لغا

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of speaking in vain, uttering falsehoods, or engaging in idle talk. It extends to include meaningless sounds, invalidating things, and the concept of trivial or inconsequential matters, particularly in oaths and legal contexts. It also encompasses the meaning of 'language' itself.

Derived headwords

لَغَاverb

1.
to speak in vainboth
To utter falsehoods or engage in idle, meaningless speech.

يَلْغُوverb

1.
to speak in vainboth
The present tense form of the verb meaning to utter falsehoods or engage in idle, meaningless speech.

لَغْوًاnoun

1.
vain talkboth
The act or state of speaking in vain, falsehood, or idle talk.

لَغَوْتُ باليَمِينِverb

1.
to swear in vainboth
To take an oath without intending to be bound by it, or to utter an oath that is not binding.

لَغْوnoun

1.
it is said of itboth
it is said of it

لَغِيَverb

1.
it is said of itboth
it is said of it

يَلْغَىverb

1.
to speak in vainclassical
The present tense form of the verb 'لَغِيَ', meaning to speak in vain.

لَغًىnoun

1.
it is said of itboth
it is said of it

لَغِيَ بهverb

1.
to be preoccupied withclassical
To be engrossed or obsessed with something, often to the exclusion of other matters.

أَلْغَىverb

1.
error, strayingboth
error, straying
2.
and disappointment alsoboth
and disappointment also
3.
he spoke falsehoodboth
he spoke falsehood
4.
he nullified itboth
he nullified it

أَلْغَيْتُ طَلاقَ المُكْرَهِverb

1.
to invalidate the divorce of the coercedclassical
To consider the divorce pronounced by someone under duress as legally void and ineffective.

أَلْغَاهُ مِنَ العَدَدِverb

1.
to exclude it from the countboth
To omit something from a total or enumeration; to disregard it in a calculation.

اللاغِيَةnoun

1.
idle talkboth
idle talk
2.
a place of idle talkboth
a place of idle talk

اللَّغْوُ في الإيمانِnoun

1.
vain oathboth
An oath that is not consciously intended or binding, often uttered casually in speech.

اللَّغْوُ (من أولاد الإبل)noun

1.
insignificant young camelclassical
A young camel that is too young to be counted or considered in matters of bloodwit or other obligations.

اللُّغَةnoun

1.
its origin is its lightnessboth
its origin is its lightness

لُغًىnoun

1.
it is said of itboth
it is said of it

لُغَاتnoun

1.
languagesboth
Another plural form of 'لغة' (language).

لُغَوِيّadjective

1.
related to languageboth
related to language

Parallel reading

لغا يلغو لغوا، أي قال باطلا.

He spoke in vain, uttering falsehoods.

يقال: لغوت باليمين.

It is said: 'He swore in vain.'

ونباح الكلب لغو أيضا.

And the barking of a dog is also considered vain talk.

فلا تلغى لغيرهم كلاب

So do not keep dogs for others.

ولغي بالكسر يلغى لغا مثله.

And he spoke in vain, uttering falsehoods, similar to the previous meaning.

عن اللغا ورفث التكلم

Away from vain talk and lewd speech.

واللغا: الصوت، مثل الوغا.

And 'al-lagha' means sound, like 'al-wugha' (the sound of battle).

ويقال أيضا: لغي به يلغى لغا، أي لهج به.

It is also said: 'He was preoccupied with it,' meaning he was engrossed in it.

ولغي بالشراب أكثر منه.

And he indulged excessively in the drink.

وألغيت الشئ: أبطلته.

And I invalidated the thing: I made it void.

وكان ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما يلغى طلاق المكره.

And Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, used to invalidate the divorce of one who was coerced.

وألغاه من العدد، أي ألقاه منه.

And he excluded it from the count, meaning he omitted it.

واللاغية: اللغو.

And 'al-laghiya' means vain talk.

لا تسمع فيها لاغية

You will not hear therein any vain talk.

والغو في الايمان: ما لا يعقد عليه القلب، كقول الرجل في كلامه: بلى والله: ولا والله!

And 'al-ghaw' in oaths is that which the heart does not intend, like a man saying in his speech: 'Yes, by God!' or 'No, by God!'

واللغو: مالا يعد من أولاد الابل في دية أو غيرها لصغرها.

And 'al-laghu' refers to what is not counted among the young camels for bloodwit or other matters due to their young age.

ويهلك بينها المرئي لغوا

And the visible one perishes among them as insignificant.

كما ألغيت في الدية الحوارا

Just as the young camel was disregarded in the bloodwit.

واللغة أصلها لغى أو لغو، والهاء عوض، وجمعها لغى مثل برة وبرى، ولغات أيضا.

And the origin of 'al-lugha' is 'lagha' or 'lagwu', and the 'ha' is a substitute, and its plural is 'lugha' like 'birra' and 'birra', and also 'lughat'.

وسمعت لغاتهم بفتح التاء

And I heard their languages with the 'ta' pronounced open.