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ضاج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of deviating, inclining, or moving away from something. It can refer to a physical turning aside, a moral or intellectual departure from truth, or even the movement of bones due to emaciation.

Derived headwords

ضَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    deviated, inclined awayboth

    To turn aside or incline away from something, to deviate from a course or a principle.

ضَيْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    deviation, inclinationclassical

    The act of deviating or inclining away from something.

  2. 2.
    movement (of bones)classical

    The movement of bones, particularly due to extreme thinness or emaciation.

يُضِيْجُverb
  1. 1.
    deviates, inclines awayboth

    Present tense of the verb meaning to turn aside or incline away from something.

ضَيُوْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    deviation, inclinationclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) indicating the act of deviating or inclining away.

ضِيْجَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    deviation, inclinationclassical

    Another masdar (verbal noun) for the act of deviating or inclining away.

جَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    deviated, inclined awayclassical

    Synonymous with ضَاجَ, meaning to turn aside or incline away from something.

مَفْرُوْجadjective
  1. 1.
    spread out, openedclassical

    Describing something that is spread out or opened, possibly referring to a structure like an arish (hut).

مَضْرُوْجadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciated, thinclassical

    Describing someone or something that is extremely thin or emaciated, to the point of bones being prominent.

Parallel reading

ضَاجَ عن الشيء ضيجا: عدل ومال عنه، كجاض.
He deviated from the thing with deviation: he turned aside and inclined away from it, like جَاضَ.
وضاج عن الحق: مال عنه؛
And he deviated from the truth: he inclined away from it;
وقد ضاج يضيج ضيوجا وضيجانا؛
And he deviates, he deviates deviation, deviation, and deviation;
أما تريني كالعريش المفروج، ... ضاجت عظامي عن لفى مضروج؟
Do you not see me like the spread-out arish, ... my bones have deviated from the flesh of the emaciated?
اللفى: عضل لحمه.
Al-lafā: the muscles of his flesh.
وضاج السهم عن الهدف أي مال عنه.
And the arrow deviated from the target, meaning it inclined away from it.
وضاجت عظامه ضيجا: تحركت من الهزال؛
And his bones deviated with deviation: they moved from emaciation;
عن كراع.
According to Kura'.