سحج

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root سحج (s-h-j) primarily denotes the act of scraping, scratching, or abrading something, often to the point of peeling off a thin layer. This can apply to physical objects like walls or skin, as well as abstract concepts like promises or the ground.

Derived headwords

سَحَجَverb

1.
to scrapeboth
To scrape or scratch something, removing a thin layer from its surface.
2.
to abradeboth
To rub against something causing abrasion and peeling.
3.
to biteclassical
To bite something, leaving a mark, especially used for wild animals.
4.
to combboth
To comb hair gently over the scalp.
5.
to follow upclassical
To follow up on oaths or promises.

سحجه الحائط يسحجه سحجا — The wall scraped it, scraping it with a scraping.

سحجت جلده فانسحج — I scraped his skin and it peeled off.

سحج الشيء بالشيء سحجا — He rubbed the thing with the thing, scraping it.

سحج شعره بالمشط سحجا — He combed his hair with a comb, combing it.

سحج الأيمان يسحجها — He followed up on the oaths.

سَحْجnoun

1.
scrapingboth
The act of scraping or scratching, or the resulting abrasion.
2.
peelingboth
The act of peeling off a thin layer from a surface.
3.
abrasionboth
A slight abrasion or scratch.
4.
light runningclassical
A type of running for animals that is not strenuous.
5.
abdominal ailmentclassical
A disease of the stomach that causes peeling.

يسحجه سحجا — scraping it with a scraping.

وبه سحج — and he had an abrasion on him.

مَسْحُوجadjective

1.
scrapedboth
Having had a thin layer scraped off its surface.
2.
abradedboth
Rubbed and peeled by abrasion.

سَحِيجadjective

1.
scrapedboth
Having been scraped or abraded.
2.
scratchedboth
Marked by scratches.

مخراش أقذ سحيج — a sharp, scraped scratching tool.

تَسَحَّجَverb

1.
to be scrapedboth
To become scraped or abraded, often due to intensity or repetition.

وسحجه فتسحج — and he scraped it, and it became scraped.

اِنْسَحَجَverb

1.
to peel offboth
To have its upper layer peel off, especially skin.

انسحج جلده من شيء مر به — His skin peeled off from something it passed by.

مَسْحَجnoun

1.
bitingclassical
The act of biting, especially by wild animals.
2.
bruiseclassical
A mark left by biting or bruising.
3.

سَحَّاجadjective

1.
scraping the groundclassical
Describing an animal, like a camel, that scrapes the ground with its hooves, leading to them becoming worn.
2.
time that wears awayclassical
Describing a period of time that wears things down or scrapes them away.

بعير سحاج — a camel that scrapes the ground with its hooves.

زمن مسحاج — a time that wears away everything.

مِسْحَاجadjective

1.
scrapingclassical
An animal that scrapes the ground with its hooves.
2.
bitingclassical
An animal that bites or nips.

ناقة مسحاج — a female camel that scrapes the ground with its hooves.

مسحاج شنون — a biting, sharp (animal).

تَسْحِيجnoun

1.
scrapingclassical
The act of scraping or abrading, used as a verbal noun.
2.
bruisingclassical
The act of bruising or biting.

أي تسحيجا — meaning a scraping.

مَسْحُوجadjective

1.
scrapedboth
Having been scraped or abraded.

سَحَجَverb

1.
to scrapeboth
To scrape or abrade something, like wood with a file.
2.
to blow awayboth
Used for wind scraping or blowing away the surface of the earth.

سحج العود بالمبرد يسحجه سحجا — He scraped the wood with a file, scraping it.

وسحجت الريح الأرض، كذلك — And the wind scraped the earth, likewise.

سَحَجَverb

1.
to scratchboth
To scratch or mark something, especially the face.

أصابه شيء فسحج وجهه — Something struck him and scraped his face.

سَحَجَverb

1.
to combboth
To comb hair gently, as if over the scalp.

سحج شعره بالمشط سحجا — He combed his hair with a comb, combing it.

سَحَجَverb

1.
to biteclassical
To bite something, causing a mark, often used for wild animals.

سحجه: عضه فأثر فيه — He bit him and it left a mark.

مُسَحَّجadjective

1.
bittenclassical
Having been bitten or marked by biting, especially wild animals.
2.
bruisedclassical
Bruised or marked by biting.

وحمار مسحج — and a bitten wild ass.

مِسْحَاجadjective

1.
bitingclassical
One that bites or nips.

المسحاج: العضاض — The biting one: the one that bites.

مَسَاحِجnoun

1.
bite marksclassical
Marks left by the biting of wild asses.

المساحج: آثار تكادم الحمر عليها — The bite marks: traces of wild asses biting each other.

سَحَاجnoun

1.
scrapingclassical
The act of scraping the ground with hooves.

سَيَحُوجname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name mentioned in the text.

وسيحوج: اسم — and Sayhuj: a name.

سَحَّاجadjective

1.
frequent oath-takerclassical
A person who frequently takes oaths.

ورجل سحاج — and a man who takes frequent oaths.

سَحَاجadjective

1.
frequent oath-takerclassical
An oath or vow that is frequently repeated.

وكذلك الحلف؛ أنشد ابن الأعرابي: ... ولمة وحلفا سحاجا — and likewise the oath; Ibn al-A'rabi recited: ... and hair and a frequent oath.

Parallel reading

سحجه الحائط يسحجه سحجا

The wall scraped it, scraping it with a scraping.

جأبا ترى بليته مسحجا أي تسحيجا

A camel whose damage you see as a scraping.

ترى بليته تسحيجا، فجعل مسحجا مصدرا

You see its damage as a scraping, so he made masḥajan a source noun.

ومزقناهم كل ممزق

And We tore them into pieces.

وسحجه فتسحج: شدد للكثرة

And he scraped it, and it became scraped: intensified for abundance.

وسحجت جلده فانسحج أي قشرته فانقشر

And I scraped his skin and it peeled off, meaning I peeled it and it peeled.

والسحج: أن يصيب الشيء الشيء فيسحجه أي يقشر منه شيئا قليلا

And al-saḥju: is when a thing strikes a thing and scrapes it, meaning it peels a little from it.

كما يصيب الحافر، قبل الوجى، سحج

Like the hoof strikes, before the pain, a scrape.

وانسحج جلده من شيء مر به إذا تقشر الجلد الأعلى

And his skin peeled off from something it passed by when the upper skin peeled.

ويقال: أصابه شيء فسحج وجهه، وبه سحج

And it is said: something struck him and scraped his face, and he had an abrasion on him.

وسحج الشيء بالشيء سحجا، فهو مسحوج وسحيج: حاكه فقشره

And he rubbed the thing with the thing, scraping it, so it is scraped and abraded: he rubbed it and peeled it.

فجاء بها بعد الكلال كأنه، من الأين، مخراش أقذ سحيج

And he brought it after exhaustion as if it were, from where, a sharp, scraped scratching tool.

وبعير سحاج: يسحج الأرض بخفه أي يقشرها فلا يلبث أن يحفى

And a saḥājin camel: scrapes the ground with its hoof, meaning it peels it, and it is not long before it becomes worn.

ما ضرها مس زمان سحاج

What harm did the time of saḥājin do to them?

وسحج العود بالمبرد يسحجه سحجا: قشره

And he scraped the wood with a file, scraping it: he peeled it.

وسحجت الريح الأرض، كذلك

And the wind scraped the earth, likewise.

والسحج: داء في البطن قاشر، منه

And al-saḥju: is an ailment in the stomach that peels, from it.

وسحج شعره بالمشط سحجا: سرحه تسريحا لينا على فروة الرأس

And he combed his hair with a comb, combing it: he combed it with a gentle combing on the scalp.

وسحجه: عضه فأثر فيه، وقد غلب على حمر الوحش

And he scraped it: he bit it and it left a mark on it, and it is predominantly used for wild asses.

وحمار مسحج أي معضض مكدم؛ والمسحج، منها

And a muḥassaj wild ass, meaning bitten and bruised; and al-masḥaju, from it.

ورباعية أضر بها رباع، بذات الجزع، مسحاج شنون

A quadruped harmed by a quadruped, at Dhat al-Jaz', a biting, sharp one.

مر يسحج أي يسرع

He passed by scraping, meaning he hurried.

على أثر الجعفي دهر، وقد أتى له، منذ ولى يسحج السير، أربع

Following al-Ju'fi for a long time, and it has come to him, since he left, scraping the journey, four.

وسحج الأيمان يسحجها: تابع بينها

And he scraped the oaths, he followed up on them.

ورجل سحاج، وكذلك الحلف

And a man who takes frequent oaths, and likewise the oath.

فدما، إذا صيح به أفاجا

So they bled, when he cried out to them, they fled.

وإن رأيت قمصا وساجا، ولمة وحلفا سحاجا

And if you see flowing garments and a long mane, and a frequent oath.