Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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وشب وشج وشح


1. ⇒ وشج

The roots and branches became entangled together. (Ṣ.)

Root: وشج - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

وَشَجَ, aor. يَشِجُ, inf. n. وَشْجٌ and وَشِيجٌ, It (anything) became entangled, intermixed, confused, or intricate. (TA.)

Root: وشج - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

وَشَجَتْ فِى قَلْبِهِ أُمُورٌ وَهُمُومٌAffairs, and griefs, or solicitudes, became perplexing in his heart. (TA.)

Root: وشج - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

قَدْ وَشَجَتْ بِكَ قَرَابَةُ فُلَانٍ, aor. تَشِجُ, (Ḳ,)The relationship of such a one to thee has become intricate; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) like as the roots and branches of trees become intricate. (TA.)


2. ⇒ وشّج

وَشّج القَرَابَةَ, inf. n. تَوْشِيجٌ, ‡ He (God) made the relationship intricate. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: وشج - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

وشّج ٱللّٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْGod joined and mixed them together. (TA.)

Root: وشج - Entry: 2. Signification: A3

وشّج He laced together a مَحْمِل [or basket in which grapes are carried to the dryingplace] with a leather thong, or the like, (such as a شَرِيط, TA,) lest anything should fall from it. (Ḳ.)


وَشِيجٌ / وَشِيجَةٌ

وَشِيجٌ Trees of which spears are made: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or canes growing obliquely, or, as in the M, in an intricate manner: or the hardest of canes: or, as a coll. gen. n., ‡ spears; n. un. with ة {وَشِيجَةٌ}: (TA:) [See also عِجْلَةٌ:] or, originally, the roots of canes: and afterwards applied to signify spears, themselves; so called because of their intermingling when meeting together. (Ḥam, p. 165.)

Root: وشج - Entry: وَشِيجٌ Signification: A2

تَطَاعَنُوا بِالوَشِيجِThey thrust one another with the spears. (A.)

Root: وشج - Entry: وَشِيجٌ Signification: A3

أَفْنَتِ السَّنَةُ الوَشِيجَ Drought destroyed the tangled trees, or their roots; no moisture remaining in the earth. (TA, from a trad.)

Root: وشج - Entry: وَشِيجٌ Signification: A4

وَشِيجٌ The roots of the sinews. (TA.)

Root: وشج - Entry: وَشِيجٌ Signification: A5

وَشِيجٌIntricacy of relationship: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. وَشَائِجُ. (TA.) Ex. بَيْنَهُمْ وَشَائِجُ النَّسَبِ There is an intricacy of relationship between them. (TA.)


وَشِيجَةٌ

وَشِيجَةٌ The root (عِرْق) of a tree. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: وشج - Entry: وَشِيجَةٌ Signification: A2
Root: وشج - Entry: وَشِيجَةٌ Signification: A3

وَشِيجَةٌ [An implement made of] fibres of the palm tree (ليف) twisted, and then tied (or, as in some lexicons, attached in the manner of a net, TA,) between two pieces of wood, (or a net between two pieces of wood, TA,) upon which reaped wheat, &c. are carried. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


وَاشِجٌ

وَاشِجٌ Anything entangled, intermixed, confused, or intricate. (TA.)


وَاشِجَةٌ

وَاشِجَةٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andوَشِيجَةٌ↓ (TA)Intricate relationship; or intricate uterine relationship; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) and close. (TA.) Ex. بَيْنَهُمْ وَاشِجَةُ رَحِمٍ Between them is an intricate and close relationship. (TA.)


مُوَشَّجٌ

أَمْرٌ مُوَشَّجٌ An intricate, or a confused, affair. (TA.)


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