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Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns speech, communication, and the nature of words, encompassing concepts like talking, idle talk, falsehood, and error. It also extends to meanings of failure, rejection, and things considered insignificant or invalid.

Derived headwords

لُغَةnoun

1.
Languageboth
The sounds by which each people expresses their needs and desires.

لُغَاتnoun

1.
Languagesboth
Plural of 'lugha' (language).

لَغَاverb

1.
To speakboth
To talk or converse.
2.
To failclassical
To be unsuccessful or disappointed.
3.
To enrichclassical
To enrich one's stew with fat.

لَغْوًاnoun

1.
Idle talkboth
Speech that is insignificant, invalid, or not to be accounted for.
2.
Falsehoodboth
That which is erroneous or invalid.
3.
Sin in an oathclassical
Specifically, the sin in an oath when one has taken an oath and then transgresses it.

اللَّغْوnoun

1.
Idle talkboth
Speech that is insignificant, invalid, or not to be accounted for.
2.
Falsehoodboth
That which is erroneous or invalid.
3.
Sin in an oathclassical
Specifically, the sin in an oath when one has taken an oath and then transgresses it.

اللَّغَاnoun

1.
Idle talkboth
Speech that is insignificant, invalid, or not to be accounted for.
2.
Falsehoodboth
That which is erroneous or invalid.

أَلْغَىverb

1.
To disappointclassical
To cause someone to fail or be disappointed.

لَغْوِيّadjective

1.
Insignificantboth
That which is not to be accounted for or considered, like insignificant speech or an animal not counted in trade.

لَغِيَverb

1.
To errboth
To make a mistake or be wrong in speech.
2.
To be obsessed withclassical
To be preoccupied with or constantly speak about something.
3.
To drink excessivelyclassical
To drink a lot of water without being quenched.

لَاغِيَةnoun

1.
Erroneous speechboth
Speech that is mistaken or incorrect.
2.
Obscene wordclassical
A foul or indecent word.

مُلْغَاةadjective

1.
Invalidboth
That which is rendered void, erroneous, or not to be considered.

لَغِيَ بِهِverb

1.
To be obsessed withclassical
To be preoccupied with or constantly speak about something.

لَغِيَ بِالْمَاءِverb

1.
To drink excessivelyclassical
To drink a lot of water without being quenched.

اسْتَلْغَىverb

1.
To listen to languagesclassical
To listen to people's languages without asking them.

لُغْوِيّadjective

1.
Insignificantboth
That which is not to be accounted for or considered, like insignificant speech or an animal not counted in trade.

Parallel reading

أصوات يعبر بها كل قوم عن أغراضهم

Sounds by which each people expresses their needs.

ج: لغات ولغون

Plural: lughāt and lughūn.

ولغا لغوا: تكلم

And he said 'laghā' (to speak): he spoke.

وخاب

And failed.

و ثريدته: رواها بالدسم

And his tharid (stew): he enriched it with fat.

وألغاه: خيبه

And 'alghāhu': he disappointed him.

واللغو واللغا، كالفتى: السقط، وما لا يعتد به من كلام وغيره

And 'al-laghw' and 'al-laghā', like 'al-fatā': the slip, and that which is not to be accounted for of speech and other things.

كاللغوى، كسكرى والشاة لا يعتد بها في المعاملة

Like 'al-laghwī', like 'sukrā' (intoxicating) and a sheep not counted in trade.

لا يؤاخذكم الله باللغو في أيمانكم

Allah will not call you to account for your idle oaths.

أي: بالإثم في الحلف إذا كفرتم

Meaning: the sin in an oath if you have transgressed it.

ولغى في قوله، كسعى ودعا ورضي لغا ولاغية وملغاة: أخطأ

And 'laghiya' in his speech, like 'sa'ā', 'da'ā', and 'raḍiya', means 'laghā' (to err), 'lāghiyah' (erroneous), and 'mulghāh' (invalid): he erred.

وكلمة لاغية، أي: فاحشة

And a 'lāghiyah' word, meaning: obscene.

واللغوى: لغط القطا

And 'al-laghwī': the sound of the sandgrouse.

ولغي به، كرضي، لغا: لهج به

And 'laghiya bihi', like 'raḍiya', 'laghā': he was obsessed with it.

وبالماء: أكثر منه وهو لا يروى مع ذلك

And with water: he drank a lot of it without being quenched.

واستلغ العرب: استمع لغاتهم من غير مسألة

And 'astalagha' the Arabs: he listened to their languages without asking.