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وجس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَوْجَسُ ذ A little of food, and of beverage. (K.) One says, مَا دُقْتُ عِنْدَهُ أَوْجَسُ I tasted not, at his abode, any food; (El-Umawee, S;) and [in like manner] ↓ وَجْسًا. (TA.) And مَافِى سِقَائِهِ أَوْجَسُ There is not in his skin a drop: thus the phrase is given, without the mention of beverage: or a drop of water. (TA.) It is said that the word is not used except in negative phrases. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, الأَوْجَسُ and الأَوْجُسُ (S, K) the latter on the authority of Yaakoob, (S, TA,) but the former is the more chaste, (TA,) Time; syn. الدِّهْرَ. (S, K.) Hence the saying, (TA,) لَاأَفْعَلُهُ سَجِيسَ الأَوْجَسِ, (S, K,) and الأَوْجُسِ, (S,) I will not do it ever. (ISk, S, K.) And أَفْعَلُهُ سَجِيسَ عُجَِيْسَ الأَوْجَسٍ I will not do it while time lasts. (El-Fárisee.)

Derived headwords

أَوْجَسُ
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مَا دُقْتُ عِنْدَهُ أَوْجَسُ
مَافِى سِقَائِهِ
سَجِيسَ الأَوْجَسِ
سَجِيسَ عُجَِيْسَ الأَوْجَسٍ