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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of laughing, particularly the nuances of suppressing or controlling laughter, and also describes loud, unrestrained laughter.

Derived headwords

تَغِتُverb
  1. 1.
    suppress laughterclassical

    A female slave or young girl attempts to hide her laughter, but it overcomes her.

تَغَاnoun
  1. 1.
    loud laughterclassical

    Refers to loud, unrestrained laughter.

Parallel reading

تغت الجارية الضحك: إذا أرادت أن تخفيه ويغالبها.
The slave girl suppresses laughter: when she wants to hide it and it overcomes her.
والتغا، كإلى: الضحك العالي.
And 'taghaa', like 'ilaa': loud laughter.