ل ق فl-q-f
(س) لَقِفَ يَلْقَفُ لَقْفًاlaqifa yalqafu laqfan: to snatch something up quickly, to swallow up. Three times in the Quran, each time in the account of the staff of Moses swallowing up the tricks of the magicians: ﴿فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَاْفِكُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:117); ﴿تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوْا﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:69); ﴿فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَاْفِكُوْنَ﴾ (Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:45)