خلج

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root 'خلج' primarily denotes pulling, drawing, or snatching something away. This core meaning extends to concepts of deviation, distraction, sudden movement, and even sexual intercourse, reflecting the idea of being pulled or drawn in different directions.

Derived headwords

خَلَجَverb

1.
to pull, to snatchboth
To pull, draw, or snatch something forcefully, often implying extraction or removal.
2.
to distract, to occupyboth
To occupy someone's attention or thoughts, causing distraction or diversion.
3.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

خلجه يخلجه خلجا — He pulled it, he snatched it.

خلجت الأم ولدها — The mother weaned her child.

تَخَلَّجَverb

1.
to be pulled, to be drawnboth
To be pulled or drawn in different directions, often implying a wavering or unsteady movement.
2.
to move unsteadilyboth
To move in a wavering, unsteady, or jerky manner, like a madman or a paralyzed person.

تخلج المجنون في مشيته — The madman moved unsteadily in his walk.

تخلجت الهموم — Worries assailed him.

اِخْتَلَجَverb

1.
to snatch away, to extractboth
To snatch something away forcefully, to extract it from its place.
2.
to be pulled awayboth
To be pulled away or drawn aside, often implying being taken from a group or place.
3.
to be seized (by death)both
To be seized or taken by death.
4.
to be disturbed, to be shakenboth
To be disturbed, shaken, or troubled by doubt or suspicion.

اختلجتها من جحرها — He snatched her from her hole.

ليختلجن دوني — They will be snatched away from me.

خَلْجnoun

1.
pulling, snatchingboth
The act of pulling, drawing, or snatching.
2.
distraction, occupationboth
A distraction or something that occupies one's attention.
3.
trembling, shakingboth
A trembling or shaking of the limbs or body.
4.
pain, acheboth
A pain or ache in the muscles and bones, often due to exertion.

الخلج: الجذب — The Khulj: pulling.

يخلج في مشيته خلجان المجنون — He walks with a jerky gait like a madman.

خَالِجnoun

1.
deathclassical
Death, as it pulls or snatches away life.

إن الله جعل الموت خالجا لأشطانها — Allah made death a puller of its ropes (i.e., its end).

مُخَالِجnoun

1.
diverging pathsclassical
Paths that diverge or branch off from the main road.

تنكب المخالج عن وضح السبيل — Avoid the diverging paths from the clear way.

أَخْلَجَverb

1.
to be pulled, to be drawnclassical
To be pulled or drawn, to be attracted.

وأخلج هو: انجذب — And he was pulled: he was drawn.

نَاقَةٌ خَلُوجٌadjective

1.
camel whose calf was takenclassical
A female camel whose calf has been taken away due to slaughter or death, causing her to yearn for it and her milk to decrease.

ناقة خلوج — A camel whose calf was taken.

خَلِيجnoun

1.
gulf, bay, inletboth
A body of water extending inland from the sea or a larger body of water; an inlet or gulf.
2.
channel, canalboth
A channel or canal, especially one cut from a larger river or body of water for irrigation or navigation.
3.
flank, side (of a river)classical
The sides or flanks of a river.
4.
rope, tetherclassical
A rope or tether used to tie an animal, especially a horse to a stake.

خليج النهر — The river's channel.

خليج البحر — An inlet of the sea.

خَلَائِجnoun

1.
diverging pathsclassical
Paths that diverge or branch off from the main road.

تنكب المخالج عن وضح السبيل — Avoid the diverging paths from the clear way.

خَلَجَانnoun

1.
jerky movementboth
A jerky, unsteady, or wavering movement.

يخلج في مشيته خلجان المجنون — He walks with a jerky gait like a madman.

مَخْلُوجَةnoun

1.
thrust (in fencing)classical
A thrust or stab, especially one directed to the right or left.
2.
unstable opinionclassical
An opinion or course of action that is not straightforward or consistent, but wavers.

نطعنهم سلكى ومخلوجة — We thrust at them straight and sideways.

خَلَجَnoun

1.
trembling, convulsionclassical
A disease affecting animals, causing their limbs to tremble or convulse.

الخلج والخلج: داء يصيب البهائم تختلج منه أعضاؤها — Al-khulj and al-khulj: a disease that afflicts animals, causing their limbs to convulse.

خَلَجَاتnoun

1.
pulls, tugsclassical
Plural of 'khuljah', referring to pulls or tugs.

خلجت لها جار استها خلجات — He had intercourse with her, performing several pulls.

أَخْلَجَadjective

1.
pulled, drawnclassical
Pulled or drawn; used to describe a horse tied to a stake.

فحل هجان تولى غير مخلوج — A noble stallion that was led away, not tied.

مُخْتَلِجadjective

1.
convulsing, tremblingboth
Convulsing, trembling, or shaking uncontrollably.

فضرب بهم شهرين ثم أفاق مختلجا — Then he recovered, trembling.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to move jerkilyboth
To move in a jerky or unsteady manner.

يخلج حاجبيه — He moves his eyebrows.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to move, to stirboth
To move or stir, especially referring to a fetus or a limb.

يتخلج أي يتحرك — It moves, meaning it stirs.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to move, to shakeboth
To move or shake something, like a limb or an eyebrow.

يخلجن الجمال المذاكيا — They move the camels that are led by ropes.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to be fat, to be plumpclassical
To be fat or plump, referring to the flesh of an animal.

مخلج من لبن اللقاح — Plump from the milk of the she-camels.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to move, to dartboth
To move or dart, referring to the eye.

والعين تختلج — And the eye darts.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to thrust, to stabclassical
To thrust or stab with a spear, especially from the side.

خلجه إذا طعنه — He stabbed him if he stabbed him.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to have intercourseclassical
To have intercourse with a woman.

خلجت لها جار استها خلجات — He had intercourse with her, performing several pulls.

خَلَجَverb

1.
to be strained, to be pulledclassical
To be strained or pulled, referring to muscles or tendons.

خلج البعير خلجا، وهو أخلج — The camel strained its leg, and it is a strained camel.

Parallel reading

الخلج: الجذب.

The Khulj: pulling.

خلجه يخلجه خلجا، وتخلجه، واختلجه إذا جبذه وانتزعه

He pulled it, he snatched it, he drew it, and he snatched it away if he pulled it and extracted it.

إذا اختلجتها منجيات، كأنها ... صدور عراق، ما بهن قطوع

If you snatch them away with a pulling motion, they are like... the necks of water skins, with no breaks in them.

فإن يكن هذا الزمان خلجا، ... فقد لبسنا عيشه المخرفجا

If this time is one of snatching away and changing, then we have lived its altered life.

يختلجونه على باب الجنة

They will be pulling them towards them at the gate of Paradise.

فاختلجها من جحرها

He snatched her from her hole.

إن الله جعل الموت خالجا لأشطانها

Allah made death a puller of its ropes (i.e., its end).

تنكب المخالج عن وضح السبيل

Avoid the diverging paths from the clear way.

حتى تروه يخلج في قومه أو يحلج

Until you see him moving rapidly among his people or being drawn.

وأخلج هو: انجذب

And he was pulled: he was drawn.

ناقة خلوج: جذب عنها ولدها بذبح أو موت فحنت إليه وقل لذلك لبنها

A khuluj camel: her calf was pulled away from her by slaughter or death, so she yearned for it and her milk decreased.

يوم ترونها تذهل كل مرضعة عما أرضعت

The Day you see it, every nursing mother will forget him whom she nursed.

شبه صوت الرعد بأصوات هذه الخلاج لأنها تحان لفقد أولادها

He likened the sound of thunder to the sounds of these (camels) because they cry out in distress for the loss of their young.

ليردن علي الحوض أقوام ثم ليختلجن دوني

People will come to the Pool, then they will be snatched away from me.

فحنت الخشبة حنين الناقة الخلوج

And the piece of wood moaned like the moaning of a khuluj camel.

والخليج من البحر: شرم منه

And the khaleej from the sea: an inlet from it.

والخليج شعبة تنشعب من الوادي تعبر بعض مائه إلى مكان آخر

And the khaleej is a branch that branches off from the valley, carrying some of its water to another place.

أن فلانا ساق خليجا

That so-and-so led a khaleej (canal).

الخلج التعبون

Al-khulj: the weary ones.

والخلج: المرتعدو الأبدان

And al-khulj: those whose bodies tremble.

والخليج الحبل لأنه يجبذ ما شد به

And the khaleej is the rope because it pulls what is tied to it.

يقول: يقاسي هذه الفحول أي قد شدت به، وهي تنزو وترمح

He means: he endures these stallions, meaning they are tied to it, and they are restless and kicking.

لا تخلج الفصيل عن أمه، فإن الذئب عالم بمكان الفصيل اليتيم

Do not separate the young camel from its mother, for the wolf knows the location of the orphaned young camel.

تخلج المجنون في مشيته

The madman moved unsteadily in his walk.

يخلج في مشيته خلجان المجنون

He walks with a jerky gait like a madman.

لأنه يخلج الخليقة أي يجذبها

Because it pulls the creation, meaning it draws it.

اختلجت المنية القوم أي اجتذبتهم

Death snatched the people, meaning it drew them.

الفحل إذا أخرج من الشول قبل قدوره فقد خلج أي نزع وأخرج

If the stallion is taken from the ewes before it covers them, it has been khulj, meaning pulled out and removed.

وأبيت تخلجني الهموم، كأنني ... دلو السقاة، تمد بالأشطان

And worries occupied me, as if I were... the bucket of the water-carriers, being pulled by ropes.

خلجته الخوالج أي شغلته الشواغل

Worries occupied him, meaning distractions occupied him.

وتخلج الأشكال دون الأشكال

And shapes distract from shapes.

خلجني كذا أي شغلني

So-and-so occupied me, meaning it distracted me.

تخالجته الهموم إذا كان له هم في ناحية وهم في ناحية كأنه يجذبه إليه

Worries assailed him if he had a worry in one direction and a worry in another, as if they were pulling him towards them.

لقد ظننت أن بعضكم خالجنيها

I thought some of you were snatching it away from me (the recitation).

لا يختلجن في صدرك

Let nothing be stirred up in your heart.

إن يخلج في نفسك شيء فدعه

If anything stirs in your mind, leave it.

ما اختلج عرق إلا ويكفر الله به

No vein twitched except that Allah atones for it.

فإذا تكلم اختلج بوجهه فرآه

And when he spoke, he moved his face, and he saw him.

فضرب بهم شهرين ثم أفاق خليجا أي صرع

Then he was struck down for two months, then he recovered, having been thrown down.

ثم أفاق مختلجا قد أخذ لحمه وقوته

Then he recovered, trembling, having lost his flesh and strength.

ونوى خلوج بينة الخلاج، مشكوك فيها

And a khuluj camel's intention, its distress is clear, it is doubtful.

إني لبين خالجين في ذلك الأمر أي نفسين

I am between two pulls (conflicting desires) in that matter, meaning two souls.

وما يخالجني في ذلك الأمر شك أي ما أشك فيه

And no doubt assails me in that matter, meaning I do not doubt it.

قد خلجت بحاجب وعين، ... يا قوم، خلوا بينها وبيني

She moved her eyebrow and eye, ... O people, leave her and me alone.

والعين تختلج أي تضطرب

And the eye twitches, meaning it trembles.

أخلج الرجل حاجبيه عن عينيه واختلج حاجباه إذا تحركا

The man raised his eyebrows from his eyes, and his eyebrows twitched if they moved.

يكلمني ويخلج حاجبيه، ... لأحسب عنده علما قديما

He speaks to me and moves his eyebrows, ... so I think he has ancient knowledge.

يتخلج أي يتحرك

It moves, meaning it stirs.

تخلج الشيء تخلجا واختلج اختلاجا إذا اضطرب وتحرك

The thing moved with a movement, and it moved with a movement if it was agitated and stirred.

يخلجن الجمال المذاكيا

They move the camels that are led by ropes.

مخلج من لبن اللقاح

Plump from the milk of the she-camels.

والخلج والخلج: داء يصيب البهائم تختلج منه أعضاؤها

And al-khulj and al-khulj: a disease that afflicts animals, causing their limbs to convulse.

إذا مد الطاعن رمحه عن جانب، قيل: خلجه

If the spearman pulls his spear from the side, it is said: he pulled it.

والمخلوجة: الطعنة التي تذهب يمنة ويسرة

And the makhluja: the thrust that goes right and left.

أمرهم مخلوج: غير مستقيم

Their affair is makhluja: not straight.

وقعوا في مخلوجة من أمرهم أي اختلاط

They fell into a makhluja of their affair, meaning confusion.

الرأي مخلوجة وليست بسلكى

The opinion is makhluja and not sulka.

نطعنهم سلكى ومخلوجة، ... كرك لأمين على نابل

We thrust at them straight and sideways, ... like a quiver returned to an archer who shot them.

والخلج: ضرب من النكاح، وهو إخراجه، والدعس إدخاله

And al-khulj: a type of intercourse, which is its withdrawal, and al-da's is its insertion.

خلجت لها جار استها خلجات

He had intercourse with her, performing several pulls.

أن يشتكي الرجل لحمه وعظامه من عمل يعمله أو طول مشي وتعب

That a man complains of his flesh and bones from work he does or long walking and fatigue.

إنما قيل له: خلج لأن جذبه يخلج عضده

It was called khulj because its pulling pulls his arm.

خلج البعير خلجا، وهو أخلج، وذلك أن يتقبض العصب في العضد حتى يعالج بعد ذلك فيستطلق

The camel strained its leg, and it is a strained camel, which is when the tendon in the leg contracts until it is treated afterwards and relaxes.