تغغ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes sounds, particularly those associated with laughter, speech impediments, and sometimes the clinking of jewelry. It also extends to the act of concealing laughter.

Derived headwords

تغتغverb

1.
to stammerboth
To speak with a stammer or impediment, making one's speech unclear.
2.
to repeat indistinctlyclassical
To repeat words without articulating them clearly, as if stammering.

تغتغ كلامه — He stammered his speech.

تغتغةnoun

1.
stammeringboth
A speech impediment characterized by repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllables, or by irregular pauses.
2.
sound of laughterclassical
The sound produced by laughter, often described as a gurgling or indistinct noise.
3.
sound of jewelryclassical
The clinking or rattling sound made by jewelry when it strikes itself.

تغ تغother

1.
gurgling with laughterclassical
An onomatopoeic expression describing the sound of suppressed or hearty laughter.

أقبلوا تغ تغ — They came gurgling with laughter.

قه قهother

1.
bursting with laughterclassical
An onomatopoeic expression similar to 'تغ تغ', indicating loud or unrestrained laughter.

وكذا قه قه — And likewise bursting with laughter.

المتغتغadjective

1.
one who stammersclassical
A person who speaks with a stammer, whose speech is difficult to understand.

المتغتغ وجس كتحديث الهلوك~ الهينغ — The one who stammers, and his body is like the telling of the harlot~ the weak.

اتغواverb

1.
to suppress laughterclassical
To hold back or conceal laughter, often by making a suppressed sound.

اتغوا بالضحك — They suppressed their laughter.

أوتغواverb

1.
to gurgle with laughterclassical
To laugh with a suppressed, gurgling sound.

وأوتغوا: إذا قرقروا به — And 'awtagaw': if they gurgled with it (laughter).

Parallel reading

تغتغ كلامه

He stammered his speech.

يقال: أقبلوا تغ تغ بكسر التاء ويثلث الغين

It is said: They came 'tagh tagh' (with the 't' kasra and the 'gh' with three vowels).

يقولون: سمعت تغ تغ، يريدون صوت الضحك

They say: I heard 'tagh tagh', meaning the sound of laughter.

فأقبلوا تغ تغ، يحكي الصوت المسموع من الضاحك

So they came 'tagh tagh', imitating the sound heard from the laughing person.

سمعت لهذا الحلي تغتغة: إذا أصاب بعضه بعضا فسمعت صوته

I heard a 'taghtagha' from this jewelry: when some of it struck another and you heard its sound.

إنما هو حكاية صوت الضحك

It is only an imitation of the sound of laughter.

التغتغة: رتة وثقل في اللسان

Al-taghtagha: a stammer and heaviness in the tongue.

وقد تغتغ كلامه

And he stammered his speech.

والمتغتغ للفاعل: متكلم لم يكد يسمع كلامه، ولم يفهم لسقوط أسنانه

And al-mutaghtagh for the doer: one who speaks such that his speech is barely heard, and not understood due to the falling of his teeth.

وقد تغتغ الشيخ

And the old man stammered.

التغتغة: إخفاء الضحك

Al-taghtagha: concealing laughter.

اتغوا بالضحك

They suppressed their laughter.

وأوتغوا: إذا قرقروا به

And 'awtagaw': if they gurgled with it (laughter).