عهج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something characterized by length, particularly in the neck or legs, and by well-formedness or completeness of creation. It is applied to animals like gazelles, camels, and ostriches, as well as to women.

Derived headwords

العوهجnoun

1.
gazelle with black stripesclassical
A female gazelle that has two black stripes on its flanks.
2.
well-formed creatureclassical
Describing a creature that is perfectly formed or complete in its creation.
3.
beautiful, long-necked gazelleclassical
A gazelle that is beautiful in color and has a long neck.

عوهجadjective

1.
long-neckedclassical
Describing a camel that has a long neck.
2.
youthful camelclassical
A young, strong female camel.

امرأة عوهجadjective

1.
well-formed womanclassical
A woman who is perfectly formed and beautiful.
2.
long-necked womanclassical
A woman characterized by a long neck.

العوهجnoun

1.
long-necked creatureclassical
A long-necked individual among gazelles, small antelopes (ظلمان), or female camels.
2.
ostrichclassical
The ostrich is also called 'ʿawhaj'.

عوهجاadjective

1.
long-leggedclassical
Used to describe an ostrich, implying it has long legs.

العمهجnoun

1.
tall person/thingclassical
A tall individual or object, synonymous with 'ʿawhaj'.

العواهجname

1.
Arabian tribeclassical
A name referring to a group of Arabs.

العماهجnoun

1.
milk from camelsclassical
Milk drunk by the people of Al-'Awāhij, likely referring to camel's milk.

Parallel reading

العوهج: الظبية التي في حقويها خطتان سوداوان

Al-'awhaj: the gazelle that has two black stripes on its flanks.

وقيل: هي التامة الخلق

And it was said: she is perfectly formed.

وقيل: هي الحسنة اللون الطويلة العنق فقط

And it was said: she is beautiful in color and only long-necked.

وقد يوصف الغزال بكل ذلك

And the gazelle may be described with all of that.

والعوهج: الناقة الطويلة العنق

And al-'awhaj: the long-necked she-camel.

وقيل: الفتية

And it was said: the youthful one.

وامرأة عوهج: تامة الخلق حسنة

And a woman 'awhaj: perfectly formed and beautiful.

وقيل: الطويلة العنق؛ قال: هجان المحيا، عوهج الخلق، سربلت ... من الحسن سربالا عتيق البنائق

And it was said: the long-necked; he said: pure of face, well-formed of creation, clothed... in beauty with ancient adornment.

والعوهج: الطويلة العنق من الظباء والظلمان والنوق

And al-'awhaj: the long-necked among gazelles, small antelopes, and she-camels.

ويقال للنعامة: عوهج؛ قال العجاج: في شملة أو ذات زف عوهجا كأنه أراد الطويلة الرجلين

And the ostrich is called 'awhaj; Al-'Ajjaj said: in a cloak or with a swift gait, long-legged, as if he meant long-legged.

الأصمعي: العمهج والعوهج: الطويل

Al-Asma'i: Al-'amhaj and al-'awhaj: the tall.

والعواهج: قوم من العرب؛ قال: يا رب بيضاء من العواهج، ... شرابة للبن العماهج تمشي كمشي العشراء الفاسج، ... حلالة للسرر البواعج لينة المس على المعالج، ... يطلى به دون الضجيع الوالج

And Al-'Awāhij: a people from the Arabs; he said: O Lord, a fair one from Al-'Awāhij, ... a drinker of the milk of Al-'Amāhij, walking like a pregnant, striding camel, ... loosening the navels, soft to the touch on the flanks, ... smeared with it instead of the entering companion.