وتَلَفَّقَ به: لَحِقَهُ
And he caught up with him: he reached him.
وتَلافَقُوا: تَلَاءَمَتْ أُمُورُهُمْ
And they harmonized: their affairs became reconciled.
ولَفِقَ، بالكسر: طَفِقَ
And lafiqa, with kasra: he began.
والشيء: أَصابَهُ وأَخَذَهُ
And the thing: he struck it and took it.
وأحاديثُ مُلَفَّقَةٌ، كَمُعَظَّمَةٍ: مُزَخْرَفَةٌ
And fabricated stories, like 'mu'azzamah': embellished.