لُغَزٌ
Root: لغز
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لُغَزٌ
and
and
لَغْزٌ and
لَغَزٌ and
لُغَيْزَآءُ A winding, or tortuous, excavation or burrow: this is the primary signification: (IAar, in explanation of لُغْزٌ:) the burrow of a jerboa, which he makes between the
قَاصِعَآء
and
نَافِقَآء, burrowing strait downwards, and then turning crosswise to the right and left, so that his place becomes concealed: or the burrow of the [lizard called] ضَبّ, and of the jerboa, and of the rat or mouse: pl. [of the first four] أَلْغَازٌ.
2 Hence, أَلْغَازٌ
3 Hence also, لُغَزٌ and [which is now the most common form] and لُغُزٌ and لَغَزٌ and لُغَّيْزَى , with teshdeed to the غ, and not a dim., because the ى of the dim. does not occupy a fourth place, but like خُضَّارَى and شُقَّارَى, and لُغَيْزَآءُ , like حُمَيْرَآءُ, [and app. also, with teshdeed, ] and أُلْغُوزَةٌ ,
2 Hence, أَلْغَازٌ
3 Hence also, لُغَزٌ and [which is now the most common form] and لُغُزٌ and لَغَزٌ and لُغَّيْزَى , with teshdeed to the غ, and not a dim., because the ى of the dim. does not occupy a fourth place, but like خُضَّارَى and شُقَّارَى, and لُغَيْزَآءُ , like حُمَيْرَآءُ, [and app. also, with teshdeed, ] and أُلْغُوزَةٌ ,
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