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عوج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaأَعْوَجِىٌّ ذ the rel. n. of أَعْوَجُ: (Msb, TA:) and applied to A [single] horse of those termed الأَعْوَجِيَّاتُ, (TA,) an appellation of certain horse so called in relation to one named أَعْوَجُ, belonging to the Benoo-Hilál, (S, O, K,) a stallion than which there was none more celebrated among the Arabs, nor any that had a more numerous progeny: (S, O:) they were also called الخَيْلُ الأَعْوَجِيَّةُ, (L,) and ↓ بَنَاتُ أَعْوَجَ, (S, O,) and بَنَاتُ ↓ عُوجٍ; and a poet says, وَقَاحُ الحَافِرِ ↓ أَحْوَى مِنَ العُوجِ [ Brown, or a blackish bay, of the progeny of Aawaj, hard in the hoof ]; meaning مِنْ وَلَدِ ↓ أَعْوَجَ; using that form of pl. because أَعْوَجُ is originally an epithet. (TA.)
Derived headwords
أَعْوَجِىٌّ
- 1.
وَقَاحُ الحَافِرِ
مِنْ وَلَدِ