لقف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of quickly taking or receiving something, often with skill or agility. It extends to concepts of collapse, falling, and the sides or edges of structures like wells and basins.

Derived headwords

لَقِفَverb

1.
he caught the thingboth
he caught the thing

لَقْفnoun

1.
he caught the thingboth
he caught the thing

تَلَقَّفَverb

1.
meaning, he took it quicklyboth
meaning, he took it quickly

ثَقِيفٌ لَقِيفٌadjective

1.
agile and sharpclassical
Describing a person who is quick-witted, skillful, and agile.

لَفَّnoun

1.
he wrapped the thingboth
he wrapped the thing

لُقِفَverb

1.
he caught the thingboth
he caught the thing

حَوْضٌ لَقِفٌnoun

1.
collapsing basinclassical
A basin or well that has collapsed or broken open from its lower part, becoming wider.

لَقِيفٌnoun

1.
collapsing basinclassical
Similar to 'laqif', referring to a basin or well that has collapsed or broken open from below.

أَلْقَافnoun

1.
sides of a well/basinclassical
The sides or edges of a well or a basin.

Parallel reading

لقفت الشئ بالكسر ألقفه لقفا

I caught the thing, I catch it, a catching.

وتلتقفته أيضا، أي تناولته بسرعة

And I also received it quickly, meaning I took it rapidly.

يقال رجل ثقف لقف

It is said, a skillful, agile man.

واللفف بالتحريك: سقوط الحائط

And 'al-lafaf' (with harakah) is the falling of the wall.

وقد لقف الحوض لقفا، أي تهور من أسفله واتسع

And the basin collapsed, meaning it broke open from below and widened.

وحوض لقف

And a collapsing basin.

كحوض المنهل اللقف

Like the collapsing basin of the watering place.

واللقيف مثله

And 'al-laqif' is similar to it.

كما يتفجر الحوض اللقيف

As the collapsing basin bursts forth.

والألقاف: جوانب البئر والحوض، مثل الالجاف

And 'al-alqaf' are the sides of the well and the basin, like 'al-aljaf'.