Arabic edit

Root
ل ج ء (l-j-ʔ)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

لَجَأَ (lajaʔa) I, non-past يَلْجَأُ‎ (yaljaʔu)

  1. to take shelter, to take refuge; to seek asylum [+ إِلَى (object)]
  2. to resort to [+ إِلَى (object)]

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

لَجَّأَ (lajjaʔa) II, non-past يُلَجِّئُ‎ (yulajjiʔu)

  1. to compel, to coerce to take refuge
  2. (obsolete) to transfer (a right towards a thing), to consider someone as a refuge of

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

لَجَأ (lajaʔm (plural أَلْجَاء (ʔaljāʔ))

  1. verbal noun of لَجَئَ (lajaʔa, to take refuge) (form I)
  2. shelter, refuge

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