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سدج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns falsehood, lying, and fabricating stories. It also extends to the idea of suspecting or assuming something to be true.

Derived headwords

سَدَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to lieclassical

    To utter falsehoods and fabricate baseless stories.

  2. 2.
    to suspectclassical

    To assume or believe something to be true.

سَدْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingclassical

    The act of lying or fabricating falsehoods.

التسدجnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingclassical

    The act of lying and uttering baseless tales.

تسدجverb
  1. 1.
    to lieclassical

    To lie and fabricate stories.

سَدَّاجadjective
  1. 1.
    liarclassical

    A person who is a habitual liar.

  2. 2.
    unreliable liarclassical

    A liar whose falsehoods are easily exposed or whose claims are not substantiated.

Parallel reading

السدج والتسدج: الكذب وتقول الأباطيل
Al-sadj and al-tasadj: lying and uttering falsehoods.
فينا أقاويل امرئ تسدجا
Among us are the sayings of a man who lies.
وقد سدج سدجا، وتسدج أي تكذب وتخلق
And he has lied a lying, and he lies, meaning he tells falsehoods and fabricates.
ورجل سداج: كذاب
And a man is a saddaj: a liar.
هو الكذاب الذي لا يصدقك أثره يكذبك من أين جاء
He is the liar whose trace does not confirm him; he lies about where he came from.
شيطان كل مترف سداج
The devil of every pampered, lying person.
وسدج بالشيء: ظنه
And he suspected something, meaning he thought it.