← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

اللق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to fissures, striking, and sounds associated with movement or agitation. It encompasses concepts of cracks in the earth, a forceful blow to the eye, and various vocalizations or physical movements, particularly those of a snake.

Derived headwords

اللقnoun
  1. 1.
    fissure, crackboth

    A crack or fissure in the earth.

ولق عينهverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the eyeclassical

    To strike someone's eye with one's hand or palm.

اللقلقnoun
  1. 1.
    tongueclassical

    The tongue.

  2. 2.
    birdboth

    A type of bird.

اللقلاقnoun
  1. 1.
    birdboth

    A type of bird (considered more correct than اللقلق).

لقالِقnoun
  1. 1.
    birdsboth

    Plural of اللقلاق, referring to birds.

اللقلقةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of agitationboth

    A sound made in agitation or a loud sound.

  2. 2.
    snake's tongue movementclassical

    The continuous movement of a snake's jaws and the protrusion of its tongue.

  3. 3.
    movement, agitationboth

    The act of moving or being agitated.

التلقلقnoun
  1. 1.
    shuffling, rattlingclassical

    The act of shuffling or rattling, implying instability or movement.

ملقلقadjective
  1. 1.
    unstable, restlessclassical

    Describing something, particularly iron, that does not stay in one place; restless or unstable.

اللققةnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow diggingclassical

    Digging that is narrow at the opening.

  2. 2.
    eye-strikingclassical

    Those who strike people's eyes with their palms.

Parallel reading

اللق: الصدع في الأرض.
Al-Luqq: A fissure in the earth.
ولق عينه: ضربها بيده أو براحته.
To strike his eye: to hit it with his hand or palm.
واللقلق: اللسان، وطائر، أو الأفصح: اللقلاق، ج: لقالق.
And al-Laqlaq: the tongue, and a bird, or more correctly: al-Laqlaq, pl: Laqaliqu.
واللقلقة: صوته، وكل صوت في اضطراب، أو شدة الصوت، وإدامة الحية تحريك لحييها وإخراج لسانها، والتحريك.
And al-Laqlaqah: its sound, and every sound in agitation, or loudness of sound, and the snake's continuous movement of its jaws and protrusion of its tongue, and movement.
والتلقلق: التقلقل.
And al-Talqaluq: the shuffling or rattling.
وطرف ملقلق، بالفتح: حديد لا يقر مكانه.
And a restless edge, with fatha: iron that does not settle in its place.
واللققة، محركة: الحفر المضيقة الرؤوس، والضاربون عيون الناس براحاتهم.
And al-Laqqah, with harakah: narrow diggings at the openings, and those who strike people's eyes with their palms.