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لقف

Form 1 · Form 5  ·  2 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 3

Form 1لَقِفَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he seized it, or took it quicklygenerated

1.1

He seized it, or took it quickly — a thing thrown to him with the hand, or said to him.

See also the last sentence of Form 1 in art. حنك.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 1 shown of 3
26:45
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

Show Lane's original text
He seized it, or took it quickly; (S, M, K;) namely, a thing thrown to him with the hand, or said to him. (M, TA.) See also last sentence of 1 in art. حنك .
Form 5تَلَقَّفَهُ مِنْ فَمِهِ1 sense

Core sense — he caught and kept what someone said, straight from his mouthgenerated

5.1

He caught it and kept it quickly, [i. e., what he said,] from his mouth.

Show Lane's original text
He caught it and retained it quickly, [i. e., what he said,] from his mouth. (TA.)