عسلج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes tender, young shoots or branches of trees and vines. It extends to describe something supple, fresh, and well-proportioned, particularly in the context of plants and human physique.

Derived headwords

العَسَلَجnoun

1.
Tender shootboth
A soft, tender, young branch or shoot of a tree or vine, especially when it first emerges.
2.
Young plantclassical
Refers to a young plant or a new growth that spreads along the ground like roots.

العُسْلُوجnoun

1.
Tender branchboth
A supple and green twig or branch of a tree or vine, particularly in its early stage of growth.
2.
Young shootboth
The fresh, green growth that emerges from trees and vines.
3.
Dry twigclassical
A branch that has become dry and lost its tenderness.

العَسْلاَجnoun

1.
Tender branchclassical
Synonymous with 'عسلج' and 'عسلوج', referring to a young, tender shoot or branch.

عَسَلَجَتِ الشَّجَرَةُverb

1.
To produce shootsboth
When a tree produces its tender, young branches or shoots.

عَسَلُوجَةُ النَّبَاتِ وَالقَوَامِadjective

1.
Supple and well-proportionedclassical
Describing a young woman or girl who is tender in growth and well-formed in her physique.

شَبَابٌ عَسَلَجٌadjective

1.
Mature and well-developedclassical
Referring to youth that is fully developed, mature, and well-proportioned.

عَسَالِيجُ الخُضْرِnoun

1.
Green shootsboth
The fresh, green shoots that grow in the summer.

العَسَالِيجُnoun

1.
Spreading growthsclassical
Small growths that spread on the surface of the earth, resembling roots, and are green.
2.
Young branchesmodern
Modern usage refers to young, fresh branches.

العَسَلُوجُ (عند العامة)noun

1.
Modern branchesmodern
In common parlance, it refers to modern, fresh branches.

العَسْلُوجُ (في حديث)noun

1.
Dry branchclassical
In a specific hadith, it refers to a branch that has dried up and lost its tenderness.

Parallel reading

العسلج: الغصن الناعم.

Al-'asalaj: The tender shoot.

العسلج والعسلوج والعسلاج: الغصن لسنته، وقيل: هو كل قضيب حديث؛

Al-'asalaj, al-'usluj, and al-'aslaj: The shoot for its year; and it is said: it is every new twig;

أنبت الصيف عساليج الخضر

Summer sprouted green shoots.

والعساليج: هنوات تنبسط على وجه الأرض كأنها عروق وهي خضر،

And al-'asālīj: are small growths that spread on the face of the earth like roots, and they are green,

وهو نبت على شاطئ الأنهار ينثني ويميل من النعمة، والواحد كالواحد؛

And it is a plant on the banks of rivers that bends and sways from its tenderness, and the singular is like the singular;

تأود عسلوج على شط جعفر

It swayed like a tender shoot on the bank of Ja'far.

وعسلجت الشجرة: أخرجت عساليجها.

And the tree 'asalajat: it produced its tender shoots.

وجارية عسلوجة النبات والقوام.

And a girl 'aslūjat al-nabāt wa al-qawām (tender in growth and proportion).

وشباب عسلج: تام؛

And youth 'asalaj: complete/mature;

وبطن أيم وقواما عسلجا

And the belly of Aym and a mature/well-proportioned physique.

والعسلج والعسلوج: ما لان واخضر من قضبان الشجر والكرم أول ما ينبت؛

And al-'asalaj and al-'usluj: what is soft and green from the branches of trees and vines when they first sprout;

ويقال: العساليج عروق الشجر، وهي نجومها التي تنجم من سنتها؛

And it is said: al-'asālīj are the roots of the tree, and they are its new growths that emerge from its year;

والعساليج عند العامة القضبان الحديثة.

And al-'asālīj among the common people are the modern branches.

ومات العسلوج ؛ هو الغصن إذا يبس وذهبت طراوته؛

And the 'uslūj died; it is the branch when it dries up and loses its tenderness;

وقيل: هو القضيب الحديث الطلوع؛ يريد أن الأغصان يبست وهلكت من الجدب؛

And it is said: it is the newly emerged twig; meaning that the branches have dried up and perished from the drought;