ردج

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the first excrement expelled by newborn animals, particularly those with hooves, before they have eaten. It also extends to materials made from black leather, specifically shoes, and potentially a black dye or pigment.

Derived headwords

الرَّدْجnoun

1.
first excrementclassical
The initial feces expelled from the womb by newborn animals such as foals, mules, calves, and lambs, before they have consumed any food. It is analogous to the 'aqiqah for human infants.

أَرْدَاجnoun

1.
first excrementsclassical
The plural form of 'al-radj', referring to the first excrements expelled by newborn animals.

رَدَّجَverb

1.
to expel first excrementclassical
The act of a newborn animal, particularly one with hooves, expelling its first feces from the womb before eating.

يَرَدِّجُverb

1.
expels first excrementclassical
The present tense form of the verb 'radaja', indicating the ongoing action of expelling first excrement.

رَدْجًاnoun

1.
expulsion of first excrementclassical
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of expelling the first excrement by a newborn animal.

تَسْتَعِدُّهُverb

1.
to prepare for itclassical
To make ready or prepare for something, in this context referring to the 'radj' (first excrement).

الأَرَنْدَجnoun

1.
black leatherclassical
A type of black leather from which sandals or shoes are made.

الأَرَنْدَجَاnoun

1.
black leather (accusative)classical
The accusative form of 'al-arandaj', referring to black leather used for making shoes.

اليَرَنْدَجnoun

1.
black leatherclassical
Similar to 'al-arandaj', this refers to black leather used for making sandals or shoes.
2.
black dyeclassical
A black dye or pigment, also known as 'al-darish'.

رِنْدَهnoun

1.
graterclassical
A Persian word for a grater, mentioned in relation to 'al-yarandaj'.

الدَّارِشnoun

1.
black dyeclassical
A black dye or pigment, identified as being the same as 'al-yarandaj'.

الزَّاجnoun

1.
vitriolclassical
A type of mineral salt, specifically vitriol, which can be used to produce a black color when used as a dye.

Parallel reading

الرَّدْج: أول ما يخرج من بطن الصبي والبغل والمهر والجحش والجدي والسخلة قبل الأكل، وهو بمنزلة العقي من الصبي؛

Al-radj: the first thing that comes out of the belly of a human infant, mule, foal, young donkey, kid, and lamb before eating, and it is like the 'aqiqah for a human infant;

وقيل: هو أول شيء يخرج من بطن كل ذي حافر إذا ولد، وذلك قبل أن يأكل شيئا، والجمع أرداج.

And it was said: it is the first thing that comes out of the belly of every hoofed animal when it is born, and that is before it eats anything, and the plural is 'ardaj'.

وقد ردج المهر يردج ردجا، بفتح الدال في الماضي، وكسرها في الآتي، وسكونها في المصدر؛

And the foal expelled its first excrement, it expels its first excrement, an expulsion of first excrement, with a fathah on the dāl in the past tense, a kasrah in the present tense, and a sukūn in the masdar;

قال الأزهري: الردج لا يكون إلا لذي الحافر كما قال أبو زيد؛

Al-Azhari said: Al-radj is only for hoofed animals, as Abu Zayd said;

لها ردج في بيتها تستعده، ... إذا جاءها، يوما من الناس، خاطب

She has a 'radj' in her house that she prepares for it... when a suitor comes to her one day from among the people.

قال ابن الأعرابي: نساء الأعراب يتطيرن بالردج.

Ibn al-A'rabi said: The women of the Bedouins take omens from 'al-radj'.

والأرندج واليرندج: الجلد الأسود تعمل منه الخفاف؛

And 'al-arandaj' and 'al-yarandaj': the black leather from which sandals are made;

كأنه مسرول أرندجا

As if it were wearing trousers of 'arandaj' (black leather).

كمشي النصارى في خفاف اليرندج

Like the walking of Christians in sandals of 'yarandaj' (black leather).

عليه ديابوذ، تسربل تحته ... أرندج إسكاف يخالط عظلما

He wore a 'diabudh', beneath which he wore... a shoemaker's 'arandaj' (black leather) mixed with 'azhlam'.

واليرندج بالفارسية: رنده؛ وقيل: هو صبغ أسود، وهو الذي يسمى الدارش؛

And 'al-yarandaj' in Persian is 'randah'; and it was said: it is a black dye, and it is what is called 'al-darish';

فإنه ظن أن اليرندج نسج؛

For he thought that 'al-yarandaj' was woven;

وقيل: أراد أن هذه المرأة لغرتها وقلة تجاربها ظنت أن اليرندج منسوج.

And it was said: he meant that this woman, due to her naivety and lack of experience, thought that 'al-yarandaj' was woven.

قال اللحياني: اليرندج والأرندج الدارش بعينه؛

Al-Lihyani said: 'Al-yarandaj' and 'al-arandaj' are the same as 'al-darish';

وقال بعضهم هو جلد غير الدارش؛

And some of them said it is leather other than 'al-darish';

قال: وقيل هو الزاج يسود به؛

He said: And it was said it is vitriol with which something is blackened;

وأورد الأزهري يرندج وأرندج في الرباعي؛

And Al-Azhari mentioned 'yarandaj' and 'arandaj' under the رباعي (four-lettered roots);