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بغج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of drinking or gulping water, possibly with a sense of fullness or satisfaction. It is closely related to the root غبج.

Derived headwords

بَغَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to gulpclassical

    To drink water in large gulps, to swallow greedily.

بَغْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpingclassical

    The act of gulping or drinking water in large quantities.

Parallel reading

بغج الماء: كغبجه
To gulp water: like ghaba-jahu.
والبغجة كالغبجة
And al-bagjah is like al-ghabjah.