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غنج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَغْنُوجَةٌ ذ A gesture, or an action, of the kind termed غُنْج: pl. أَغَانِيجُ: Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, لَوَى رَأْسَهُ عَنِّى وَمَالَ بِوُدِّهِ أَغَانِيجُ خَوْدٍ كَانَ فِينَا يَزُورُهَا [ The amorous gestures or actions, &c., of a soft or tender, or goodly-shaped and young, damsel, whom he used to visit among us, turned his head from me, and diverted his love ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَغْنُوجَةٌ
  1. 1.
لَوَى رَأْسَهُ عَنِّى وَمَالَ بِوُدِّهِ
أَغَانِيجُ خَوْدٍ كَانَ فِينَا يَزُورُهَا