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رغز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the concept of making something weak or pliable, possibly through manipulation or pressure. It is not a widely attested root in classical Arabic.

Derived headwords

اِسْتَرْغَزَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make weakclassical

    To render someone or something weak, feeble, or easily manipulated.

  2. 2.
    to make pliableclassical

    To make something soft, yielding, or easily bent or influenced.

Parallel reading

اِسْتَرْغَزَهُ، بِالْغَيْنِ الْمُعْجَمَةِ: اِسْتَضْعَفَهُ وَاسْتَلَانَهُ
He made him weak, with the unpointed ghayn: he considered him weak and pliable.
هَكَذَا أَوْرَدَهُ الصَّاغَانِيُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَزْوٍ لِأَحَدٍ
Thus did al-Saghani present it without attributing it to anyone.
وَقَدْ أَهْمَلَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ
And the majority have neglected it.