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ل ق ف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of quick taking, catching, or swallowing. It extends to meanings of agility, quick understanding, and skillful handling. It also describes physical attributes like the edge of a well or basin, and a poorly constructed structure.

Derived headwords

لَقِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to catch quicklyboth

    To take something thrown to you rapidly.

  2. 2.
    to swallowclassical

    To take something and eat or swallow it.

لَقْفnoun
  1. 1.
    quick takingboth

    The act of taking something thrown to you quickly, either by hand or by tongue.

  2. 2.
    swallowingclassical

    The act of taking something and eating or swallowing it.

  3. 3.
    falling of a wallclassical

    The collapse of a wall or the lower part of a basin.

  4. 4.
    edge of a well/basinclassical

    The side of a well or a basin.

  5. 5.
    mouthclassical

    The mouth, a term used in Yemen.

لَقَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    quick takingclassical

    The act of taking something thrown to you rapidly.

ثَقِفٌ لَقِفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    agile and quick-wittedboth

    Describing a person who is agile, sharp, quick to understand what is said, and quick to grasp what is thrown.

  2. 2.
    skillfulboth

    Describing someone who is adept at their craft.

  3. 3.
    holding firmclassical

    Describing someone who is in control of what they hold and capable of managing it.

لَقِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    poorly constructedclassical

    Describing something, like a basin, whose construction is not firm or well-made, possibly built with mud.

  2. 2.
    eroding from belowclassical

    Describing a basin that is eroding or collapsing from its lower part, causing water to flow out.

  3. 3.
    fullclassical

    Describing a basin that is full of water.

أَلْقَافnoun
  1. 1.
    sides of a well/basinclassical

    The plural of 'laqf', referring to the sides of a well or a basin.

تَلَقَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to catch and swallowboth

    To catch and swallow food.

  2. 2.
    to catch quicklyboth

    To catch something thrown to you rapidly.

  3. 3.
    to absorb and retainboth

    To receive and quickly memorize or retain information.

تَلْقِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingboth

    The act of swallowing food.

  2. 2.
    quick catchingboth

    The act of catching something rapidly.

  3. 3.
    horse's gaitclassical

    A specific gait of a horse where it flails its forelegs without lifting them towards its belly, or lifts them high.

لَقُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    quick to graspclassical

    Describing a woman who quickly grasps a man's hand when touched.

لَقَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    skillfulnessboth

    Skillfulness and adroitness, similar to 'thaqafah'.

مُتَلَقِّفadjective
  1. 1.
    swinging hind legsclassical

    Describing a camel that swings its hind legs towards its flanks while walking.

Parallel reading

تناوله بسرعة هكذا نقله الجوهري عن يعقوب
He took it quickly, as Al-Jawhari transmitted from Ya'qub.
اللقف: تناول الشيء يرمى إليك
Al-laqf: taking something thrown to you.
اللقف: سرعة الأخذ لما يرمى إليك باليد، أو باللسان
Al-laqf: quickness in taking what is thrown to you by hand, or by tongue.
اللقف أن تأخذ شيئا فتأكله وتبتلعه
Al-laqf is to take something and eat or swallow it.
رجل ثقف لقف
A person who is intelligent and quick-witted.
أي خفيف حاذق
Meaning agile and skillful.
سريع الفهم لما يرمى إليه من كلام باللسان، وسريع الأخذ لما يرمى إليه باليد
Quick to understand what is thrown to him in speech by the tongue, and quick to take what is thrown to him by hand.
هو إذا كان ضابطا لما يحويه، قائما به
It is when he is in control of what he holds and capable of managing it.
هو الحاذق بصناعته
He is the one skilled in his craft.
اللقف: سقوط الحائط، وتهور الحوض من أسفله
Al-laqf: the falling of a wall, and the collapse of a basin from its lower part.
الحوض لقف ولقيف
The basin is laqf and laqif.
هو لأبي خراش الهذلي
It belongs to Abi Khurash Al-Hudhali.
كحوض المنهل اللقف
Like the laqf basin of the watering place.
كما يتفجر الحوض اللقيف
As the laqif basin bursts forth.
ما لم يحكم بناؤه
That whose construction is not firm.
الذي سوي بالطين
That which was smoothed with mud.
الذي يتساقط من جانبيه وهو مملوء
That which falls from its sides while it is full.
الذي يضرب الماء أسفله فيتساقط
That which the water strikes from below, causing it to fall apart.
اللقيف: الذي يتقعر من أسفله، فينبعث الماء منه
Al-laqif: that which hollows out from its bottom, from which water emerges.
لقفت الشيء ألقفه لقفا، فأنا لاقف ولقيف
I caught the thing, I catch it with laqf, so I am laqif and laqif.
الحوض لقف الماء، فهو لاقف ولقيف
The basin catches the water, so it is laqif and laqif.
ماء آبار كثيرة عذب ليس عليها مزارع، ولا نخل فيها
Fresh water from many wells, without farms or palm trees around them.
لعن الله بطن لقف مسيلا ومجاحا فلا أحب مجاحا
May God curse the valley of Laqf and Majah, and I do not love Majah.
لقيت ناقتي به وبلقف بلدا مجدبا وماء شحاحا
My she-camel encountered it, and in Laqf, a barren land and scarce water.
إنهم ليلقفون الطعام: أي يأكلونه
They are laqifing the food: meaning, they are eating it.
كما لقفت زب شآمية حرد
As the udder of a stubborn Syrian camel was swallowed.
تلقف ما صنعوا
It (the earth) swallows what they made.
التلقيف: تخبط الفرس بيديه في استنانه، لا يقلهما نحو بطنه
Al-talqif: a horse's stumbling with its forelegs in its stride, not lifting them towards its belly.
شدة رفعها يديها، كأنما تمد مدا
The intensity of its lifting its hands, as if it were stretching.
ضرب البعران بأيديها لباتها في السير
The striking of the camels with their forelegs against their chests while walking.
بعير متلقف: إذا كان يهوي بخفي يديه إلى وحشيه في سيره
A mutalaqqif camel: if it swings its hind legs towards its flanks in its walk.
تلقفه من فمه: إذا تلقاه وحفظه بسرعة
To receive it from his mouth: if you receive and memorize it quickly.
امرأة لقوف، وهي التي إذا مسها الرجل لقفت يده سريعا، أي: أخذتها
A laquf woman, she is the one who, if a man touches her, she quickly grasps his hand, meaning: she takes it.
اللقافة: الحذق، كالثقافة
Al-laqafah: skillfulness, like al-thaqafah.