لزج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a sticky, viscous, or clinging quality. It extends to concepts of adhering, sticking, or being persistent, both physically and metaphorically. It can also refer to a plant becoming limp or a head becoming unkempt.

Derived headwords

لَزِجَverb

1.
to be stickyboth
The thing was sticky, viscous, or clung to something.
2.
to clingboth
It adhered or stuck to something, like food on fingers.
3.
to become limpclassical
Plants became limp and bent over, as if soft.
4.
to be unkemptclassical
The head became unkempt and not clean after washing.

لَزَجًاnoun

1.
stickinessboth
The state or quality of being sticky or viscous.

لُزُوجَةًnoun

1.
viscosityboth
The quality of being viscous or sticky.

تَلَزَّجَverb

1.
to become stickyboth
To become sticky or viscous.
2.
to become limpclassical
Plants became limp and bent over.
3.
to be unkemptclassical
The head became unkempt and not clean after washing.
4.
to follow plantsclassical
A beast followed and ate plants.

مُتَلَزِّجadjective

1.
stickyboth
Describing something that is sticky or viscous.

لَزِجadjective

1.
stickyboth
Describing something that is sticky or viscous.
2.
clingingboth
Describing something that adheres or sticks.

لَزِجَةadjective

1.
stickyboth
Describing something that is sticky or viscous.

لَزِجَةadjective

1.
persistentclassical
Describing someone who stays in one place and does not leave.

لَزِيْجَةadjective

1.
persistentclassical
Describing someone who stays in one place and does not leave.

تَلْزِيْجnoun

1.
stickinessboth
The act or state of becoming sticky.
2.
limpnessclassical
The state of plants becoming limp.
3.
unkemptnessclassical
The state of a head being unkempt.

تَلْزِيْجَةnoun

1.
stickinessboth
A sticky substance or quality.

تَلْزِيْجَةnoun

1.
persistenceclassical
The act of staying in place and not leaving.

تَلْزِيْجَةnoun

1.
following plantsclassical
The act of a beast following and eating plants.

Parallel reading

لزج الشيء لزجا ولزوجة

The thing was sticky, with stickiness and viscosity.

وشيء لزج بين اللزوجة: متلزج

And a sticky thing with viscosity: it is becoming sticky.

يقال بلغم لزج، وزبيب لزج

It is said: sticky phlegm, and sticky raisins.

وأكلت لبنا فلزج بأصابعي أي علق

I ate milk and it stuck to my fingers, meaning it clung.

وأكلت شيئا لزج بإصبعي يلزج، أي علق وزبيبة لزجة

I ate something sticky on my finger, it stuck, meaning it clung, and a sticky raisin.

دققت الورق حتى تلزج

I pounded the paper until it became sticky.

وتلزج النبات: اللهذا (تلجن)

And the plant became limp: it became soft (it became limp).

وفرغا من رعي ما تلزجا

And they finished grazing on what had become limp.

ويقال للطعام أو الطيب إذا صار كالخطمي: قد تلزج

And it is said of food or perfume if it becomes like mallow: it has become sticky.

تلزج الرأس: إذا غدا غير نقي عن الوسخ

The head became unkempt: if it became not clean from dirt.

رجل لزجة، ولزجة، ولزيجة: ملازم مكانه لا يبرح

A persistent man, a persistent man, a persistent man: he stays in his place and does not leave.

التلزج: تتبع الدابة البقول

Al-talazzuj: the beast's following of plants.