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ولع

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root ولع primarily relates to intense attachment, eagerness, and obsession, often to the point of being captivated or infatuated. It also extends to meanings of lying, deception, and a strong desire or impulse, sometimes bordering on madness.

Derived headwords

وَلِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be attached toboth

    To be strongly attached to something or someone, showing intense eagerness and persistence.

  2. 2.
    to lieclassical

    To speak falsely or deceive.

  3. 3.
    to be captivatedboth

    To be deeply engrossed or obsessed with something.

  4. 4.
    to go awayclassical

    To be taken or to disappear.

وَلَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    attachmentboth

    The state of being strongly attached or addicted to something.

  2. 2.
    eagernessboth

    Intense desire or keenness.

  3. 3.
    lyingclassical

    The act of speaking falsely.

  4. 4.
    obsessionboth

    A state of being preoccupied or infatuated.

  5. 5.
    madnessclassical

    A state resembling madness or extreme infatuation.

وُلُوعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    attachmentclassical

    A strong bond or connection, often used as a substitute for a true verbal noun.

  2. 2.
    eagernessboth

    Intense desire or keenness.

  3. 3.
    lyingclassical

    The act of lying or deception.

وَلُوعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    attachedboth

    One who is strongly attached or addicted to something.

  2. 2.
    eagerboth

    Showing great eagerness or desire.

  3. 3.
    lyingclassical

    One who habitually lies.

أَوْلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to make attachedboth

    To cause someone to become attached or addicted to something.

  2. 2.
    to make eagerboth

    To incite or provoke eagerness in someone.

  3. 3.
    to make lieclassical

    To cause someone to lie or deceive.

إِيلَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    causing attachmentboth

    The act of causing someone to be attached or addicted.

  2. 2.
    incitementboth

    The act of provoking or inciting someone.

مُولَعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    attachedboth

    One who is made attached or addicted to something.

  2. 2.
    infatuatedboth

    Deeply captivated or obsessed.

  3. 3.
    mottledboth

    Having patches of different colors, like a mottled animal.

وَلَعَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingclassical

    A state of habitual lying or deception.

  2. 2.
    deceptionclassical

    The act of misleading or deceiving.

وَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be light-heartedclassical

    To be frivolous or light-hearted in one's actions.

  2. 2.
    to lieclassical

    To speak falsely.

يَلَعُverb
  1. 1.
    to be light-heartedclassical

    To act in a light-hearted or frivolous manner.

  2. 2.
    to lieclassical

    To speak falsely.

وَلَعَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    light-heartednessclassical

    A state of being light-hearted or frivolous.

  2. 2.
    lyingclassical

    The act of lying.

وَلَعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    liarclassical

    A person who habitually lies.

  2. 2.
    great lieclassical

    An exaggerated or significant falsehood.

وَلِيعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    budclassical

    The spathe of a palm tree, containing the flower buds, especially when white.

  2. 2.
    young palm flowerclassical

    The early stage of a palm flower before it opens.

الْوَلِيعُnoun
  1. 1.
    budclassical

    The spathe of a palm tree containing the flower buds, particularly when white and resembling pearls.

تَوْلِيعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mottlingboth

    The streaking or spotting of colors, especially on an animal's coat.

  2. 2.
    lighting a fireclassical

    The act of igniting or starting a fire.

  3. 3.
    sparklingclassical

    The act of making something shine or gleam.

اتْلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to concealclassical

    For one's situation or condition to become unclear or hidden.

وَالِعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    concealed matterclassical

    An unclear or hidden affair.

مُوتَلِعُ الْقَلْبِadjective
  1. 1.
    heart-wrenchingclassical

    Something that causes the heart to be seized or deeply affected.

مُتَلَّعُ الْقَلْبِadjective
  1. 1.
    heart-wrenchingclassical

    Something that causes the heart to be seized or deeply affected.

مُتَوَلِّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slanderingclassical

    One who reviles or speaks ill of another's honor.

الْأَوْلَعُnoun
  1. 1.
    infatuationclassical

    A state of intense love or obsession, akin to madness.

وَلِيعَةname
  1. 1.
    Wali'aclassical

    A proper name, possibly derived from the noun for a palm bud.

الْوَلَائِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    tribeclassical

    A specific tribe mentioned in classical poetry.

Parallel reading

ولع به، كوجل
He was attached to it, as in 'wajala'.
فهو ولوع، بالفتح أيضا للمصدر والاسم
So he is 'walu'' (attached/eager), with the fatha also for the verbal noun and the noun.
لج في أمره وحرص على إيذائه
He persisted in his matter and was keen to harm him.
الولوع: العلاقة
Al-wulu': The attachment.
أغريته
I made him eager/infatuated.
فهو مولع به
And he is made attached/infatuated with it.
استخف نقله اللحياني
Lihyani transmitted: 'to be light-hearted'.
يختلين الأرض والشاة يلع
He plunders the land and the sheep, he lies.
ولعانا: كذب
Wala'anan: he lied.
فجع وولع وإخلاف وتبديل
Grief, attachment, breaking promises, and change.
تلعا
You lie.
وهن من الإخلاف والولعان
And they are from those who break promises and lie.
إذا اضمحل حديث الكذب الولعه
When the talk of lying, the liar, fades away.
ما أدري ما ولعه
I don't know what detained him.
ما أدري ما والعه بمعناه
I don't know what detained him, with the same meaning.
يولع بما لا يعنيه
He meddles in what does not concern him.
بنو وليعة، كسفينة: حي من كندة
Banu Wuli'a, like 'safina': a tribe from Kinda.
الطلع ما دام في قيقائه
The palm spathe as long as it is in its sheath.
كالوليع تشقق عنه الرقاة الجفوفا
Like the white spathe from which the climbers reveal the sheaths.
أغراه به
He incited him to it.
توليع البهق
The mottling of vitiligo.
برذون مولع
A mottled donkey.
مولع بسواد في أسافله
Mottled with blackness at its lower parts.
مولع في طرتيه
Mottled on its two sides.
اتلعت فلانا والعة أي: خفي علي أمره
I made someone's situation unclear, meaning: his affair became hidden from me.
فلا أدري أحي هو أو ميت
So I don't know if he is alive or dead.
أغري به
He was incited to it.
فأولع بالعفاس بني نمير
So he made Bani Numayr eager for the dust.
كما أولعت بالدبر الغرابا
As the crow was made eager for the anus.
تذمه ويشتمه
He reviles him and curses him.
وهو شبه الجنون
And it is a state of madness.
انتزعت
You seized.
التوليع: التلميع من البرص وغيره
Al-Tawli': The spotting from leprosy and other causes.
أي: برصه
Meaning: it afflicted him with leprosy.
ذهب به
It took it away.
بمن يولع هرمك
What your old age attaches to.
الولائعا
Al-Wala'i'.
الولع بمعنى: الشوق
Al-wal' in the meaning of: longing.
التوليع بمعنى: إيقاد النار
Al-tawli' in the meaning of: lighting a fire.