Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ وجأ

وَجَأَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. يَوْجَأُ, and sometimes يَجَأُ, (Mṣb,) inf. n. وَجْءٌ; (TA;) andتوجّأ↓; (Ḳ;) He beat, or struck, or smote, a person with his hand, (Ṣ *, Ḳ,) or with a knife, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or the like, on any part. (Mṣb.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

وَجَأَ عُنُقَهُ, inf. n. وَجْءٌ, He beheaded him: syn. ضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ. (Ṣ.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

وَجَأَInivit feminam. (Ḳ.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

وَجَأَ التَّيْسَ, inf. n. وَجْءٌ and وِجَآءٌ, (or the latter is a simple subst., TA,) He beat the veins of the testicles of the goat between two stones, without extracting the testicles themselves: or he bruised or beat the goat's testicles until they broke, (Ḳ,) and he became like one gelded. (TA.) You say also وَجَأَ الكَبْشَ. (Ṣ.) [See وجَآءٌ.] وُجِئَ He (a goat) had the operation termed وَجْءٌ performed upon him. (Ḳ.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

He was struck with a knife. (Ṣ.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A6

وَجَأَHe bruised, or pounded, dates until they cohered. Hence وَجِيْئَةٌ, q. v. (TA.)


2. ⇒ وجّأ

Root: وجأ - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

وجّأ الرَّكِيَّةَ, inf. n. تَوْجِىْءٌ, He found the well to be what is termed وَجْأَةٌ, [fem. of وَجْءٌ, q. v.: app. signifying without water]. (Ḳ.)


4. ⇒ اوجأ

اوجأ عَنْهُ He repelled from him; removed, or put away, from him. (Ḳ *, TA.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

اوجأ He came in search of a thing that he wanted, or in pursuit of game, and did not attain it. (Ḳ.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: 4. Signification: A3

It (a well) failed; i. e., its water ceased: or it contained no water. (TA.) [See also أَوْجَى.]


8. ⇒ اوتجأ / اتّجأ

إِتَّجَأَ التَّمْرُThe dates became closely packed, or pressed together: (Ḳ:) they were bruised, or pounded, until they cohered. (TA.)


وَجْءٌ

مَآءٌ وَجْءٌ, andوَجَأٌ↓, andوَجَآءٌ↓, A water where there is no good: (Ḳ:) [app., a source of water where there is no herbage, or pasture; or, more probably, a source without water; or a water that has failed: see 2 and 4.]


وَجَأٌ / وَجَآءٌ

وَجَأٌ and وَجَآءٌ: see مَآءٌ وَجْءٌ.


وِجَآءٌ

وِجَآءٌ, a subst., A striking with a knife or the like, on any part. (Mṣb.) [See also 1.]

Root: وجأ - Entry: وِجَآءٌ Signification: A2

وِجَآءٌ The bruising of the veins of the testicles until they break, so that it is like gelding. (Ṣ.) [See also 1.]


وَجِىْءٌ

وَجِىْءٌ andمَوْجُوْءٌ↓ A goat on which has been performed the operation called وَجْءٌ. (Ḳ.) [See 1.]

Root: وجأ - Entry: وَجِىْءٌ Signification: A2

The latter is said to be used in a trad. as signifying Gelded.

Root: وجأ - Entry: وَجِىْءٌ Signification: A3

Also the latter, Struck with a knife. (Ṣ.)


وَجِيْئَةٌ

وَجِيْئَةٌDates, (Ḳ,) or locusts, (ISk, Ṣ, Ḳ,) bruised, or pounded, and then stirred up with clarified butter (سَمْن), or with oil, and so eaten: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or dates moistened with milk or with clarified butter, and then bruised, or pounded, until they are consolidated: (TA:) or dates bruised, or pounded, until the stones come forth, and then moistened with milk or with clarified butter so that they become macerated and cohering, in which state they are eaten. (ISk, Ṣ.)

Root: وجأ - Entry: وَجِيْئَةٌ Signification: A2

Also, A cow. (IAạr., Ḳ.)


مَوْجُوْءٌ

مَوْجُوْءٌ: see وَجِىْءٌ.


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