لاغية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل غ و (l-ḡ-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laː.ɣi.ja/

Noun

لَاغِيَة (lāḡiya) f (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 yawmaʾiḏin nāʿimatun lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun fī jannatin ʿāliyatin lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāḡiyatan fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun fīhā sururun marfūʿatun waʾakwābun mawḍūʿatun wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun wazarābiyyu mabṯūṯatun
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Declension

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