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علهج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily discusses concepts related to impure lineage, mixed origins, and being of questionable or unrefined character. It also touches upon a specific practice during famine involving the preparation and consumption of softened animal hide.

Derived headwords

المُعَلْهَجnoun
  1. 1.
    prepared hideclassical

    Animal hide that has been softened by exposure to fire, then chewed and swallowed, a practice resorted to during famines.

  2. 2.
    foolish, talkative, base manclassical

    A description of a man who is foolish, excessively talkative, and ignoble.

  3. 3.
    imposter, pretenderclassical

    Someone who falsely claims a lineage or identity.

  4. 4.
    of mixed originclassical

    One who is born of parents from different ethnic or social groups.

  5. 5.
    impure lineageclassical

    Someone whose lineage is not pure or is of mixed descent.

  6. 6.
    mongrel, hybridclassical

    A term for someone of mixed race or heritage.

Parallel reading

المُعَلْهَج: أن يؤخذ الجلد فيقدم إلى النار حتى يلين فيمضغ ويبلع، وكان ذلك من مأكل القوم في المجاعات
Al-Mu'alhaj: is when the hide is taken and presented to the fire until it softens, then it is chewed and swallowed, and this was from the food of people during famines.
المُعَلْهَج: الرجل الأحمق الهذر اللئيم
Al-Mu'alhaj: the foolish, talkative, base man.
فَكَيْفَ تُسَامِينِي، وَأَنْتَ مُعَلْهَجٌ، ... هَذَرِمَةٌ جَعْدُ الأَنَامِلِ، حَنْكَلٌ؟
So how can you compete with me, when you are a base fellow, ... a babbler with gnarled fingers, and a boor?
والمُعَلْهَج: الدعي.
And Al-Mu'alhaj: the pretender.
والمُعَلْهَج: الذي ولد من جنسين مختلفين.
And Al-Mu'alhaj: he who was born of two different kinds.
المُعَلْهَج الذي ليس بخالص النسب.
Al-Mu'alhaj is one whose lineage is not pure.
المُعَلْهَج الهجين، بزيادة الهاء
Al-Mu'alhaj is the hybrid, with the addition of the 'ha'.