لغة

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ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Like لَغَا‏ (laḡā, “to speak”), from the root ل غ و‏ (l-ḡ-w). Related to Hebrew לוע \ לֹעַ‏ (lṓaʿ, “throat, pharynx, maw”).

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

لُغَة • (luḡa) f (plural لُغَات‏ (luḡāt))

1. language
2. dialect, vernacular
3. jargon
4. (with the definite article) Classical Arabic

DeclensionEdit

Declension of noun لُغَة (luḡa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُغَة luḡa	اللُّغَة‏ al-luḡa	لُغَة luḡat
Nominative	لُغَةٌ luḡatun	اللُّغَةُ‏ al-luḡatu	لُغَةُ luḡatu
Accusative	لُغَةً luḡatan	اللُّغَةَ‏ al-luḡata	لُغَةَ luḡata
Genitive	لُغَةٍ luḡatin	اللُّغَةِ‏ al-luḡati	لُغَةِ luḡati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُغَتَيْن‏ luḡatayn	اللُّغَتَيْن‏ al-luḡatayn	لُغَتَيْ‏ luḡatay
Nominative	لُغَتَانِ‏ luḡatāni	اللُّغَتَانِ‏ al-luḡatāni	لُغَتَا‏ luḡatā
Accusative	لُغَتَيْنِ‏ luḡatayni	اللُّغَتَيْنِ‏ al-luḡatayni	لُغَتَيْ‏ luḡatay
Genitive	لُغَتَيْنِ‏ luḡatayni	اللُّغَتَيْنِ‏ al-luḡatayni	لُغَتَيْ‏ luḡatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُغَات‏ luḡāt	اللُّغَات‏ al-luḡāt	لُغَات‏ luḡāt
Nominative	لُغَاتٌ‏ luḡātun	اللُّغَاتُ‏ al-luḡātu	لُغَاتُ‏ luḡātu
Accusative	لُغَاتٍ‏ luḡātin	اللُّغَاتِ‏ al-luḡāti	لُغَاتِ‏ luḡāti
Genitive	لُغَاتٍ‏ luḡātin	اللُّغَاتِ‏ al-luḡāti	لُغَاتِ‏ luḡāti

Derived termsEdit

• لُغَة أَجْنَبِيَّة‏ (luḡa ʾajnabiyya, “foreign language”)
• لُغَة عَامِّيَّة‏ (luḡa ʿāmmiyya, “popular language”)
• لُغَة الْمُحَادَة‏ (luḡat al-muḥāda, “colloquial language”)
• لُغَة الْمِحْنَة‏ (luḡat al-miḥna, “professional jargon, slang”)
• لُغَة الْمَوْلِد‏ (luḡat al-mawlid, “mother tongue”)
• أَهْل اللُّغَة‏ (ʾahl al-luḡa, “philologists, lexicographers”)
• عِلْم اللُّغَة‏ (ʿilm al-luḡa, “lexicography, philology, linguistics”)
• لُغَوِيّ‏ (luḡawiyy, “linguistic, philological, lexicographical”)

Related termsEdit

• لَغَا‏ (laḡā)
• لَغِيَ‏ (laḡiya)
• أَلْغَى‏ (ʾalḡā)
• لَغْوَة‏ (laḡwa, “dialect, idiom, vernacular”)

DescendantsEdit

• Malay: loghat (“dialect”)
• Ottoman Turkish: لغت‏ (lüğat)
• Persian: لغت‏ (loğat)
• Swahili: lugha
• Tajik: луғат (luġat)
• Turkish: lügat
• Uyghur: لۇغەت‏ (lughet)

ReferencesEdit

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “لغا (لغو)‏”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4