لاغية

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ل غ و (l-ḡ-w)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

لَاغِيَة (lāḡiyaf (plural لَاغِيَات (lāḡiyāt) or لَوَاغٍ (lawāḡin))

  1. idle speech; absurdity; nonsense
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:8-16:
      وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
      wujūhun yawmaʔiḏin nāʕimatun lisaʕyihā rāḍiyatun fī jannatin ʕāliyatin lā tasmaʕu fīhā lāḡiyatan fīhā ʕaynun jāriyatun fīhā sururun marfūʕatun waʔakwābun mawḍūʕatun wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun wazarābiyyu mabṯūṯatun
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