Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ضبو ضج ضجر


1. ⇒ ضجّ

ضَجَّ, aor. ـِ {يَضْجِجُ}, inf. n. ضَجِيجٌ (L, Mṣb, TA) and ضَجٌّ and ضَجَاجٌ and ضُجَاجٌ, the last on the authority of Lḥ, (L, TA,) [and the last but one is said in one place in the L and TA to be a subst. from ضَاجَّهُ,] He cried out, or vociferated: (L:) or he cried out, or vociferated, calling for aid, or succour: (AA:) or he cried out, or vociferated, and raised a clamour, or confused cries or shouts or noises, being frightened at a thing: (Mṣb:) or ضَجِيجٌ signifies the crying out, or vociferating, on the occasion of some disagreeable occurrence, and in difficulty, or distress, and inability to bear what has befallen one, or impatience: (Kitáb el-Ghareebeyn:) orأَضَجُّوا↓, inf. n. إِضْجَاجٌ, signifies they cried out, or vociferated, and raised a clamour, or confused cries or shouts or noises: and ضَجُّوا,, aor. ـِ {يَضْجِجُ}, inf. n. ضَجِيجٌ, [as meaning they did so] when unable to bear a thing that had befallen them, or impatient, and overcome, (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) and frightened. (TA.) And one says also, ضَجَّ البَعِيرُ, (A, L,) inf. n. ضجِيجٌ, (L,) [The camel uttered a cry, i. e. grumbled,] مِنَ الحِمْلِ [in consequence of the load]. (A. [See 1 in art. رغو.]) And إِنْ ضَجَّ فَزِدْهُ وِقْرًا [If he grumble, add to him a load]: a prov. (A.) The poet El-Kanánee uses the phrase فَضَجَّضَّجَّةً for فَضَجَّتْ ضَجَّةً; and it is cited by Sb as an ex. of the incorporation of ت into ض. (O.)


2. ⇒ ضجّج

ضجّج, inf. n. تَضْجِيجٌ, He went away: or he inclined, or declined. (O, Ḳ.)

Root: ضج - Entry: 2. Dissociation: B

And He poisoned a bird, or a beast of prey. (O, Ḳ.)


3. ⇒ ضاجّ

ضاجّهُ, (Ṣ, O,) inf. n. مُضَاجَّةٌ (Ṣ, O, Ḳ) and ضِجَاجٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) He acted with him in an evil manner; treated him with enmity, or hostility; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA;) and contended in altercation with him. (Ṣ,* O,* Ḳ,* TA.)


4. ⇒ اضجّ

Root: ضج - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

[Reiske, as mentioned by Freytag, explains اضجّ also as a trans. verb, meaning “Fatigavit, molestia affecit.”]


ضَجَّةٌ

ضَجَّةٌ, a subst., signifying A crying out, or vociferating: (L:) or a clamour, or confusion of cries or shouts or noises, of a people or party. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)


ضَجَاجٌ

ضَجَاجٌ a subst. from ضَاجَّهُ; [as such signifying Evil, or inimical, conduct; and contention:] (Ṣ, L, TA:) [and] compulsion. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: ضج - Entry: ضَجَاجٌ Signification: A2

[Also] an inf. n. of 1, sometimes used as an epithet, [meaning That cries out, or vociferates,, &c.,] applied to a man: pl. ضُجُجٌ. (L.) [Freytag explains it, from the Deewán of Jereer, as meaning “Vanus, nefas.”]

Root: ضج - Entry: ضَجَاجٌ Dissociation: B

Also i. q. عَاجٌ [as meaning A kind of bracelet]; (T, O, Ḳ, TA;) which is like the سِوَار of a woman. (O, TA.)

Root: ضج - Entry: ضَجَاجٌ Signification: B2

And A kind of bead (خَرَزَةٌ), (O, Ḳ, TA,) used by women in their attracting [of men]. (TA.)

Root: ضج - Entry: ضَجَاجٌ Signification: B3

ضِجَاجٌ

ضِجَاجٌ A certain gum which is eaten (O, Ḳ, TA) in its moist state: when it has become dry, it is pounded, then formed into lumps, and made potent with potash, and one washed with it the garment, or piece of cloth, which it cleanses like soap. (O, TA.) And The fruit of a certain plant; or a gum; with which women wash their heads: written by IDrd with fet-ḥ [i. e.ضَجَاجٌ↓], but by AḤn with kesr. (TA.)

Root: ضج - Entry: ضِجَاجٌ Signification: A2

And (as AḤn says in one place, O, TA) Any tree with which birds, or beasts of prey, are poisoned. (O, Ḳ, TA.)


ضَجُوجٌ

ضَجُوجٌ A she-camel that cries out when being milked, and is impatient. (Ṣ, O, Ḳ.)


أَضَجُّ

ضَجَاجٌ أَضَجُّ, and, by poetic license أَضْجَجُ, [meaning Very evil or inimical conduct, &c.,] is a phrase like شِعْرٌ شَاعِرٌ. (TA.)


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