سرج

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the saddle used for riding animals, its components, and the act of saddling. It extends metaphorically to light, illumination, and adornment, as well as to deception and good character.

Derived headwords

السَّرْجnoun

1.
saddleboth
The saddle placed on a riding animal. It is a well-known term.

سُرُوجnoun

1.
saddlesboth
The plural of 'sarj', referring to multiple saddles.

أَسْرَجَverb

1.
to saddleboth
To place a saddle upon an animal.
2.
to lightboth
To light a lamp or candle.
3.
to adornclassical
To make something beautiful or pleasing.
4.
to grant successclassical
To bestow divine guidance or favor.

إِسْرَاجnoun

1.
saddlingboth
The act of placing a saddle on an animal.
2.
lightingboth
The act of lighting a lamp or candle.

السِّرَاجnoun

1.
lampboth
A bright lamp used for illumination at night.
2.
sunboth
Metaphorically used to refer to the sun as a source of light.
3.
seller/maker of saddlesclassical
One who sells or makes saddles.

سُرُجnoun

1.
lampsboth
The plural of 'siraj', referring to multiple lamps.

المِسْرَجَةnoun

1.
lamp with a wickboth
A lamp that contains a wick.
2.
lamp standclassical
A stand or holder on which a lamp is placed.

السِّرَاجَةnoun

1.
saddleryclassical
The craft or trade of making and selling saddles.

سَرَّجَverb

1.
to make beautifulclassical
To adorn or enhance the beauty of something.
2.
to make liesclassical
To fabricate or invent falsehoods.

سَارِجadjective

1.
brightclassical
Describing a forehead that is clear and bright, like a lamp.

مُسَرَّجadjective

1.
adornedclassical
Made beautiful or well-formed, often referring to physical features.

سَرَّجَ اللهُ وَجْهَهُverb phrase

1.
God made his face beautifulclassical
A prayer or statement that God has made someone's face beautiful and radiant.

سَرَّجَverb

1.
to fabricate liesclassical
To create or invent falsehoods.

سَرَّاجٌ مَرَّاجٌadjective

1.
a great liarclassical
A person who is a notorious and untrustworthy liar.

سَرَّجَverb

1.
to be a liarclassical
To be characterized as a liar.

أَسْرُوجَةnoun

1.
a type of saddleclassical
A specific kind of saddle, possibly related to the root's primary meaning.

سُرَيْجname

1.
a craftsman's nameclassical
The name of a known craftsman, after whom certain swords were named.

السُّيُوف السُّرَيْجِيَّةnoun phrase

1.
Sarayjian swordsclassical
A type of sword named after the craftsman Surayj.

سِرَاجname

1.
a man's nameclassical
A proper name of a man.

السَّرْجُوجَةnoun

1.
nature, dispositionclassical
One's inherent character, disposition, or way of life.

السَّرْجِيجَةnoun

1.
nature, dispositionclassical
One's inherent character, disposition, or way of life.

سَرْجُوجَة وَاحِدَةphrase

1.
of one dispositionclassical
Used to describe people whose characters or ways are uniform or similar.

Parallel reading

السرج: رحل الدابة، معروف، والجمع سروج.

The saddle: the riding gear of the animal, well-known, and its plural is 'surooj'.

وأسرجها إسراجا: وضع عليها السرج.

And he saddled it with 'israj': he placed the saddle upon it.

والسراج: بائع السروج وصانعها، وحرفته السراجة.

And the 'siraj': the seller and maker of saddles, and his craft is 'sirajah'.

والسراج: المصباح الزاهر الذي يسرج بالليل، والجمع سرج.

And the 'siraj': the shining lamp that is lit at night, and its plural is 'suruj'.

والمسرجة: التي فيها الفتيل.

And the 'misrajah': that which contains the wick.

وقد أسرجت السراج إسراجا.

And I lit the lamp with 'israj'.

والشمس سراج النهار، والمسرجة، بالفتح «1»: التي توضع فيها الفتيلة والدهن.

And the sun is the lamp of the day, and the 'misrajah', with fatha: that in which the wick and oil are placed.

عمر سراج أهل الجنة ؛ قيل: أراد أن الأربعين الذين تموا بعمر كلهم من أهل الجنة، وعمر فيما بينهم كالسراج، لأنهم اشتدوا بإسلامه وظهروا للناس، وأظهروا إسلامهم بعد أن كانوا مختفين خائفين، كما أنه بضوء السراج يهتدي الماشي؛

Umar is a lamp for the people of Paradise; it was said: he meant that the forty who completed their lives with Umar are all from the people of Paradise, and Umar among them is like a lamp, because they were strengthened by his Islam and became known to people, and they revealed their Islam after they were hidden and fearful, just as the walker is guided by the light of a lamp;

وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا .

And We made a luminous lamp.

وسراجا منيرا ؛ إنما يريد مثل السراج الذي يستضاء به، أو مثل الشمس في النور والظهور.

And a shining lamp; it means like the lamp by which one is guided, or like the sun in its light and prominence.

والهدى: سراج المؤمن، على التشبيه.

And guidance: is the believer's lamp, by way of simile.

وسراجا منيرا ؛ المعنى أرسلناك شاهدا، وذا سراج منير أي وذا كتاب منير بين، وإن شئت كان وسراجا منصوبا على معنى داعيا إلى الله وتاليا كتابا بينا؛

And a shining lamp; the meaning is We sent you as a witness, and possessing a shining lamp, meaning possessing a clear and illuminating book, and if you wish, 'sirajan' is accusative meaning calling to God and reciting a clear book;

وإن شئت كان وسراجا منصوبا على معنى داعيا إلى الله وتاليا كتابا بينا؛ قال الأزهري: وإن جعلت سراجا نعتا للنبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وكان حسنا، ويكون معناه هاديا كأنه سراج يهتدى به في الظلم.

And if you wish, 'sirajan' is accusative meaning calling to God and reciting a clear book; Al-Azharī said: And if you make 'sirajan' an adjective for the Prophet, peace be upon him, it would be good, and its meaning would be a guide as if he were a lamp by which one is guided in darkness.

وأسرج السراج: أوقده.

And he lit the lamp: he ignited it.

وجبين سارج: واضح كالسراج، عن ثعلب؛

And a 'sarj' forehead: clear like a lamp, according to Tha'lab;

وسرج الله وجهه وبهجه أي حسنه؛

And God 'sarraj' his face and its radiance, meaning He made it beautiful;

وفاحما ومرسنا مسرجا

And a dark and well-formed, adorned nose

شبه أنفه وامتداده بالسيف السريجي، وهو ضرب من السيوف التي تعرف بالسريجيات.

He likened his nose and its length to a Sarayjian sword, which is a type of sword known as 'Sarayjiyyat'.

وسرج الشيء: زينه.

And 'saraja' the thing: adorned it.

وسرجه الله وسرجه: وفقه.

And God 'sarraja' him and 'sarraja' him: granted him success.

وسرج الكذب يسرجه سرجا: عمله.

And he 'saraja' the lie, he 'yasrujuhu' with 'sarjan': he fabricated it.

ورجل سراج مراج: كذاب؛ وقيل: هو الكذاب الذي لا يصدق أثره يكذبك من أين جاء، ويفرد فيقال: رجل سراج، وقد سرج.

And a man 'siraj miraj': a liar; and it was said: he is the liar whose trace is not believed, he lies to you about where he came from, and he is singled out and it is said: a 'siraj' man, and he has 'saraja'.

ويقال: بكل أم فلان فسرج عليها بأسروجة.

And it is said: with every mother of so-and-so, he 'saraja' upon her with an 'asrujah'.

وسريج: قين معروف، والسيوف السريجية، منسوبة إليه،

And Surayj: a known blacksmith, and the Sarayjian swords are attributed to him,

والسرجوجة والسرجيجة: الخلق والطبيعة والطريقة؛ يقال: الكرم من سرجيجته وسرجوجته أي خلقه؛

And the 'sarjujjah' and the 'sarjijjah': character, nature, and way; it is said: generosity is from his 'sarjijjatihi' and 'sarjujjatihi', meaning his disposition;

إنه لكريم السرجوجة والسرجيجة أي كريم الطبيعة.

Indeed, he is of noble 'sarjujjah' and 'sarjijjah', meaning of noble nature.

إذا استوت أخلاق القوم، قيل: هم على سرجوجة واحدة، ومرن ومرس.

If the characters of people are uniform, it is said: they are on one 'sarjujjah', and they are flexible and smooth.