laʾlaʾa

shine, sparkle

لَأْلَأَ

Word

Verb

Root

ل ء ء

Forms

Present: يُلَأْلِئُ

In the library

حتى إذا لألأ الأفُقَ ذنَبُ السِّرْحانِ.

The Maqamat of al-Hariri, page 23 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	لَأْلَأَ	يُلَأْلِئُ	—
she هِيَ	لَأْلَأَت	تُلَأْلِئُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	لَأْلَآ	يُلَأْلِئانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	لَأْلَأَتا	تُلَأْلِئانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	لَأْلَأُوا	يُلَأْلِئُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	لَأْلَأْنَ	يُلَأْلِئْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	لَأْلَأْتَ	تُلَأْلِئُ	لَأْلِئْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	لَأْلَأْتِ	تُلَأْلِئِينَ	لَأْلِئِي
you two أَنْتُما	لَأْلَأْتُما	تُلَأْلِئانِ	لَأْلِئَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	لَأْلَأْتُم	تُلَأْلِئُونَ	لَأْلِئُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	لَأْلَأْتُنَّ	تُلَأْلِئْنَ	لَأْلِئْنَ
I أَنا	لَأْلَأْتُ	أُلَأْلِئُ	—
we نَحْنُ	لَأْلَأْنا	نُلَأْلِئُ	—

From the same root

All words from ل ء ء →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries

لَأْلَأَ shone, glistened, or was bright

, (TA,) and ↓ تَلَأْلَأَ, (S, K,) (tropical:) It (a star, and the moon, TA, and lightning, S, K, and fire, TA) shone, glistened, or was bright: (K:) or shone with flickering light. (TA.) ― -b2- لألأتِ النَّارُ, inf. n. لَأْلَأَةٌ, (tropical:) The fire burned brightly: (K:) and ↓ تَلَأْلَأَتْ it blazed. (TA.) ― -b3- لألأ الدَّمْعَ, inf. n. as above, (tropical:) He let fall the tears (K) upon his cheeks like pearls. (TA.) ― -b4- لألأت بِعَيْنَيْهَا (assumed tropical:) She (a woman) opened her eyes wide, and looked intently. (K.) ― -b5- لألأ بِذَنَبِهِ (assumed tropical:) He (a bull, or a wild bull, ثَوْرٌ وَحْشِىٌّ, (TA,) or an antelope, K), wagged his tail. ― -b6- لَا آتِيكَ مَا لَأْلَأَتِ الفُورُ بِأَذْنَابِهَا, (Lh,) or لَا أَفْعَلُهُ, (S,) I will not come to thee, or I will not do it, while the gazelles wag their tails: [i. e., I will never come to thee]. (Lh, S.) A proverb. (TA.) ― -b7- لألأتِ العَنْزُ (tropical:) The she-goat, or doe, desired the male. (K.)
لأ moved to and fro, undulated

See 1. ― -b2- Also It (the سَرَاب [or mirage]) [moved to and fro, undulated, or] came and went. (S in art. رق.)
لُوأْلُوأَةٌ A pearl

A pearl: pl. لَوأْلُوأٌ (S, K) and لَآلِيأُ: (S:) [or rather, لُوأْلُوأٌ is a coll. gen. n., of which لُوأْلُوأَةٌ is the n. un.]. ― -b2- Also, (tropical:) A wild cow; syn. بَقَرَةٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ [a species of bovine antelope]. (K.)
لَوْنٌ لُوأْلُوأَانٌ A colour like that of pearls

, and ↓ لُوأْلُيأِىّ, [A colour like that of pearls]. (K.) Ibn-Ahmar uses the former epithet as a fem. (TA.)
لُوأْلُيأِىٌّ Open entry

: see preceding paragraph; and لَأّلٌ.
لِيأَالَةٌ The trade of a seller of pearls

[contr. to analogy, unless the radical letters be لأل,] The trade of a seller of pearls. (K.)
لَأّءٌ Open entry

: see لَأّلٌ, below.
لَأّلٌ A seller of pearls

(Fr, S, K) and ↓ لَأّٓءٌ and ↓ لَأْلَآءٌ, (K,) all contr. to analogy [if the radical letters be لألأ], and the last a strange form, mentioned by few authors, and disapproved by most: (TA:) the regular from would be لُوأْلُيأِىٌّ; not لَأّٓءٌ, as J asserts it to be, [unless the radical letters be لأأ], nor لَأّٓلٌ (K) [unless it be from a triliteral root, augmented, and thus rendered a quasi-quadriliteral-radical; (see a remark at the head of this art.; and see حَيَّةٌ;) in which case, either the added letter or the last radical letter may be omitted in the formation of this epithet]: (K:) A seller of pearls. (S, K.)
لَأْلَآءٌ A perfect, or complete, rejoicing

: see لَأّلٌ. ― -b2- Also, A perfect, or complete, rejoicing. (K.) [It may be an inf. n.]

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