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تغو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of laughing, specifically the struggle to suppress or control laughter, and the sound of loud laughter. It also includes a secondary, distinct meaning of perishing or destruction.

Derived headwords

تَغَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to suppress laughterclassical

    Used to describe a young woman trying to hide her laughter, but being overcome by it.

تَغْnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of laughterclassical

    A representation of the sound of laughter, often repeated.

تَغْيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    suppression of laughterclassical

    The act of hiding one's laughter, especially when it is difficult to control.

التَّغَىnoun
  1. 1.
    loud laughterclassical

    Refers to loud, unrestrained laughter.

تَغَاverb
  1. 1.
    to perishclassical

    To be destroyed or to perish.

Parallel reading

تغت الجارية الضحك
The young woman suppressed her laughter.
إذا أرادت أن تخفيه ويغالبها
When she wants to hide it and it overcomes her.
تغت تغ وتغ تغ
Tagh tagh and tagh tagh.
تغت الجارية! تغيا سترت ضحكها فغالبها
The young woman suppressed her laughter! She hid her laughter, and it overcame her.
والتغى، كإلى: الضحك العالي
And al-tagha, like ila: loud laughter.
تغا الإنسان: هلك
A person perished: he was destroyed.