لُجَّةٌ depth in Arabic
لُجَّةٌ is how you say “depth” in Arabic.
Root ل ج ج l-j-j. noun. lujjah.
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Meaning of depth in Arabic
- the depth of the sea; the fathomless deep the main body of water, whose bottom cannot be reached
- a vast expanse of water or sea one whose extremities cannot be seen
- (figurative) the depth or intensity of something e.g. lujjat al-ẓalām, 'the depth of the darkness'; also used of a person likened to a boundless sea
- (figurative) a numerous, densely-gathered crowd or troop an extended sense drawn from the vastness of the sea
Example sentence
وما علم أن هبوط الغائص في اللجّة خلف الدرّ صعود
And did not know that the diver's descent into the depth in pursuit of the pearl is an ascent.
اللُّجَّةِ the depth
al- = 'the'; lujja means 'deep water, the deep' — the noun after 'fi'.
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How it is used
Lujjah names the deep main body of the sea, the part whose bottom cannot be reached or whose edges cannot be seen. Classical usage extends this literal sense figuratively to the 'depth' of darkness, night, or an affair, and even to a dense, teeming crowd — all drawing on the image of a boundless sea.
Words from the same root
- لَجَّ to persist or persevere in a matter; to contend, wrangle
- لَجُوجٌ one who persists stubbornly in a matter
- اِلْتَجَّ to become tumultuous, its waves dashing together (of the sea)
- لَجَّةٌ voices, cries, or confused clamour
- لُجٌّ the main sea; figuratively a sword, a mirror, or silver
- لُجِّىٌّ vast and deep, said of a sea
- لَجْلَجَ to speak with a stammering, indistinct utterance
Common questions
- How do you say "depth" in Arabic?
- لُجَّةٌ (lujjah) — literally the fathomless deep or main body of the sea, whose bottom cannot be reached.
- What does the root ل ج ج mean?
- Its core sense is to persist or contend; from the same root comes lujjah, the deep, boundless part of the sea, and iltajja, said of waves becoming turbulent.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).