ضوج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the physical features of a valley, specifically its bends, curves, and expansions. It also extends to describe the stiffness or dryness of animals and objects.

Derived headwords

ضَوْجnoun

1.
bend of a valleyboth
The curve or bend of a valley, where it turns.
2.
valley floorclassical
The floor or bottom of a valley.

أَضْوَاجnoun

1.
bends of valleysboth
The plural of ضوج (dāwj), referring to the bends or curves of valleys.

أَضْوِجَةnoun

1.
bends of valleysclassical
A rare plural form of ضوج (dāwj), referring to the bends or curves of valleys.

تَضَوَّجَverb

1.
to bendclassical
The valley bent or curved.

ضَاجَverb

1.
to widenclassical
The valley widened.

ضَوْجًاnoun

1.
wideningclassical
The act of widening, used as the masdar for ضاج (dāja).

اِنْضَاجَverb

1.
to widenclassical
To become wide, referring to a valley or a passage.

اِنْضَاجَتْverb

1.
it widenedclassical
Feminine past tense of انضاج (inḍāja), meaning it (the valley) widened.

ضَوْجَانadjective

1.
stiff-bodiedclassical
Describing camels and beasts of burden that are stiff in their bodies.
2.
dry and hardclassical
Describing a palm tree or its fronds as dry, hard, and stiff.

ضَوْجَانَةadjective

1.
stiff-bodiedclassical
Feminine form of ضوجان (dāwjān), describing a stiff-bodied animal.
2.
dry and hardclassical
Feminine form of ضوجان (dāwjān), describing a dry, hard, and stiff palm frond or stick.

Parallel reading

ضوج الوادي: منعطفه

The bend of the valley: its curve.

والجمع أضواج وأضوج، الأخيرة نادرة

And the plural is 'aḍwāj' and 'aḍwāj', the latter being rare.

وقتلى من الحي في معرك، ... أصيبوا جميعا بذي الأضوج

And many of the tribe were killed in a battle, ... they were all struck in the place with the bends.

وقد تضوج

And it (the valley) bent.

وضاج الوادي يضوج ضوجا: اتسع

And the valley widened, widening with a widening.

ولقينا ضوج من أضواج الأودية فانضوج فيه، وانضوجت على إثره

And we encountered a bend from the bends of the valleys, and it (the passage) widened for us, and it (the passage) widened after it.

وفي الحديث ذكر أضواج الوادي أي معاطفه، الواحدة ضوج

And in the hadith, the bends of the valley are mentioned, meaning its curves, the singular is 'dāwj'.

وقيل: هو إذا كنت بين جبلين متضايقين ثم اتسع، فقد انضاج لك

And it was said: it is when you are between two narrow mountains and then it widens, it has widened for you.

التهذيب: الضوج جزع الوادي، وهو منعرجه حيث ينعطف

Al-Tahdhib: The 'dāwj' is the gorge of the valley, and it is its bend where it turns.

وحوفا من تراغب الأضواج

And a hollow from the slopes of the bends.

الضوجان من الإبل والدواب كل يابس الصلب

The 'dāwjān' (stiff-bodied) among camels and beasts of burden are those whose bodies are dry and hard.

في ضبر ضوجان القرى للممتطي

In the strong loins of the stiff-bodied mounts for the rider.

يصف فحلا ونخلة ضوجانة، وهي اليابسة الكزة السعف

Describing a stallion and a 'dāwjānah' palm tree, which is dry, hard, and stiff-fronded.

والعصا الكزة ضوجانة

And the hard, stiff stick is 'dāwjānah'.