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ثءج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the bleating or crying sound made by sheep, particularly lambs. It can also refer to the act of drinking in gulps.

Derived headwords

الثُؤَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    bleating of sheepboth

    The sound of sheep crying out, specifically referring to the bleating of sheep.

ثَأَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    it bleatedboth

    The past tense verb indicating that sheep (or a sheep) made a bleating sound.

تُثَأَجُverb
  1. 1.
    it bleatsboth

    The present tense verb indicating that sheep (or a sheep) makes a bleating sound.

ثَأْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    bleatingboth

    The act or sound of bleating, used as a verbal noun.

ثُؤَاجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    bleatingboth

    The act or sound of bleating, used as a verbal noun.

ثَأَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink in gulpsclassical

    To drink water or other liquids in large, repeated swallows.

ثَائجةnoun
  1. 1.
    bleating sheepboth

    A sheep that is bleating or making a crying sound.

  2. 2.
    bleating soundboth

    The sound of bleating itself.

ثَوَائِجnoun
  1. 1.
    bleating sheep (pl.)both

    Plural of 'thā'ijah', referring to sheep that are bleating.

ثَائِجَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    bleating sheep (pl.)both

    Plural of 'thā'ijah', referring to sheep that are bleating.

Parallel reading

صياح الغنم
The bleating of sheep.
ثأجت تثأج ثأجا وثؤاجا، بفتح الهمزة في جميع ذلك: صاحت.
It bleated, it bleats, with bleating and bleating, with the hamza open in all of that: it cried out.
لا تأتي يوم القيامة وعلى رقبتك شاة لها ثؤاج
Do not come on the Day of Resurrection with a sheep around your neck that has a bleating sound.
وقد ثأجوا كثؤاج الغنم وهي ثائجة
And they bleated like the bleating of sheep, and it (the sheep) was bleating.
والجمع ثوائج وثائجات
And the plural is thawā'ij and thā'ijāt.
إن لهم الثائجة
Indeed, they have the bleating one.
هي التي تصوت من الغنم
It is that which makes a sound among the sheep.
وقيل: هو خاص بالضأن منها.
And it was said: it is specific to the sheep (dha'n) among them.
وثأج يثأج: شرب شربات
And he drank, he drinks: he drank in gulps.