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لجز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of inversion or reversal, as indicated by its proposed etymological connection to the root 'لزج' (sticky, viscous) through metathesis. The provided text offers a poetic example illustrating this concept.

Derived headwords

اللجزnoun
  1. 1.
    inversion, reversalclassical

    A term referring to the inversion or reversal of letters or words, as discussed in the context of phonological changes.

اللزجadjective
  1. 1.
    sticky, viscousboth

    Describing a substance that is sticky or viscous in nature.

Parallel reading

اللجز: مقلوب اللزج.
Al-Jaz: the inversion of Al-Lazij.
قاله ms0649 ابن الكسيت في كتاب القلب والإبدال
Ibn al-Kassit said this in the Book of Transposition and Substitution.
وأنشد لابن مقبل: يعلون بالمردقوش الورد (3) ضاحية * على سعابيب ماء الضالة اللجز
And he recited from Ibn Muqbil: They ascend with the pink marjoram in the morning * upon streams of water, the inverted/reversed.