لاقى

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Arabic

Root
ل ق ي (l q y)
13 terms

Verb

لَاقَى (lāqā) III (non-past يُلَاقِي (yulāqī), verbal noun لِقَاء (liqāʔ) or مُلَاقَاة (mulāqāh))

  1. to encounter, to meet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:45-46:
      وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ ۝ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ۝
      Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded, 46. Who know that they will meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are returning.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:8:
      قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِی تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَـٰقِیكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَـٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ فَیُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ  ۝
      Say: "Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do."
  2. to endure, to experience
  3. to get, to obtain, to receive

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swahili: laki

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل ق ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

Pronunciation

Verb

لاقى (lāga) III (non-past يلاقي (yilāgi))

  1. to find
    Synonyms: لِقِي (ligi), لَقَى (laga)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لاقى (lāga)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لاقيت (lāgēt) لاقيت (lāgēt) لاقى (lāga) لاقينا (lāgēna) لاقيتوا (lāgētu) لاقوا (lāgu)
f لاقيتي (lāgēti) لاقت (lāgat)
non-past m ألاقي (ʔalāgi) تلاقي (tilāgi) يلاقي (yilāgi) نلاقي (nilāgi) تلاقوا (tilāgu) يلاقوا (yilāgu)
f تلاقي (tilāgi) تلاقي (tilāgi)
imperative m لاقي (lāgi) لاقوا (lāgu)
f لاقي (lāgi)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ل ق ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

Pronunciation

Verb

لاقى (lāqa) III (non-past يلاقي (ylāqi))

  1. to fit together
    Synonyms: جمع (jmaʕ), دخّل (daḵḵal)
  2. to connect
    Synonym: جمع (jmaʕ)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لاقى
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لاقيت (lāqīt) لاقيتي (lāqīti) لاقى (lāqa) لاقينا (lāqīna) لاقيتوا (lāqītu) لاقاوا (lāqāw)
f لاقت (lāqāt)
non-past m نلاقي (nlāqi) تلاقي (tlāqi) يلاقي (ylāqi) نلاقيوا (nlāqīw) تلاقيوا (tlāqīw) يلاقيوا (ylāqīw)
f تلاقي (tlāqi) تلاقي (tlāqi)
imperative m لاقي (lāqi) لاقيوا (lāqīw)
f لاقي (lāqi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ق ي
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

Pronunciation

Verb

لاقى (lāʔa) III (present بلاقي (bilāʔi))

  1. to find, to encounter

Usage notes

  • Due to the shortening of unstressed long vowels, the first- and second-person past tense forms of this verb are written as inflections of لقى (laʔa) — which may extend to third-person forms.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لقى (laʔa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لقيت (laʔēt) لقيت (laʔēt) لقى (laʔa) لقينا (laʔēna) لقيتو (laʔētu) لقو (laʔu)
f لقيتي (laʔēti) لقت (laʔat)
present m بلاقي (balāʔi) بتلاقي (bitlāʔi) بلاقي (bilāʔi) منلاقي (minlāʔi) بتلاقو (bitlāʔu) بلاقو (bilāʔu)
f بتلاقي (bitlāʔi) بتلاقي (bitlāʔi)
subjunctive m الاقي (alāʔi) تلاقي (tlāʔi) يلاقي (ylāʔi) نلاقي (nlāʔi) تلاقو (tlāʔu) يلاقو (ylāʔu)
f تلاقي (tlāʔi) تلاقي (tlāʔi)
imperative m لاقي (lāʔi) لاقو (lāʔu)
f لاقي (lāʔi)