Arabic edit

Root
و ل ع (w-l-ʕ)

Verb edit

وَلَعَ (walaʕa) I, non-past يَلَعُ‎ (yalaʕu)

  1. to lighten, to alleviate, to lift
  2. to lie, to sham

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

وَلِعَ (waliʕa) I, non-past يَوْلَعُ‎ (yawlaʕu)

  1. to be ablaze, to be on fire
  2. to be in love, to be passionate, to be enthusiastic, to grow fond

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

وَلَّعَ (wallaʕa) II, non-past يُوَلِّعُ‎ (yuwalliʕu)

  1. to set ablaze, to set on fire, to inflame
  2. to enamour, to mesmerize

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

وَلْع (walʕm

  1. verbal noun of وَلَعَ (walaʕa) (form I)

Declension edit

Noun edit

وَلَع (walaʕm

  1. verbal noun of وَلِعَ (waliʕa) (form I)
  2. penchant, fondness, passion
  3. fetish

Declension edit

Adjective edit

وَلِع (waliʕ) (feminine وَلِعَة (waliʕa), masculine plural وَلِعُونَ (waliʕūna), feminine plural وَلِعَات (waliʕāt))

  1. ablaze, on fire
  2. in love, passionate, fond

Declension edit

References edit

  • ولع” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ولع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 504
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ولع”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1604
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ولع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1436

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
و ل ع
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَلَّعَ (wallaʕa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wal.laʕ/, [ˈwal.laʕ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

ولّع (wallaʕ) II (present بولّع (biwalleʕ))

  1. to set on fire, to light on fire
    Synonym: شعّل (šaʕʕal)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of ولّع (wallaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ولّعت (wallaʕt) ولّعت (wallaʕt) ولّع (wallaʕ) ولّعنا (wallaʕna) ولّعتو (wallaʕtu) ولّعو (wallaʕu)
f ولّعتي (wallaʕti) ولّعت (wallaʕat)
present m بولّع (bawalleʕ) بتولّع (bitwalleʕ) بولّع (biwalleʕ) منولّع (minwalleʕ) بتولّعو (bitwallʕu) بولّعو (biwallʕu)
f بتولّعي (bitwallʕi) بتولّع (bitwalleʕ)
subjunctive m اولّع (awalleʕ) تولّع (twalleʕ) يولّع (ywalleʕ) نولّع (nwalleʕ) تولّعو (twallʕu) يولّعو (ywallʕu)
f تولّعي (twallʕi) تولّع (twalleʕ)
imperative m ولّع (walleʕ) ولّعو (wallʕu)
f ولّعي (wallʕi)