"لغة" meaning in Arabic

See لغة in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lu.ɣa/ Audio: Ar-لغة.ogg
Etymology: From the root ل غ و (l-ḡ-w). Related to Hebrew לוע / לֹעַ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”). Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ل غ و}} ل غ و (l-ḡ-w), {{cog|he|-}} Hebrew, {{he-m|לוע|dwv=לֹעַ|gloss=throat, pharynx, maw|tr=lṓaʿ}} לוע / לֹעַ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”) Head templates: {{ar-noun|لُغَة|f|pl=لُغَات}} لُغَة • (luḡa) f (plural لُغَات (luḡāt)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|لُغَة|pl=لُغَات}} Forms: لُغَة [canonical], luḡa [romanization], لُغَات [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], لُغَة [ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللُّغَة [ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote], لُغَة [ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote], لُغَةٌ [ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللُّغَةُ [ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote], لُغَةُ [ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote], لُغَةً [accusative, ar-infl-a, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللُّغَةَ [accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, singular, triptote], لُغَةَ [accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, singular, triptote], لُغَةٍ [ar-infl-a, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللُّغَةِ [ar-infl-a, definite, genitive, singular, triptote], لُغَةِ [ar-infl-a, construct, genitive, singular, triptote], لُغَتَيْن [ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللُّغَتَيْن [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], لُغَتَيْ [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], لُغَتَانِ [ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللُّغَتَانِ [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], لُغَتَا [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], لُغَتَيْنِ [accusative, ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللُّغَتَيْنِ [accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, dual, singular, triptote], لُغَتَيْ [accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, dual, singular, triptote], لُغَتَيْنِ [ar-infl-a, dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللُّغَتَيْنِ [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], لُغَتَيْ [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], لُغَات [feminine, indefinite, informal, plural, sound-form], اللُّغَات [definite, feminine, informal, plural, sound-form], لُغَات [construct, feminine, informal, plural, sound-form], لُغَاتٌ [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural, sound-form], اللُّغَاتُ [definite, feminine, nominative, plural, sound-form], لُغَاتُ [construct, feminine, nominative, plural, sound-form], لُغَاتٍ [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural, sound-form], اللُّغَاتِ [accusative, definite, feminine, plural, sound-form], لُغَاتِ [accusative, construct, feminine, plural, sound-form], لُغَاتٍ [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural, sound-form], اللُّغَاتِ [definite, feminine, genitive, plural, sound-form], لُغَاتِ [construct, feminine, genitive, plural, sound-form]
  1. language Synonyms: لِسَان
    Sense id: en-لغة-ar-noun-pO8wS6Qq
  2. dialect, vernacular Synonyms: لَهْجَة
    Sense id: en-لغة-ar-noun-WOxxADBH
  3. jargon
    Sense id: en-لغة-ar-noun-E591lp6c
  4. (linguistics) a variant Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-لغة-ar-noun-RYS6iLMV Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (with the definite article) Classical Arabic
    Sense id: en-لغة-ar-noun-6COwlJbZ Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural, Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a, Arabic terms belonging to the root ل غ و, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 4 6 67 6 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural: 5 3 4 7 75 7 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a: 4 2 3 5 82 4 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ل غ و: 4 2 4 3 84 3 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 2 2 8 80 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 2 4 3 75 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 3 2 81 8
  6. lexicography, lexicographic literature, lexicographers Categories (topical): Lexicography
    Sense id: en-لغة-ar-noun-qyln6bYt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: لُغَة أَجْنَبِيَّة (luḡa ʔajnabiyya) (english: foreign language), لُغَة عَامِّيَّة (luḡa ʕāmmiyya) (english: popular language), لُغَة الْمُحَادَة (luḡat al-muḥāda) (english: colloquial language), لُغَة الْمِحْنَة (luḡat al-miḥna) (english: professional jargon, slang), لُغَة الْمَوْلِد (luḡat al-mawlid) (english: mother tongue), أَهْل اللُّغَة (ʔahl al-luḡa) (english: philologists, lexicographers), عِلْم اللُّغَة (ʕilm al-luḡa) (english: lexicography, philology, linguistics), لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy) (english: linguistic, philological, lexicographical) Related terms: لَغَا (laḡā), لَغِيَ (laḡiya), أَلْغَى (ʔalḡā), لَغْوَة (laḡwa) (english: dialect, idiom, vernacular)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "foreign language",
      "roman": "luḡa ʔajnabiyya",
      "word": "لُغَة أَجْنَبِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "popular language",
      "roman": "luḡa ʕāmmiyya",
      "word": "لُغَة عَامِّيَّة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "colloquial language",
      "roman": "luḡat al-muḥāda",
      "word": "لُغَة الْمُحَادَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "professional jargon, slang",
      "roman": "luḡat al-miḥna",
      "word": "لُغَة الْمِحْنَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mother tongue",
      "roman": "luḡat al-mawlid",
      "word": "لُغَة الْمَوْلِد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "philologists, lexicographers",
      "roman": "ʔahl al-luḡa",
      "word": "أَهْل اللُّغَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lexicography, philology, linguistics",
      "roman": "ʕilm al-luḡa",
      "word": "عِلْم اللُّغَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "linguistic, philological, lexicographical",
      "roman": "luḡawiyy",
      "word": "لُغَوِيّ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "afb",
            "2": "لغة",
            "tr": "luḡa"
          },
          "expansion": "Gulf Arabic: لغة (luḡa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gulf Arabic: لغة (luḡa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "lüğət",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: lüğət",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: lüğət"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "loghat",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "dialect"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: loghat (“dialect”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: loghat (“dialect”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "logat"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: logat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: logat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lüğat"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lüğat)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lüğat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "lügat"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: lügat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: lügat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "luğat"
          },
          "expansion": "Crimean Tatar: luğat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Crimean Tatar: luğat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "loğat"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: لغت (loğat)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: لغت (loğat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi: لغت",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi: لغت"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "so",
            "2": "luuqada",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Somali: luuqada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Somali: luuqada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "lugha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: lugha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: lugha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "луғат",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tajik: луғат (luġat)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tajik: луғат (luġat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "dictionary",
            "tr": "luġat"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: لغت (luġat, “dictionary”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: لغت (luġat, “dictionary”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "لۇغەت",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: لۇغەت (lughet)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: لۇغەت (lughet)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "lugʻat",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: lugʻat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: lugʻat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ل غ و"
      },
      "expansion": "ل غ و (l-ḡ-w)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "לוע",
        "dwv": "לֹעַ",
        "gloss": "throat, pharynx, maw",
        "tr": "lṓaʿ"
      },
      "expansion": "לוע / לֹעַ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”)",
      "name": "he-m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root ل غ و (l-ḡ-w). Related to Hebrew לוע / לֹעַ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لُغَة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luḡa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَات",
      "roman": "luḡāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَة",
      "roman": "luḡa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَة",
      "roman": "al-luḡa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَة",
      "roman": "luḡat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةٌ",
      "roman": "luḡatun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَةُ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةُ",
      "roman": "luḡatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةً",
      "roman": "luḡatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَةَ",
      "roman": "al-luḡata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةَ",
      "roman": "luḡata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةٍ",
      "roman": "luḡatin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَةِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةِ",
      "roman": "luḡati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْن",
      "roman": "luḡatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَيْن",
      "roman": "al-luḡatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْ",
      "roman": "luḡatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَانِ",
      "roman": "luḡatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَانِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَا",
      "roman": "luḡatā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْ",
      "roman": "luḡatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْ",
      "roman": "luḡatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَات",
      "roman": "luḡāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَات",
      "roman": "al-luḡāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَات",
      "roman": "luḡāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتٌ",
      "roman": "luḡātun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَاتُ",
      "roman": "al-luḡātu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتُ",
      "roman": "luḡātu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتٍ",
      "roman": "luḡātin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَاتِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتِ",
      "roman": "luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتٍ",
      "roman": "luḡātin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَاتِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتِ",
      "roman": "luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لُغَة",
        "2": "f",
        "pl": "لُغَات"
      },
      "expansion": "لُغَة • (luḡa) f (plural لُغَات (luḡāt))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لُغَة",
        "pl": "لُغَات"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "laḡā",
      "word": "لَغَا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "laḡiya",
      "word": "لَغِيَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ʔalḡā",
      "word": "أَلْغَى"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dialect, idiom, vernacular",
      "roman": "laḡwa",
      "word": "لَغْوَة"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Can you speak another language besides your mother tongue?",
          "roman": "hal tastaṭīʕu l-ḥadīṯa biḡayri luḡatika l-ʔummi ?",
          "text": "هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْحَدِيثَ بِغَيْرِ لُغَتِكَ ٱلْْأُمِّ ؟"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "id": "en-لغة-ar-noun-pO8wS6Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لِسَان"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dialect, vernacular"
      ],
      "id": "en-لغة-ar-noun-WOxxADBH",
      "links": [
        [
          "dialect",
          "dialect"
        ],
        [
          "vernacular",
          "vernacular"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لَهْجَة"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jargon"
      ],
      "id": "en-لغة-ar-noun-E591lp6c",
      "links": [
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "ar:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He lived a life, and he lived, he lives and he lives so he is alive, and in the plural they lived, with gemination; [it was] said: another variant is he lived, he lives, and in the plural they lived, [without gemination].",
          "ref": "1290, Ibn Manẓūr, “وي”, in لسان العرب [The Tongue of the Arabs], فصل الحاء المهملة [The section of the undotted letter ح (ḥāʔ)], page 211:",
          "roman": "ḥayiya ḥayātan wa-ḥayya yaḥyā wa-yaḥayyu fa-huwa ḥayyun, wa-li-l-jamīʕi ḥayyū, bi-t-tašdīdi, qāla: wa-luḡatun ʔuḵrā ḥayya yaḥayyu wa-li-l-jamīʕi ḥayū, ḵafīfa.",
          "text": "حَيِيَ حَياةً وَحَيَّ يَحْيَا وَيَحَيُّ فَهُوَ حَيٌّ، وَلِلْجَمِيعِ حَيُّوا، بِٱلتَّشْدِيدِ، قَالَ: وَلُغَةٌ أُخْرَى حَيَّ يَحَيُّ وَلِلْجَمِيعِ حَيُوا، خَفِيفَة.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And there are two variants of نَسْتَعِينُ (nastaʕīnu): Quraysh and Kinanah pronounce it with na-, [whereas] the general Arab public of the tribes Tamim, Qays, and Rabīʿa say: nistaʿīnu...",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), الفَرَّاء، أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَا بِن زِيَاد [al-farrāʔ, ʔabū zakariyyā yaḥyā bin ziyād, Al-Farrāʾ], edited by جَابِر بِن عَبْدِ اللهِ السُّرَيِّع [jābir bin ʕabdi llāhi s-surayyiʕ], كِتَابٌ فِيهِ لُغَاتُ القُرْآن (kitābun fīhi luḡātu al-qurʔān) [A book containing variant readings of the Qur'an], published 2014:",
          "roman": "al-farrāʔ, ʔabū zakariyyā yaḥyā bin ziyād",
          "text": "وَفِي (نَسْتَعِينُ) لُغَتَانِ: قُرَيْشٌ وَكِنَانَةُ يَنْصِبُونَ النُّونَ، وَعَامَّةُ العَرَبِ مِن بَنِي قَيْسِ وَرَبِيعَةَ يَقُولُونَ: نِسْتَعِينُ...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a variant"
      ],
      "id": "en-لغة-ar-noun-RYS6iLMV",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "variant",
          "variant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) a variant"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 3 4 6 67 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 4 7 75 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 3 5 82 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 4 3 84 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ل غ و",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 2 8 80 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 2 4 3 75 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 1 3 2 81 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Classical Arabic"
      ],
      "id": "en-لغة-ar-noun-6COwlJbZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Classical Arabic",
          "Classical Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the definite article) Classical Arabic"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the definite article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Lexicography",
          "orig": "ar:Lexicography",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Al-qabj is Persian for partridge ibidem [in ar-Rāzī’s Ḥāwī]. From ʾAhrun’s book and the lexicographers: It is the male partridge. Aṣ-Ṣanawbarīy said:\n O brother, get up! We have mixed wine for you.\n Take it in a mixed state in whichever fashion!\n The water has stripped down its substance into bits,\n of size smaller than chukar beaks eat.",
          "ref": "a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 825 (fol. 70r,14–v,1), page 963:",
          "text": "القبج بالفارسية هو الحجل عنه ومن كتاب أهرن وفي اللغة: القبج ذكر الحجل، قال الصنوبري\nيٰأخِي قُمْ فَقَدْ شَجَجْنا لَكَ الرَّاحَ … فَخُذْها مَشْجُوجَةً أيّ شَجّ\nقَطَعَ المَاءُ جِسْمَها قِطَعًا لَمْ … تَغْذِ أَمْثالَها مَناقِيرُ قَبْج",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lexicography, lexicographic literature, lexicographers"
      ],
      "id": "en-لغة-ar-noun-qyln6bYt",
      "links": [
        [
          "lexicography",
          "lexicography"
        ],
        [
          "lexicographic",
          "lexicographic"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "lexicographer",
          "lexicographer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lu.ɣa/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ar-لغة.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/Ar-%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9.ogg/Ar-%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Ar-%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لغة"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic feminine nouns",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural",
    "Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ل غ و",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "foreign language",
      "roman": "luḡa ʔajnabiyya",
      "word": "لُغَة أَجْنَبِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "english": "popular language",
      "roman": "luḡa ʕāmmiyya",
      "word": "لُغَة عَامِّيَّة"
    },
    {
      "english": "colloquial language",
      "roman": "luḡat al-muḥāda",
      "word": "لُغَة الْمُحَادَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "professional jargon, slang",
      "roman": "luḡat al-miḥna",
      "word": "لُغَة الْمِحْنَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother tongue",
      "roman": "luḡat al-mawlid",
      "word": "لُغَة الْمَوْلِد"
    },
    {
      "english": "philologists, lexicographers",
      "roman": "ʔahl al-luḡa",
      "word": "أَهْل اللُّغَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "lexicography, philology, linguistics",
      "roman": "ʕilm al-luḡa",
      "word": "عِلْم اللُّغَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "linguistic, philological, lexicographical",
      "roman": "luḡawiyy",
      "word": "لُغَوِيّ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "afb",
            "2": "لغة",
            "tr": "luḡa"
          },
          "expansion": "Gulf Arabic: لغة (luḡa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gulf Arabic: لغة (luḡa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "lüğət",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: lüğət",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: lüğət"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "loghat",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "dialect"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: loghat (“dialect”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: loghat (“dialect”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "logat"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: logat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: logat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lüğat"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lüğat)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lüğat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "lügat"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: lügat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: lügat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "luğat"
          },
          "expansion": "Crimean Tatar: luğat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Crimean Tatar: luğat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "loğat"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: لغت (loğat)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: لغت (loğat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi: لغت",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi: لغت"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "so",
            "2": "luuqada",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Somali: luuqada",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Somali: luuqada"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "lugha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: lugha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: lugha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "луғат",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tajik: луғат (luġat)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tajik: луғат (luġat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "لغت",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "dictionary",
            "tr": "luġat"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: لغت (luġat, “dictionary”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: لغت (luġat, “dictionary”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "لۇغەت",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: لۇغەت (lughet)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: لۇغەت (lughet)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "lugʻat",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: lugʻat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: lugʻat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ل غ و"
      },
      "expansion": "ل غ و (l-ḡ-w)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "לוע",
        "dwv": "לֹעַ",
        "gloss": "throat, pharynx, maw",
        "tr": "lṓaʿ"
      },
      "expansion": "לוע / לֹעַ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”)",
      "name": "he-m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root ل غ و (l-ḡ-w). Related to Hebrew לוע / לֹעַ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لُغَة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luḡa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَات",
      "roman": "luḡāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَة",
      "roman": "luḡa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَة",
      "roman": "al-luḡa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَة",
      "roman": "luḡat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةٌ",
      "roman": "luḡatun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَةُ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةُ",
      "roman": "luḡatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةً",
      "roman": "luḡatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَةَ",
      "roman": "al-luḡata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةَ",
      "roman": "luḡata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةٍ",
      "roman": "luḡatin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَةِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَةِ",
      "roman": "luḡati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْن",
      "roman": "luḡatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَيْن",
      "roman": "al-luḡatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْ",
      "roman": "luḡatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَانِ",
      "roman": "luḡatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَانِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَا",
      "roman": "luḡatā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْ",
      "roman": "luḡatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَتَيْ",
      "roman": "luḡatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَات",
      "roman": "luḡāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَات",
      "roman": "al-luḡāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَات",
      "roman": "luḡāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتٌ",
      "roman": "luḡātun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَاتُ",
      "roman": "al-luḡātu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتُ",
      "roman": "luḡātu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتٍ",
      "roman": "luḡātin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَاتِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتِ",
      "roman": "luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتٍ",
      "roman": "luḡātin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّغَاتِ",
      "roman": "al-luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُغَاتِ",
      "roman": "luḡāti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لُغَة",
        "2": "f",
        "pl": "لُغَات"
      },
      "expansion": "لُغَة • (luḡa) f (plural لُغَات (luḡāt))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لُغَة",
        "pl": "لُغَات"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "laḡā",
      "word": "لَغَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laḡiya",
      "word": "لَغِيَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔalḡā",
      "word": "أَلْغَى"
    },
    {
      "english": "dialect, idiom, vernacular",
      "roman": "laḡwa",
      "word": "لَغْوَة"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Can you speak another language besides your mother tongue?",
          "roman": "hal tastaṭīʕu l-ḥadīṯa biḡayri luḡatika l-ʔummi ?",
          "text": "هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْحَدِيثَ بِغَيْرِ لُغَتِكَ ٱلْْأُمِّ ؟"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لِسَان"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dialect, vernacular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dialect",
          "dialect"
        ],
        [
          "vernacular",
          "vernacular"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لَهْجَة"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jargon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Requests for date",
        "ar:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He lived a life, and he lived, he lives and he lives so he is alive, and in the plural they lived, with gemination; [it was] said: another variant is he lived, he lives, and in the plural they lived, [without gemination].",
          "ref": "1290, Ibn Manẓūr, “وي”, in لسان العرب [The Tongue of the Arabs], فصل الحاء المهملة [The section of the undotted letter ح (ḥāʔ)], page 211:",
          "roman": "ḥayiya ḥayātan wa-ḥayya yaḥyā wa-yaḥayyu fa-huwa ḥayyun, wa-li-l-jamīʕi ḥayyū, bi-t-tašdīdi, qāla: wa-luḡatun ʔuḵrā ḥayya yaḥayyu wa-li-l-jamīʕi ḥayū, ḵafīfa.",
          "text": "حَيِيَ حَياةً وَحَيَّ يَحْيَا وَيَحَيُّ فَهُوَ حَيٌّ، وَلِلْجَمِيعِ حَيُّوا، بِٱلتَّشْدِيدِ، قَالَ: وَلُغَةٌ أُخْرَى حَيَّ يَحَيُّ وَلِلْجَمِيعِ حَيُوا، خَفِيفَة.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And there are two variants of نَسْتَعِينُ (nastaʕīnu): Quraysh and Kinanah pronounce it with na-, [whereas] the general Arab public of the tribes Tamim, Qays, and Rabīʿa say: nistaʿīnu...",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), الفَرَّاء، أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَا بِن زِيَاد [al-farrāʔ, ʔabū zakariyyā yaḥyā bin ziyād, Al-Farrāʾ], edited by جَابِر بِن عَبْدِ اللهِ السُّرَيِّع [jābir bin ʕabdi llāhi s-surayyiʕ], كِتَابٌ فِيهِ لُغَاتُ القُرْآن (kitābun fīhi luḡātu al-qurʔān) [A book containing variant readings of the Qur'an], published 2014:",
          "roman": "al-farrāʔ, ʔabū zakariyyā yaḥyā bin ziyād",
          "text": "وَفِي (نَسْتَعِينُ) لُغَتَانِ: قُرَيْشٌ وَكِنَانَةُ يَنْصِبُونَ النُّونَ، وَعَامَّةُ العَرَبِ مِن بَنِي قَيْسِ وَرَبِيعَةَ يَقُولُونَ: نِسْتَعِينُ...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a variant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "variant",
          "variant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) a variant"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Classical Arabic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Classical Arabic",
          "Classical Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the definite article) Classical Arabic"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the definite article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations",
        "ar:Lexicography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Al-qabj is Persian for partridge ibidem [in ar-Rāzī’s Ḥāwī]. From ʾAhrun’s book and the lexicographers: It is the male partridge. Aṣ-Ṣanawbarīy said:\n O brother, get up! We have mixed wine for you.\n Take it in a mixed state in whichever fashion!\n The water has stripped down its substance into bits,\n of size smaller than chukar beaks eat.",
          "ref": "a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 825 (fol. 70r,14–v,1), page 963:",
          "text": "القبج بالفارسية هو الحجل عنه ومن كتاب أهرن وفي اللغة: القبج ذكر الحجل، قال الصنوبري\nيٰأخِي قُمْ فَقَدْ شَجَجْنا لَكَ الرَّاحَ … فَخُذْها مَشْجُوجَةً أيّ شَجّ\nقَطَعَ المَاءُ جِسْمَها قِطَعًا لَمْ … تَغْذِ أَمْثالَها مَناقِيرُ قَبْج",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lexicography, lexicographic literature, lexicographers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lexicography",
          "lexicography"
        ],
        [
          "lexicographic",
          "lexicographic"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "lexicographer",
          "lexicographer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lu.ɣa/"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "لغة"
}

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