لحج

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ل ح ج (l ḥ j)
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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لَحِجَ (laḥija) I (non-past يَلْحَجُ (yalḥaju), verbal noun لَحَج (laḥaj))

  1. to be stuck [with فِي () ‘in something’]
    Synonym: نَشِبَ (našiba)
  2. to persist, to be stubborn [with بِ (bi) ‘in something’]
  3. to be enthusiastic, to usually do
  4. to usually say, to babble about
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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لَحَّجَ (laḥḥaja) II (non-past يُلَحِّجُ (yulaḥḥiju), verbal noun تَلْحِيج (talḥīj))

  1. to deceive, to distort [with accusative ‘an issue, a message’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone’]
    Synonym: لَحْوَجَ (laḥwaja)
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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لَحْج (laḥjm

  1. Lahij (the capital city of Lahij governorate, Yemen)
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