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عذج
Root entry · 7 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to the act of drinking, specifically gulping or swallowing liquid. It also extends to the meaning of verbal abuse, such as scolding or reviling, and by extension, to someone who frequently admonishes or blames others.
Derived headwords
عَذَجَverb
- 1.to scoldclassical
To verbally abuse or insult someone.
- 2.to gulpclassical
To swallow liquid quickly and in large amounts.
عَذْجًاnoun
- 1.scoldingclassical
The act of verbally abusing or insulting someone.
- 2.gulpingclassical
The act of swallowing liquid quickly.
عَاذِجadjective
- 1.scoldingclassical
One who is prone to scolding or reviling.
مُعَذِّجadjective
- 1.prone to blameclassical
A person who is characterized by frequent blaming or admonishing.
العَذَجnoun
- 1.drinkingclassical
The act of drinking, particularly swallowing.
عَذَجَ الماءَverb
- 1.to gulp waterclassical
To swallow water quickly and in large amounts.
شَرِبَverb
- 1.to drinkboth
To consume liquid.
Parallel reading
عَذَجَهُ عَذْجًا: شَتَمَهُ؛
He scolded him a scolding: he insulted him;
وعَذَجَ عَاذِجٌ، بُولِغَ بِهِ كَقَوْلِهِمْ جَهَدَ جَاهِدٌ؛
And a scolder, a scolder, it was intensified, like their saying 'he strove a striver';
تَلْقَى مِنَ الأَعْبُدِ عُذَجًا عَاذِجًا
You encounter from the slaves a scolder, a scolder
أَيْ تَلْقَى هَذِهِ الإِبِلَ مِنَ الأَعْبُدِ زَجْرًا كَالشَّتْمِ.
Meaning you encounter these camels from the slaves being driven with scolding like insults.
وَرَجُلٌ مُعَذِّجٌ: كَثِيرُ اللَّوْمِ؛
And a man prone to blame: one who frequently admonishes;
فَعَاجَتْ، عَلَيْنَا مِنْ طِوَالٍ، سُرْعَرَعْ، ... عَلَى خَوْفِ زَوْجٍ، سَيِّءِ الظَّنِّ مُعَذِّجٍ
So they hurried, towards us from afar, swiftly, ... in fear of a husband, a man of ill-opinion and blame.
والعَذَجُ: الشُّرْبُ.
And 'al-'adhaj' means drinking.
عَذَجَ المَاءَ يَعْذِجُهُ عَذْجًا: جَرَعَهُ،
He gulped the water, he gulped it a gulping: he swallowed it,
وعَذَجَ يَعْذِجُ عَذْجًا: شَرِبَ.
And he drank, he drank a drinking: he drank.