Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ل ظ ي (l-ẓ-y) or ل ظ و (l-ẓ-w).

Verb edit

لَظَّى (laẓẓā) II, non-past يُلَظِّي‎ (yulaẓẓī)

  1. to set ablaze, to ignite, to make burn

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

لَظًى (laẓanm

  1. verbal noun of لَظِيَ (laẓiya, to be ablaze) (form I)
  2. blaze, flames, fire

Declension edit

Proper noun edit

لَظَى (laẓāf

  1. hell
    Synonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), هَاوِيَة (hāwiya), النَّار (an-nār), جَهَنَّم (jahannam), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 70:15-16:
      كَلَّا إِنَّهَا لَظَى، نَزَّاعَةً لِلشَّوَى
      kallā ʔinnahā laẓā, nazzāʕatan li-š-šawā
      No! Indeed it is the flame of hell, the remover of the hair of the head.

Declension edit