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لوق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to butter, its preparation, and its characteristic smoothness and softness. It extends to describe things that are made smooth or soft, like food prepared with butter, or even abstract concepts of ease and gentleness.

Derived headwords

اللُّوقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    butterclassical

    Butter, as reported by Al-Kisa'i.

لوَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare food with butterclassical

    To prepare one's food by adding butter to it, making it smooth and rich.

لوِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be made smooth/softclassical

    To be made smooth or soft, to the point of resembling butter in texture.

أَلُوقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    butterclassical

    Another variant for butter, as narrated by Abu Ubaid.

لَوَاqnoun
  1. 1.
    somethingclassical

    A general term for 'something', used when one has not tasted anything.

Parallel reading

اللوقة بالضم: الزبدة، عن الكسائي.
Al-luqah (with dammah): is butter, according to Al-Kisa'i.
وقد لوق طعامه، إذا أصلحه بالزبد.
And he prepared his food, if he improved it with butter.
لا آكل إلا ما لوق لي، أي لين لي حتى يصير كالزبد في لينه.
I do not eat except what has been made smooth for me, meaning softened for me until it becomes like butter in its softness.
هو الزبد بالرطب.
It is butter with dates.
وفيه لغتان لوقة وألوقة، حكاه عنه أبو عبيد.
And it has two linguistic forms: luqah and aluqah, as narrated by Abu Ubaid from him.
وإني لمن سالمتم لألوقة
And indeed, I am for those you have made peace with, like butter (smooth/gentle).
وإني لمن عاديتم سم أسود
And indeed, for those you have enmity with, I am like black poison.
ما ذقت لواقا، أي شيئا.
I did not taste anything, meaning 'something'.