لءلء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to shining, gleaming, and sparkling, often used to describe light or precious objects. It also extends to describe the wagging of a tail.

Derived headwords

لألأverb

1.
to wag (tail)classical
To move the tail back and forth, typically in a sign of happiness or excitement.
2.
to gleam, to sparkleboth
To shine with a bright, intermittent light; to flash.

تلألأverb

1.
to gleam, to sparkleboth
To shine brightly and intermittently; to flash or shimmer.

تلألأ البرق — The lightning flashed.

لؤلؤةnoun

1.
pearlboth
A hard, lustrous, iridescent substance formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other mollusk.

لؤلؤnoun

1.
pearlsboth
The plural form of pearl, referring to multiple pearls.

لآلئnoun

1.
pearlsboth
A broken plural form of pearl, referring to multiple pearls.

لألname

1.
pearl merchantclassical
A person who deals in pearls.

Parallel reading

لا أفعله ما لألأت الفور

I will not do it as long as the tails wag.

أي بصبصت بأذنابها

Meaning: they wagged their tails.

وتلألأ البرق

And the lightning flashed.

واللؤلؤة: الدرة

And the pearl: the jewel.

والجمع اللؤلؤ واللآلئ

And the plural is al-lu'lu' and al-la'ali'.

سمعت العرب تقول لصاحب اللؤلؤ: لأل مثل لعال

I heard the Arabs say to the pearl merchant: la'l, like la'al.

والقياس لاء مثل لعاع

And the analogy is la'a', like la'a'.