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عمهج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are long, tall, or extended. It also extends to describe the state of milk, particularly when it is thick, curdled, or has begun to change, and can refer to something being full of flesh or well-formed.

Derived headwords

العمهجadjective
  1. 1.
    long, tallboth

    Describing something as long or tall, applicable to various things.

العوهجadjective
  1. 1.
    long, tallclassical

    Synonymous with العمهج, referring to something long or tall.

العماهجnoun
  1. 1.
    thick milkclassical

    Milk that is thick, curdled, or in the initial stages of changing its taste.

  2. 2.
    curdled milkclassical

    Milk that has become solid or curdled.

  3. 3.
    milk not yet sourclassical

    Milk that has been kept but has not yet become sour, nor mixed with water, nor fully curdled.

  4. 4.
    milk kept in a waterskinclassical

    Milk that has been kept in a waterskin and has not yet developed a distinct taste.

عمهجadjective
  1. 1.
    long, tallboth

    The adjective form referring to length or height.

عمهوجadjective
  1. 1.
    long, tallboth

    An adjective indicating length or height, often used for necks.

  2. 2.
    lush, green plantclassical

    Describing a plant that is green and lush.

  3. 3.
    tender plantclassical

    Referring to any tender or fresh plant.

عماهجadjective
  1. 1.
    full of fleshclassical

    Describing something as being full of meat or flesh.

  2. 2.
    well-formedclassical

    Referring to something that is perfectly formed or complete in its creation.

  3. 3.
    easy to swallowclassical

    Describing a drink that is smooth and easy to swallow.

الغماهجadjective
  1. 1.
    large, fatclassical

    Describing someone or something as large and stout or fat.

السماهجadjective
  1. 1.
    milk not sweet or sourclassical

    Referring to milk that is neither sweet nor has taken on a sour taste.

Parallel reading

العمهج والعوهج: الطويلة
Al-'amhaj and al-'awhaj: the long.
فقدمت، حناجرا غوامجا، ... مبطنة أعناقها العماهجا
So I presented, throats deep... their necks lined with long things.
وقوله مبطنة أي جعلت الحناجر بطائن لأعناقها
And his saying 'lined' means he made the throats linings for their necks.
العماهج مثل الخامط من اللبن عند أول تغيره
Al-'amāhij are like al-khāmiṭ from milk at the first sign of its change.
العماهج الألبان الجامدة
Al-'amāhij are the solid milks.
العماهج اللبن الخاثر من ألبان الإبل
Al-'amāhij is the thick milk from camel's milk.
تغذى بمحض اللبن العماهج
He was nourished by pure, thick milk.
هو ما حقن حتى أخذ طعما غير حامض ولم يخالطه ماء ولم يخثر كل الخثارة فيشرب
It is what is kept until it takes on a non-sour taste, and water is not mixed with it, and it does not fully curdle so it can be drunk.
والعماهج من اللبن: ما حقن في السقاء ولم يأخذ طعما
And al-'amāhij from milk: what is kept in the waterskin and has not taken on a taste.
العمهج: الطويل من كل شيء
Al-'amhaj: the long of everything.
ويقال عنق عمهج وعمهوج
And it is said: a long neck, 'amhaj and 'amhoj.
ونبات عماهج: أخضر ملتف
And 'amāhij plants: green and intertwined.
في غلواء القصب العماهج
In the flourishing of the lush reeds.
وكل نبات غض، فهو عمهوج
And every tender plant, it is 'amhoj.
العمهج السريع
Al-'amhaj: the swift.
والعماهج: الممتلئ لحما
And al-'amāhij: the full of flesh.
ممكورة في قصب عماهج
Well-formed in lush reeds.
وقيل: التام الخلق
And it is said: complete in creation.
وشراب عماهج: سهل المساغ
And 'amāhij drink: easy to swallow.
والغماهج: الضخم السمين
And al-ghamāhij: the large, the fat.
من اللبن العماهج والسماهج، وهما اللذان ليسا بحلوين ولا آخذي طعم
From milk are al-'amāhij and al-samāhij, and they are those that are neither sweet nor have taken on a taste.