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سوج

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, specifically walking or traveling at a moderate pace. It also extends to meanings associated with clothing, particularly cloaks and large turbans, and includes terms for specific places, a type of clay treatment, and a type of wood.

Derived headwords

سَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    to go and comeclassical

    To move back and forth or travel back and forth.

سَوْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    going and comingclassical

    The act of going and coming; movement back and forth.

تَسُوجُverb
  1. 1.
    to travel slowlyclassical

    To travel or move at a slow, moderate pace.

وأعجبها، فيما تسوج، عصابة ... من القوم، شنخفون — And it pleased her, as she traveled slowly, a group... of people, distinguished.
سَاجَ يَسُوجُverb
  1. 1.
    to travel slowlyclassical

    To travel or move at a slow, moderate pace.

سُوجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    slow travelclassical

    The act of traveling at a slow, moderate pace.

سِوَاجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    slow travelclassical

    The act of traveling at a slow, moderate pace.

سُوجَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    slow travelclassical

    The act of traveling at a slow, moderate pace.

السُّؤُوجadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-movingclassical

    Describing someone or something that travels at a slow pace.

غراء ليست بالسؤوج الجلنخ — A graceful one, not slow-moving, the stout one.
السُّوجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    going and comingclassical

    The act of going and coming; movement back and forth.

السُّوجnoun
  1. 1.
    clay treatmentclassical

    A treatment made from clay that is cooked and used to coat warp threads (sada) by a weaver.

  2. 2.
    placeclassical

    A location or place.

السَّاجnoun
  1. 1.
    large, thick cloak/turbanclassical

    A large, thick cloak or turban.

  2. 2.
    hooded cloakclassical

    A hooded cloak, possibly rounded and woven in a specific way.

  3. 3.
    green cloak/turbanclassical

    A green cloak or turban.

  4. 4.
    teak wood

    Wood imported from India, specifically teak.

  5. 5.
    teak treeclassical

    A large tree that grows tall and wide, with large leaves resembling shields and a pleasant scent.

مسوحا أعاليها، وساجا كسورها — its upper parts covered, and its lower parts green (or cloaked).
سُوَيْجnoun
  1. 1.
    small cloak/turbanclassical

    The diminutive form of 'saj', referring to a small cloak or turban.

السِّيجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    black cloaks/turbansclassical

    Black cloaks or turbans.

  2. 2.
    green cloaks/turbansclassical

    Green cloaks or turbans, often associated with military wear.

أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كان يلبس في الحرب من القلانس ما يكون من السيجان الخضر — That the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to wear in war from the caps those that were of the green cloaks.
سَاجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of teak wood

    A single piece of teak wood, often squared and jointed, as imported from India.

  2. 2.
    type of garmentclassical

    A type of woven garment, similar to a cloak or wrap.

فقد زر ساجا عليه وهو محرم فافتدى — for he wore a cloak (saj) while in the state of Ihram, so he redeemed himself.
ففي رواية: كلهم ذو سيف محلى وساج — In one narration: all of them had a decorated sword and a cloak (saj).
السَّلِيْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    door plankclassical

    A plank of wood from which a door is made, derived from 'saja'.

سَوَّاجname
  1. 1.
    name of a mountainclassical

    The name of a specific mountain.

في رهوة غراء من سواج — in a wide, open space from Sawaj.
السُّوجname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    The name of a specific location.

Parallel reading

ساج سوجا: ذهب وجاء
He went and came.
إذا سار سيرا رويدا
if he traveled at a moderate pace
الذهاب والمجيء
The going and coming.
علاج من الطين يطبخ ويطلي به الحائك السدى
A treatment from clay that is cooked and used to coat the warp threads by the weaver.
موضع
A place.
الطيلسان الضخم الغليظ
The large, thick cloak/turban.
هو الطيلسان المقور ينسج كذلك
It is the hooded cloak woven in that manner.
هو طيلسان أخضر
It is a green cloak/turban.
كأن لنا منه بيوتا حصينة، ... مسوحا أعاليها، وساجا كسورها
As if we had from it fortified houses, ... its upper parts covered, and its lower parts green (or cloaked).
تصغير الساج: سويج
The diminutive of 'saj' is 'suwayj'.
الجمع سيجان
The plural is 'sijan'.
السيجان الطيالسة السود
The 'sijan' are the black cloaks.
أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كان يلبس في الحرب من القلانس ما يكون من السيجان الخضر
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to wear in war from the caps those that were of the green cloaks.
أنه زر ساجا عليه وهو محرم فافتدى
That he wore a cloak (saj) while in the state of Ihram, so he redeemed himself.
أصحاب الدجال عليهم السيجان
The companions of the Antichrist wear the cloaks (sijan).
كلهم ذو سيف محلى وساج
All of them had a decorated sword and a cloak (saj).
ففي رواية: كلهم ذو سيف محلى وساج
In one narration: all of them had a decorated sword and a cloak (saj).
ففي حديث جابر: فقام في ساجة
And in the hadith of Jabir: So he stood in a 'saja'.
وهو ضرب من الملاحف منسوجة
And it is a type of woven garment.
الساج: خشب يجلب من الهند
The 'saj' is wood brought from India.
واحدته ساجة
Its singular is 'saja'.
شجر يعظم جدا، ويذهب طولا وعرضا
A tree that grows very large, and extends in length and width.
يتغطى الرجل بورقة منه فتكنه من المطر
A man covers himself with one of its leaves, and it protects him from the rain.
وله رائحة طيبة تشابه رائحة ورق الجوز مع رقة ونعمة
And it has a pleasant scent similar to walnut leaves, with softness and fineness.
يقال الساجة الخشبة الواحدة المشرجعة المربعة، كما جلبت من الهند
The 'saja' is said to be the single, jointed, squared piece of wood, as imported from India.
ويقال للساجة التي يشق منها الباب: السليجة
And the 'saja' from which the door is split is called 'al-salija'.
سواج: جبل
Sawaj: a mountain.
السوج: موضع
Al-Suj: a place.