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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a state of softness, weakness, or flabbiness, particularly in materials like leather. It can also extend to a figurative sense of speaking falsely or attributing untrue qualities to a person.

Derived headwords

مَغِيَverb

1.
to be soft/flabbyboth
To become soft, flabby, or yielding, especially referring to leather or similar materials.

تَمَغَّىverb

1.
to become soft/flabbyboth
To become soft, flabby, or yielding; a more intensive or repeated form of the basic verb.

تَمَغِّيًاnoun

1.
softness, flabbinessboth
The state or condition of being soft, flabby, or yielding; the masdar of تمغى.

المُغِيnoun

1.
softness, flabbinessclassical
The quality or state of being soft, flabby, or yielding, particularly in reference to leather.

الأَدِيمnoun

1.
leatherboth
Tanned skin, leather.

الرَّخَاوَةnoun

1.
softness, flabbinessboth
Softness, looseness, flabbiness, lack of firmness.

مَاغِيَةnoun

1.
suspicious thingclassical
Something suspicious, dubious, or questionable.

مَغِيْتَverb

1.
to be soft/flabbyclassical
To become soft, flabby, or yielding (passive form of مغي).

نَغِيَverb

1.
to be soft/flabbyclassical
To be soft, flabby, or yielding (synonym for مغي).

Parallel reading

المغي في الأديم: الرخاوة

Al-maghi in leather: softness.

وقد تمغى تمغيا

And it became soft, with a softening.

وفي الإنسان: أن تقول فيه ما ليس فيه إما هازلا أو جادا

And in a human: to say about him what is not in him, whether jokingly or seriously.

والماغية: المريبة

And al-maghiyah: the suspicious thing.

ومغيت، كسعيت: نغيت

And maghita, like sa'ayta: naghayta.