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لُغَة
language /ˈlu.ɣa/
nounA2#1139 most common
Also: tongue, dialect, idiom
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ.
I love the Arabic language.
كَمْ لُغَةً تَتَكَلَّمُ؟
How many languages do you speak?
اللُّغَةُ الإنجليزِيَّةُ مُهِمَّةٌ لِلعَمَلِ.
English is important for work.
تَعَلُّمُ لُغَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ يَحْتاجُ إلى صَبْرٍ.
Learning a new language requires patience.
تَعْكِسُ كُلُّ لُغَةٍ طَرِيقَةَ تَفْكِيرِ أَهْلِها.
Every language reflects the way its people think.
تَتَعَرَّضُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ اللُّغاتِ المَحَلِّيَّةِ لِخَطَرِ الانْقِراضِ.
Many local languages are at risk of extinction.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لُغَةٌ | لُغاتٌ |
| Genitive | لُغَةٍ | لُغاتٍ |
| Accusative | لُغَةً | لُغاتٍ |
| Vocative | لُغَةُ | لُغاتُ |
Word family
لُغَوِيّlinguistic; of language
عِلْم اللُّغَةlinguistics
لُغاتlanguages (plural)
مُتَعَدِّد اللُّغاتmultilingual
لَغْوidle talk, nonsense
Etymology
The noun comes from the triliteral root l-gh-w, which carries the sense of speaking and idle talk. In early use لُغَة meant a way of speaking or a regional dialect. It later broadened to mean a full language. The related verb لَغا means to speak, often to talk nonsense.
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