لغة
لغة - Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA: /lu.ɣa/
Noun
لُغَة • (luḡa) f (plural لُغَات (luḡāt))
- language
- Synonym: لِسَان (lisān)
- dialect, vernacular
- Synonym: لَهْجَة (lahja)
- jargon
- (linguistics) a variant
- (with the definite article) Classical Arabic
- lexicography, lexicographic literature, lexicographers
Declension
| 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 terms
- لُغَة أَجْنَبِيَّة (luḡa ʔajnabiyya, “foreign language”)
- لُغَة عَامِّيَّة (luḡa ʕāmmiyya, “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 (ʔahl al-luḡa, “philologists, lexicographers”)
- عِلْم اللُّغَة (ʕilm al-luḡa, “lexicography, philology, linguistics”)
- لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy, “linguistic, philological, lexicographical”)
Related terms
- لَغَا (laḡā)
- لَغِيَ (laḡiya)
- أَلْغَى (ʔalḡā)
- لَغْوَة (laḡwa, “dialect, idiom, vernacular”)
Descendants
لغة - South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA: /lu.ɣe/, [ˈlʊ.ɣa]
- IPA: /lu.ɣa/, [ˈlʊ.ɣa]
Noun
لغة • (luḡa) f (plural لغات (luḡāt))
- language
- لغة أجنبية ― luḡa ʔajnabiyye ― foreign language
- اللغة الأم ― il-luḡa il-ʔumm ― native language, mother tongue