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لُغْز
riddle /ˈluɣz/
nounB1#2432 most common
Also: puzzle, enigma, mystery
Example sentences
هَذَا لُغْزٌ سَهْلٌ.
This is an easy riddle.
أُحِبُّ حَلَّ الأَلْغَازِ.
I love solving riddles.
طَرَحَ المُعَلِّمُ لُغْزًا عَلَى الطُّلَّابِ.
The teacher posed a riddle to the students.
لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ حَلَّ هَذَا اللُّغْزِ رَغْمَ مُحَاوَلَاتِي الكَثِيرَةِ.
I could not solve this riddle despite my many attempts.
يَبْقَى سَبَبُ اخْتِفَائِهِ لُغْزًا مُحَيِّرًا لِلْجَمِيعِ.
The reason for his disappearance remains a puzzling mystery to everyone.
ظَلَّ لُغْزُ اخْتِفَاءِ تِلْكَ الحَضَارَةِ القَدِيمَةِ مُسْتَعْصِيًا عَلَى الحَلِّ رَغْمَ عُقُودٍ مِنَ الأَبْحَاثِ.
The mystery of that ancient civilization's disappearance stayed unsolved despite decades of research.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لُغْزٌ | أَلْغَازٌ |
| Genitive | لُغْزٍ | أَلْغَازٍ |
| Accusative | لُغْزًا | أَلْغَازًا |
| Vocative | يَا لُغْزُ | يَا أَلْغَازُ |
Word family
لَغَزَto speak in riddles
أَلْغَزَto puzzle, to make mysterious
أَلْغَازriddles, puzzles (plural)
مُلْغِزpuzzling, mystifying
لُغَيْزsmall riddle (diminutive)
Etymology
لُغْز comes from the Arabic root ل-غ-ز, tied to the verb لَغَزَ, to speak in a roundabout or puzzling way. The noun pattern فُعْل turns that root idea into a concrete object: a thing designed to confuse the listener until it is solved. The word has stayed close to its verbal root for centuries, showing up in classical Arabic riddle collections and still used the same way today.
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