لغو

Arabic

Root
ل غ و (l ḡ w)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɣw/

Noun

لَغْو • (laḡwm

  1. verbal noun of لَغَا (laḡā) (form I)
  2. blather, blither, prattle, babbling, rambling, prating
    1. redundancy, superfluity; wordiness, verbosity
    2. nonsense, gibberishness; absurdity
  3. uttering oaths hastily, carelessly, or inattentively, ejaculation, swearing

Declension

Declension of noun لَغْو (laḡw)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal لَغْو
laḡw
اللَّغْو
al-laḡw
لَغْو
laḡw
nominative لَغْوٌ
laḡwun
اللَّغْوُ
al-laḡwu
لَغْوُ
laḡwu
accusative لَغْوًا
laḡwan
اللَّغْوَ
al-laḡwa
لَغْوَ
laḡwa
genitive لَغْوٍ
laḡwin
اللَّغْوِ
al-laḡwi
لَغْوِ
laḡwi

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: ləğv
  • Kazakh: лағу (lağu)
  • Ottoman Turkish: لغو (lağv, lağıv)
  • Persian: لغو (laġv)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw, prattle; nonsense, gibberish).

Noun

لغو • (lağv or lağıv) (definite accusative لغوی (lağvı), plural لغولر (lağıvlar))

  1. annulment, cancellation, abolition, abrogation, nullification, any act or instance of annulling
    Synonym: ابطال (ibtâl)

Derived terms

  • لغو اولمق (lağv olmak, to be canceled, annulled)
  • لغو ایتمك (lağv etmek, to annul, cancel)
  • لغو صریح (lağv-ı sarih, expressed abrogation)
  • لغو ضمنی (lağv-ı zimnî, tacit abrogation)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? laġū
Dari reading? laġū, laġwa
Iranian reading? laġv
Tajik reading? laġv

Adjective

Dari لغو
Iranian Persian
Tajik лағв

لغو • (laġv)

  1. nonsensical
  2. absurd
  3. improper

Noun

لغو • (laġv)

  1. nonsense
  2. gibberish
  3. cancellation
  4. abolition

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لغو (laġw), from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw). Related to لغوی (luğavī, belonging to a language).

Pronunciation

Adjective

لغو • (lağv)

  1. nonsensical
  2. absurd
  3. improper

Noun

لغو • (lağvm

  1. nonsense
  2. gibberish