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مج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَاجٌّ ذ One whose slaver flows by reason of old age, or extreme age: (K:) an old man who ejects his spittle, and cannot retain it, by reason of age: you say أَحْمَقُ مَاجٌّ, meaning a stupid, or foolish, drivelling, or slavering, fellow: (S:) and so, simply, مَاجٌّ: or stupid, or foolish, and decrepit: fem. with ة: (TA:) and pl. مَاجُّونَ (IAar) and مُجَّاجٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, An old she-camel: (K:) or a she-camel so old that she ejects the water from her throat: (S:) and in like manner an old and slavering he-camel: fem. with ة: (TA:) and pl. مَجَجَةٌ. (IAar.)
Derived headwords
مَاجٌّ
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أَحْمَقُ مَاجٌّ