لاق

See also: لاف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ي ق (l-y-q)

Verb

لَاقَ • (lāqa) I, non-past يَلِيقُ‎ (yalīqu)

1. to befit, to beseem, to become (بِ (bi) someone)
2. to be proper, to be suitable, to be seemly, to be worthy (بِ (bi) for/to/of someone)
3. to fit well
4. to care for
5. to preserve carefully
6. to cling to, keep by
7. to take refuge (بِ (bi) with)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

لَاقَ

(form-I hollow, verbal noun لَيْق)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						لَيْق layq
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						لَائِق lāʔiq
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لِقْتُ liqtu	لِقْتَ liqta	لَاقَ lāqa		لِقْتُمَا liqtumā	لَاقَا lāqā		لِقْنَا liqnā	لِقْتُمْ liqtum	لَاقُوا lāqū
	f		لِقْتِ liqti	لَاقَتْ lāqat			لَاقَتَا lāqatā			لِقْتُنَّ liqtunna	لِقْنَ liqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَلِيقُ ʔalīqu	تَلِيقُ talīqu	يَلِيقُ yalīqu		تَلِيقَانِ talīqāni	يَلِيقَانِ yalīqāni		نَلِيقُ nalīqu	تَلِيقُونَ talīqūna	يَلِيقُونَ yalīqūna
	f		تَلِيقِينَ talīqīna	تَلِيقُ talīqu			تَلِيقَانِ talīqāni			تَلِقْنَ taliqna	يَلِقْنَ yaliqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَلِيقَ ʔalīqa	تَلِيقَ talīqa	يَلِيقَ yalīqa		تَلِيقَا talīqā	يَلِيقَا yalīqā		نَلِيقَ nalīqa	تَلِيقُوا talīqū	يَلِيقُوا yalīqū
	f		تَلِيقِي talīqī	تَلِيقَ talīqa			تَلِيقَا talīqā			تَلِقْنَ taliqna	يَلِقْنَ yaliqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَلِقْ ʔaliq	تَلِقْ taliq	يَلِقْ yaliq		تَلِيقَا talīqā	يَلِيقَا yalīqā		نَلِقْ naliq	تَلِيقُوا talīqū	يَلِيقُوا yalīqū
	f		تَلِيقِي talīqī	تَلِقْ taliq			تَلِيقَا talīqā			تَلِقْنَ taliqna	يَلِقْنَ yaliqna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		لِقْ liq			لِيقَا līqā				لِيقُوا līqū
	f		لِيقِي līqī							لِقْنَ liqna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لاق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لاق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

لَاقِ • (lāqi) (form III)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of لَاقَى (lāqā)

Central Kurdish

Noun

لاق (laq)

1. (anatomy) calf

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل ي ق
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَ (lāqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːɡ/

Verb

لاق • (lāg) I (non-past يِلِيق (yilīg))

1. to befit, to beseem
2. to be proper, to be suitable
3. to fit well

Conjugation

Conjugation of لاق (lāg)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	لقت (ligt)	لقت (ligt)	لاق (lāg)		لقنا (ligna)	لقتوا (ligtu)	لاقوا (lāgu)
	f		لقتي (ligti)	لاقت (lāgat)
non-past	m	أليق (ʔalīg)	تليق (tilīg)	يليق (yilīg)		نليق (nilīg)	تليقوا (tilīgu)	يليقوا (yilīgu)
	f		تليقي (tilīgi)	تليق (tilīg)
imperative	m		ليق (līg)				ليقوا (līgu)
	f		ليقي (līgi)