لغو

Arabic
Root
ل غ و (l-ḡ-w)

Noun

لَغْو • (laḡw) m

  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
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لغو (lağv)
  • → Kazakh: лағу (lağu)
    • Turkish: lağıv , Turkish: laga luga (also laġā luġā) (informal) - (nonsense, gibberishness)
  • → Persian: لغو (lağv)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لَغْو (laḡw).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lä.ɣuː], [läɣ.wä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lä.ɣuː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lä.ɣu]

Readings
Classical reading? lağū
Dari reading? lağū, lağwa
Iranian reading? lağv
Tajik reading? laġv

Adjective
Dari لغو
Iranian Persian
Tajik лағв

لغو • (lağv)

  1. nonsensical
  2. absurd
  3. improper

Noun

لغو • (lağv)

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

لغو • (lağv)

  1. nonsensical
  2. absurd
  3. improper

Noun

لغو • (lağv) m

  1. nonsense
  2. gibberish
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