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لَقِي
to meet, encounter /ˈla.qi.ja/
verbB1#2926 most common
Also: to find, to come upon, to experience (a fate, e.g. death, success)
Example sentences
لَقِيتُ صَدِيقِي أَمْسِ.
I met my friend yesterday.
لَقِيتُ أُخْتِي عِنْدَ بَابِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
I met my sister at the school gate.
لَقِيَ الْفَرِيقُ هَزِيمَةً قَاسِيَةً فِي الْمُبَارَاةِ.
The team met a harsh defeat in the match.
لَقِيَتِ الْفِكْرَةُ تَرْحِيباً مِنَ الْجَمِيعِ.
The idea met with a warm welcome from everyone.
لَقِيَ الْجُنُودُ مُقَاوَمَةً عَنِيفَةً عِنْدَ الْحُدُودِ.
The soldiers met fierce resistance at the border.
لَقِيَ أَبْطَالُ الرِّوَايَةِ حَتْفَهُمْ وَاحِداً تِلْوَ الآخَرِ.
The novel's heroes met their deaths one after another.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَلْقى | لَقِيتُ | سَأَلْقى |
| 2sg | تَلْقى | لَقِيتَ | سَتَلْقى |
| 3sg | يَلْقى | لَقِيَ | سَيَلْقى |
| 1pl | نَلْقى | لَقِينَا | سَنَلْقى |
| 2pl | تَلْقَوْنَ | لَقِيتُمْ | سَتَلْقَوْنَ |
| 3pl | يَلْقَوْنَ | لَقُوا | سَيَلْقَوْنَ |
Word family
لِقاءmeeting, encounter
لاقىto encounter, come face to face with
تلاقىto meet one another
ملتقىmeeting place, forum
Etymology
لَقِي comes from the Semitic root ل-ق-ي, a core Arabic root built around the idea of coming face to face with something. It is a Form I verb with a weak final radical, which is why its present and future forms end in a long ā rather than a full consonant. The root has no Indo-European ancestor, since Arabic belongs to the Afroasiatic family, not the Indo-European one.
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