شمج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sewing with wide stitches, mixing or blending things, and describes a fast-moving camel. It also appears in the names of tribes and as a term for a type of coarse bread.

Derived headwords

شَمَجَverb

1.
to sew widelyboth
To sew fabric with widely spaced stitches.
2.
to mixclassical
To blend or mix things together.

شَمْجًاnoun

1.
wide sewingboth
The act of sewing with widely spaced stitches.
2.
mixingclassical
The act of blending or mixing things.

شَمَجَىadjective

1.
fast (camel)both
Describing a she-camel that is swift and quick in its movement.

شَمَجِيٌّadjective

1.
fast (camel)both
A swift she-camel.

شَمَّرَجَverb

1.
to sew widelyclassical
An alternative verb form for sewing with widely spaced stitches.

شَمَرْجَةnoun

1.
wide sewingclassical
The act of sewing with widely spaced stitches, synonymous with شمجا.

شَمَاجnoun

1.
coarse breadboth
A type of coarse bread, like thick flatbreads, made from grains like rice and barley.
2.
foodclassical
Used idiomatically to mean anything edible, especially bread.

بَنُو شَمَجَىname

1.
Banu Shamjaboth
A tribe descended from Shamja bin Jurm.

بَنُو شَمَجname

1.
Banu Shamajboth
A tribe descended from Shamaj bin Farazah, though the more common spelling is with khāʾ (شمخ).

Parallel reading

شَمَجَ الخياط الثوبَ يَشْمَجُهُ شَمْجًا: خاطَه خياطةً متباعدة

The tailor sewed the garment, sewing it with widely spaced stitches.

ويقال: شَمْرَجَه شَمَرْجَة

And it is said: he sewed it with widely spaced stitches (using the verb شمرج).

والشَّمَجَى: الناقة السريعة

And Al-Shamajy is the fast she-camel.

وناقةٌ شَمَجَى: سريعة

And a she-camel is Shamajy: fast.

بِشَمَجَى المَشْيِ عَجُولُ الوَثْبِ

With swiftness of gait, quick in leaping.

وشَمَجَ الشيءَ يَشْمَجُهُ شَمْجًا: خَلَطَه

And he mixed the thing, mixing it.

وشَمَجٌ من الأرز والشعير ونحوهما: خُبزٌ منه شبه قرص غلاظ، وهو الشَّمَاج

And Shamaj from rice, barley, and the like: bread made from it, like thick flatbreads, which is Al-Shamaj.

وما ذاقَ شَمَاجًا ولا لَمَاجًا أي ما يُؤْكَل

And he did not taste Shamaj nor Lamaj, meaning, what is eaten.

ويقال: ما أَكَلْتُ خُبْزًا ولا شَمَاجًا

And it is said: I did not eat bread nor Shamaj.

الأصمعي: ما ذُقْتُ أَكَّالًا ولا لَمَّاجًا ولا شَمَّاجًا أي ما أَكَلْتُ شيئًا

Al-Asma'i said: I did not taste Akkal, nor Lammaj, nor Shamaj, meaning, I did not eat anything.

وبَنُو شَمَجَى بن جُرْم: حي

And Banu Shamja bin Jurm: a tribe.

وبَنُو شَمَج بن فزارة من ذبيان

And Banu Shamaj bin Farazah from Dhubyan.

والمعروف عند أهل النسب بنو شَمَخ بن فزارة، بالخاء المعجمة

And what is known among genealogists is Banu Shamakh bin Farazah, with the letter Khāʾ.