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عبج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a detestable, foolish, or worthless person. It focuses on negative attributes like being disliked, nonsensical in speech, and lacking any good qualities.

Derived headwords

العَبْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    detestable personclassical

    A detestable, base, and ignoble person who is foolish and speaks nonsensically, possessing no good qualities.

العَبْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    detestable personclassical

    A detestable, base, and ignoble person who is foolish and speaks nonsensically, possessing no good qualities.

Parallel reading

العَبْكَة الرجل البغيض الطغامة الذي لا يعي ما يقول ولا خير فيه
Al-'abkah is the detestable, base person who does not comprehend what he says and has no good in him.
وقال مدرك الجعفري: هو العبجة
And Mudrik Al-Ja'fari said: He is Al-'abjah.
جاء بهما في باب الكاف والجيم
He mentioned both of them in the chapter of the Kaf and the Jim.