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بذج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to young, weak sheep or lambs, often emphasizing their frailty. It is also used metaphorically to describe someone overcome by humility or distress.

Derived headwords

البِذْجnoun
  1. 1.
    lambboth

    A young sheep, specifically a lamb. It is described as the weakest kind of lamb.

  2. 2.
    frail young sheepclassical

    A young sheep, particularly from the breed of sheep, analogous to a 'ʿatūd' from goats.

بِذْجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    lambsboth

    The plural form of 'bidh', referring to young sheep or lambs.

بِذْجadjective
  1. 1.
    overcome by humilityclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe a person who is extremely humbled or abased, like a weak lamb.

عتودnoun
  1. 1.
    young goatclassical

    A young goat, used in comparison to a young sheep ('bidh').

Parallel reading

البذج: الحمل؛ وقيل: هو أضعف ما يكون من الحملان، والجمع بذجان.
Al-bidh: the lamb; and it was said: it is the weakest of lambs, and the plural is bidhān.
وفي الحديث: يؤتى بابن آدم يوم القيامة كأنه بذج من الذل
And in the hadith: the son of Adam will be brought on the Day of Resurrection as if he were a bidh (weak lamb) of humiliation.
الفراء: البذج من أولاد الضأن، بمنزلة العتود من أولاد المعز
Al-Farra': Al-bidh is from the offspring of sheep, in the position of al-ʿatūd from the offspring of goats.
وإن تجع تأكل عتودا أو بذج
And if you are hungry, you eat a young goat or a young sheep.