لهع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of heedlessness, laziness, and slowness, particularly in commercial dealings. It also extends to descriptions of speech that is excessive or rambling, and can be used to describe a person who is overly accommodating or easily influenced. The root also appears in personal names.

Derived headwords

اللهيعةnoun

1.
heedlessnessclassical
Heedlessness or negligence, similar to 'ghafala'.
2.
laziness, sluggishnessclassical
Laziness and sluggishness, especially a slowness in business transactions that leads to being cheated.

لهيعةname

1.
personal nameboth
A personal name, derived from the root, borne by a notable scholar and judge from Egypt.

أبو عبد الرحمن عبد الله بن لهيعة بن عقبة بن فرعان الحضرمي — Abu Abd al-Rahman Abd Allah ibn Lahia ibn Uqba ibn Far'an al-Hadrami

لهعverb

1.
to be sluggishclassical
To be slow or sluggish, particularly in commercial dealings, leading to being cheated.
2.
to be accommodatingclassical
To be yielding or accommodating to everyone.

وقد لهع، كفرح لهعا ولهاعة — And he was sluggish, as in 'faraha', with 'lah'an' and 'lahā'atan'

لهعاnoun

1.
sluggishnessclassical
The state of being sluggish or slow, especially in business.

وقد لهع، كفرح لهعا ولهاعة — And he was sluggish, as in 'faraha', with 'lah'an' and 'lahā'atan'

لهاعةnoun

1.
sluggishnessclassical
The state of being sluggish or slow, especially in business.

وقد لهع، كفرح لهعا ولهاعة — And he was sluggish, as in 'faraha', with 'lah'an' and 'lahā'atan'

لهيعadjective

1.
accommodatingclassical
A man who is yielding and accommodating to everyone.

ورجل لهيع كأمير: مسترسل إلى كل أحد — And a man 'lahī'' like 'amīr: yielding to everyone

التهلّعverb

1.
to ramble excessivelyclassical
To speak excessively, to ramble, or to be overly verbose and unrestrained in speech.

تلهيع في كلامه: إذا أفرط وتبلتع — 'Talhay'a' in his speech: if he exaggerates and rambles

تلهيعnoun

1.
excessive speechclassical
The act of speaking excessively, rambling, or being overly verbose.

تلهيع في كلامه: إذا أفرط وتبلتع — 'Talhay'a' in his speech: if he exaggerates and rambles

لهيعname

1.
personal nameclassical
A personal name, possibly derived from the root's meaning of speech or character.

وبه سمي الرجل لهيعة — And by this the man was named Lahia'ah

لهعnoun

1.
excessive speechclassical
Excessive talkativeness, similar to 'taballu'a'.

واللهع، محركة: التشدق في الكلام مثل التبلتع — And 'al-lah'u', vocalized: excessive talk in speech like 'al-taballu'a'

لهيعةnoun

1.
excessive speechclassical
Excessive talkativeness, similar to 'taballu'a'.

واللهع، محركة: التشدق في الكلام مثل التبلتع — And 'al-lah'u', vocalized: excessive talk in speech like 'al-taballu'a'

لهيعadjective

1.
fast-movingclassical
Describing something that is sharp or fast in its movement.

واللهيع أيضا: الحديد في مضيه — And 'al-lahī'' also: sharpness in its movement

Parallel reading

اللهيعة كشريعة: الغفلة كاللهاعة، كسحابة.

Al-lahī'ah, like 'sharī'ah': heedlessness, like al-lahā'ah, like 'sahābah'.

واللهيعة: الكسل والفترة، يقال: في فلان لهيعة، أي: توان في البيع والشراء حتى يغبن، عن الأعرابي.

And al-lahī'ah: laziness and sluggishness. It is said: 'In so-and-so is lahī'ah', meaning: slowness in buying and selling until he is cheated, from al-A'rābī.

وقريبه عيسى بن لهيعة بن عيسى بن لهيعة بن عقبة المصري: محدث، روى عن خالد بن كلثوم وغيره.

And his relative 'Īsá ibn Lahī'ah ibn 'Īsá ibn Lahī'ah ibn 'Uqbah al-Miṣrī: a traditionist, narrated from Khālid ibn Kulthūm and others.

وقال الليث: اللهع، ككتف الرجل المسترسل إلى كل أحد، وقد لهع، كفرح لهعا ولهاعة، وبه سمي الرجل لهيعة.

And al-Layth said: 'Al-lah'u', like 'katif', is the man who is yielding to everyone, and he has been 'lah'a', like 'fariha', with 'lah'an' and 'lahā'atan', and by this the man was named Lahī'ah.

واللهع، محركة: التشدق في الكلام مثل التبلتع، وقيل: هو قلب الهلع، قيل: وبه سمي الرجل.

And 'al-lah'u', vocalized: excessive talk in speech like 'al-taballu'a', and it is said: it is a transposition of 'al-hal'a', and it is said: by this the man was named.

وقال الأصمعي: تلهيع في كلامه: إذا أفرط وتبلتع ودخل معبد بن طوق العنبري على أمير، فأحسن، فلما جلس تلهيع في كلامه، فقال له: يا معبد ما أظرفك قائما، وأموقك جالسا: قال إني إذا قمت جددت، وإذا جلست هزلت.

And al-Aṣma'ī said: 'Talhay'a' in his speech: if he exaggerates and rambles. And Ma'bad ibn Ṭawq al-'Anbarī entered upon an amīr, and he was excellent. When he sat down, he 'talhay'a' in his speech. So he said to him: 'O Ma'bad, how pleasant you are standing, and how foolish you are sitting!' He said: 'Indeed, when I stand, I am renewed, and when I sit, I become frivolous.'

ومما يستدرك عليه: رجل لهع، محركة، ولهيع كأمير: مسترسل إلى كل أحد، وقد لهع كفرح، كما في العين.

And among what is to be noted: a man 'lah'u', vocalized, and 'lahī'' like 'amīr: yielding to everyone, and he has been 'lah'a', like 'fariha', as in al-'Ayn.

واللهيع أيضا: الحديد في مضيه، نقله الصاغاني عن الليث.

And 'al-lahī'' also: sharpness in its movement, narrated by al-Ṣāghānī from al-Layth.