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ءمج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense heat and thirst, often associated with severe summer conditions. It can also refer to strenuous exertion, particularly during travel, and is used to denote specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الأَمَجُnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heat and thirstboth

    A state of extreme heat and thirst, often characteristic of a harsh summer.

  2. 2.
    oppressive heatclassical

    The oppressive intensity of heat.

أمِجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely hot and thirstyboth

    To experience severe heat and thirst, particularly as a condition of summer.

  2. 2.
    to exert oneself strenuouslyclassical

    To travel or move with great effort, implying hardship.

وأمجت الإبل تأمج أمجا إذا اشتد بها حر أو عطش — And the camels experienced intense heat or thirst when the heat or thirst became severe upon them.
أمْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heat and thirstboth

    The state or condition of experiencing severe heat and thirst.

وأمجت الإبل تأمج أمجا إذا اشتد بها حر أو عطش — And the camels experienced intense heat or thirst when the heat or thirst became severe upon them.
أمَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely hotclassical

    To be characterized by severe heat, referring to a season like summer.

حتى إذا ما الصيف كان أمجا — Until when the summer became intensely hot
أمَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to travel strenuouslyclassical

    To journey with great effort, implying hardship.

وأمج إذا سار سيرا شديدا، بالتخفيف — And he travelled strenuously when he journeyed with great effort, with lenition.
أمَجname
  1. 1.
    Amj (place name)both

    A geographical location mentioned in historical texts.

أمَجname
  1. 1.
    Amj (place name)both

    A place situated between Mecca and Medina.

حتى إذا كان بالكديد ماء بين عسفان وأمج — Until when he was at al-Kudayd, a water source between 'Usfan and Amj.

Parallel reading

صيف أمج أي شديد الحر
A hot summer, meaning intensely hot.
الأمج شدة الحر والعطش والأخذ بالنفس
Al-amaj is the intensity of heat, thirst, and taking of one's own breath (i.e., exhaustion).
الأمج تهوج الحر
Al-amaj stirs up the heat.
حتى إذا ما الصيف كان أمجا
Until when the summer became intensely hot.
وفرغا من رعي ما تلزجا
And they finished grazing what was sticky.
وأمجت الإبل تأمج أمجا إذا اشتد بها حر أو عطش
And the camels experienced intense heat or thirst when the heat or thirst became severe upon them.
وأمج إذا سار سيرا شديدا، بالتخفيف
And he travelled strenuously when he journeyed with great effort, with lenition.
وأمج: موضع
And Amj: a place.
حتى إذا كان بالكديد ماء بين عسفان وأمج
Until when he was at al-Kudayd, a water source between 'Usfan and Amj.
أمَج، بفتحتين وجيم: موضع بين مكة والمدينة
Amj, with two fatha vowels and a jim: a place between Mecca and Medina.
حميد الذي أمج داره
Humaid, whose dwelling place was Amj.
أخو الخمر، ذو الشيبة الأصلع
Brother of wine, the bald old man.