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لذج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or drinking something, particularly with a sense of force or intensity. It also extends to the concept of persistent urging or insistence in a request.

Derived headwords

لَذَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To swallow something, especially a liquid, forcefully or intensely.

لَذَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to urge persistentlyboth

    To urge someone persistently or to insist upon them in making a request.

Parallel reading

لذج الماء في حلقه
The water went down his throat.
على مثال ذلج
On the pattern of 'dhalaja'.
لغة فيه (: جرعه)
A dialectal usage for it, meaning 'he gulped it'.
وقد تقدم في موضعه
And it has been previously mentioned in its proper place.
لذج فلانا: ألح عليه في المسألة
To urge someone persistently: to insist upon them in making a request.