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لفج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of financial ruin, bankruptcy, and the resulting destitution. It also extends to describing a state of being depleted or exhausted, often in a metaphorical sense.

Derived headwords

أَفْلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    Allah strengthened his argument: He made it firm and manifestboth

    Allah strengthened his argument: He made it firm and manifest

  2. 2.
    a man with spaced teethboth

    a man with spaced teeth

إِفْلَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    bankruptcyclassical

    The state or condition of being bankrupt; financial ruin.

مُلْفَجadjective
  1. 1.
    bankruptclassical

    Describing someone who is bankrupt or has become ruined.

  2. 2.
    impoverishedclassical

    In a state of extreme poverty or destitution.

Parallel reading

ألفج الرجل، أي أفلس.
The man became bankrupt, meaning he went broke.
أحسابكم في العسر والإلفاج شيبت بعذب طيب المزاج
Your circumstances in hardship and bankruptcy have whitened (your hair) with a sweet, pleasant disposition.
فهو ملفج بفتح الفاء، مثل أحصن فهو محصن، وأسهب فهو مسهب.
And he is mulwaj (bankrupt) with a fatha on the fa, like aḥṣana fa-huwa muḥṣan (he fortified, so he is fortified) and ashaba fa-huwa mus'hib (he elaborated, so he is elaborate).
وجارية شبت شبابا عسلجا في حجر من لم يك عنها ملفجا
And a young woman grew up with a vigorous youth in the lap of one who was not bankrupt for her.