# لاقى
## Arabic

* Root
* ل ق ي (l q y)
* 11 terms

### Verb

لَاقَى • (lāqā) III (non-past يُلَاقِي (yulāqī), verbal noun لِقَاء (liqāʔ) or مُلَاقَاة (mulāqāh))
* to encounter, to meet
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:45-46:وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ ۝ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ۝Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded, 46. Who know that they will meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are returning.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:8:قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِی تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَـٰقِیكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَـٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ فَیُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝Say: "Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do."
* to endure, to experience
* to get, to obtain, to receive

#### Descendants

* → Swahili: laki

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ل ق ي
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laː.ɡa/

### Verb

لاقى • (lāga) III (non-past يلاقي (yilāgi))
* to find
    Synonyms: لِقِي (ligi), لَقَى (laga)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of لاقى (lāga) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | لاقيت (lāgēt) | لاقيت (lāgēt) | لاقى (lāga) | لاقينا (lāgēna) | لاقيتوا (lāgētu) | لاقوا (lāgu) |
| past | f | لاقيت (lāgēt) | لاقيتي (lāgēti) | لاقت (lāgat) | لاقينا (lāgēna) | لاقيتوا (lāgētu) | لاقوا (lāgu) |
| non-past | m | ألاقي (ʔalāgi) | تلاقي (tilāgi) | يلاقي (yilāgi) | نلاقي (nilāgi) | تلاقوا (tilāgu) | يلاقوا (yilāgu) |
| non-past | f | ألاقي (ʔalāgi) | تلاقي (tilāgi) | تلاقي (tilāgi) | نلاقي (nilāgi) | تلاقوا (tilāgu) | يلاقوا (yilāgu) |
| imperative | m | | لاقي (lāgi) | | | لاقوا (lāgu) | |
| imperative | f | | لاقي (lāgi) | | | لاقوا (lāgu) | |

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ل ق ي
* 4 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laː.qa/

### Verb

لاقى • (lāqa) III (non-past يلاقي (ylāqi))
* to fit together
    Synonyms: جمع (jmaʕ), دخّل (daḵḵal)
* to connect
    Synonym: جمع (jmaʕ)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of لاقى :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | لاقيت (lāqīt) | لاقيتي (lāqīti) | لاقى (lāqa) | لاقينا (lāqīna) | لاقيتوا (lāqītu) | لاقاوا (lāqāw) |
| past | f | لاقيت (lāqīt) | لاقيتي (lāqīti) | لاقت (lāqāt) | لاقينا (lāqīna) | لاقيتوا (lāqītu) | لاقاوا (lāqāw) |
| non-past | m | نلاقي (nlāqi) | تلاقي (tlāqi) | يلاقي (ylāqi) | نلاقيوا (nlāqīw) | تلاقيوا (tlāqīw) | يلاقيوا (ylāqīw) |
| non-past | f | نلاقي (nlāqi) | تلاقي (tlāqi) | تلاقي (tlāqi) | نلاقيوا (nlāqīw) | تلاقيوا (tlāqīw) | يلاقيوا (ylāqīw) |
| imperative | m | | لاقي (lāqi) | | | لاقيوا (lāqīw) | |
| imperative | f | | لاقي (lāqi) | | | لاقيوا (lāqīw) | |

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ل ق ي
* 3 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laː.ʔa/, [ˈlæː.ʔa]

### Verb

لاقى • (lāʔa) III (present بلاقي (bilāʔi))
* to find, to encounter

#### Usage notes

* Due to the shortening of unstressed long vowels, the first- and second-person past tense forms of this verb are written as inflections of لقى (laʔa) — which may extend to third-person forms.

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of لقى (laʔa) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | لقيت (laʔēt) | لقيت (laʔēt) | لقى (laʔa) | لقينا (laʔēna) | لقيتو (laʔētu) | لقو (laʔu) |
| past | f | لقيت (laʔēt) | لقيتي (laʔēti) | لقت (laʔat) | لقينا (laʔēna) | لقيتو (laʔētu) | لقو (laʔu) |
| present | m | بلاقي (balāʔi) | بتلاقي (bitlāʔi) | بلاقي (bilāʔi) | منلاقي (minlāʔi) | بتلاقو (bitlāʔu) | بلاقو (bilāʔu) |
| present | f | بلاقي (balāʔi) | بتلاقي (bitlāʔi) | بتلاقي (bitlāʔi) | منلاقي (minlāʔi) | بتلاقو (bitlāʔu) | بلاقو (bilāʔu) |
| subjunctive | m | الاقي (alāʔi) | تلاقي (tlāʔi) | يلاقي (ylāʔi) | نلاقي (nlāʔi) | تلاقو (tlāʔu) | يلاقو (ylāʔu) |
| subjunctive | f | الاقي (alāʔi) | تلاقي (tlāʔi) | تلاقي (tlāʔi) | نلاقي (nlāʔi) | تلاقو (tlāʔu) | يلاقو (ylāʔu) |
| imperative | m | | لاقي (lāʔi) | | | لاقو (lāʔu) | |
| imperative | f | | لاقي (lāʔi) | | | لاقو (lāʔu) | |