فجج

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes wideness, spaciousness, and openness, often applied to paths, valleys, and the space between things. It also extends to concepts of immaturity, rawness, and excessive or unorganized speech.

Derived headwords

الفَجّnoun

1.
wide pathboth
A wide path or passage, especially between mountains. It is considered wider than a 'sha'b' (gorge or ravine).
2.
distant placeclassical
A distant place or destination, implying a long and wide route.
3.
unripe fruitboth
Something unripe or raw, particularly fruits like melons.

من كل فج عميق — from every distant, wide pass

بطيخ فج — unripe melon

فَجٌّadjective

1.
unripeboth
Describing something that has not reached maturity, like fruits in the spring.

فِجَاجnoun

1.
wide passesboth
The plural of 'fajj', referring to wide paths or routes, often used in the context of travel or pilgrimage.

وكل فجاج مكة منحر — and all the passes of Mecca are places for sacrifice

أَفْجَجadjective

1.
wide-leggedclassical
Describing someone or something with widely separated legs or knees.

افتَجَّverb

1.
to take a wide pathclassical
To traverse or take a wide path or route.

افتج فلان افتجاجا إذا سلك الفجاج — So-and-so took a wide path, meaning he traversed the wide passes.

إفْجِيجnoun

1.
deep valleyclassical
A deep valley, particularly in Yemen. It can also refer to any valley or a pass in a mountain.
2.
wide valleyclassical
A wide valley, synonymous with 'fajj'.

واد إفجيج — a deep valley

فَاجَverb

1.
to spread legs apartclassical
To spread one's legs apart, especially when urinating.

فاج الرجل يفاج فجاجا ومفاجة إذا باعد إحدى رجليه من الأخرى ليبول — The man spread his legs apart, meaning he moved one leg away from the other to urinate.

فَجْفَاجadjective

1.
talkativeclassical
Excessively talkative, boastful, or noisy, often without substance.

أغنى ابن عمرو عن بخيل فجفاج — Ibn Amr sufficed without a boastful, talkative man

فَجْفَجَةnoun

1.
excessive talkclassical
The state of being excessively talkative, noisy, or boastful.

الفَجَجnoun

1.
wide separation of legsclassical
The condition of having widely separated legs, knees, or ankles, considered an ugliness.

أَفْجَverb

1.
to spread legsclassical
To spread one's legs apart.
2.
to speed upclassical
To move quickly or speed up.

أفج الرجل أي أسرع — The man sped up, meaning he hastened.

فَجَّverb

1.
to open wideclassical
To open or spread apart, referring to legs or the space between them.

فج رجليه وما بين رجليه يفجهما فجا: فتحه وباعد ما بينهما — He opened his legs and the space between them, meaning he opened them and widened the space between them.

مُفَاجاًadverb

1.
with legs spreadclassical
Walking or standing with legs spread wide apart.

وهو يمشي مفاجا — and he walks with his legs spread apart

تَفَاجَverb

1.
to spread legs widelyclassical
To spread one's legs very widely, often for urination or in a specific posture.

كان إذا بال تفاج حتى نأوي له — When he urinated, he would spread his legs widely until we would make a shelter for him.

أَفْجَىadjective

1.
wide-thighedclassical
Having widely separated thighs, similar to 'fanjal'.

فَجَّاءadjective

1.
bow with string far from bellyclassical
Describing a bow whose string is far from its belly, making it appear wide or open.

قوس فجاء: ارتفعت سيتها فبان وترها عن عجسها — A 'fajaa' bow: its tip is raised so its string is distant from its belly.

أَفْجَ الظَّلِيمverb phrase

1.
ostrich lays eggclassical
The action of an ostrich laying a single egg.

أفج إفجاج النعامة — The ostrich laid an egg.

مُفَجٌّadjective

1.
domed hoofclassical
Describing a hoof that is domed and hard, considered praiseworthy.

فَجَّ الفرسverb phrase

1.
horse prepares to runclassical
When a horse or other animal intends to run or gallop.

فج الفرس وغيره: هم بالعدو — The horse and others prepared to run.

فَجَّاجَةnoun

1.
lack of ripenessclassical
The state of being unripe or immature, referring to fruits.

الفِجَانnoun

1.
stick of the 'kabbasa'classical
A specific type of stick used in a game or activity called 'kabbasa'.

فَجْفَاجnoun

1.
boasterclassical
A person who talks excessively and boasts about things they do not possess.

فَجْفَاجٌadjective

1.
noisy speakerclassical
Someone who speaks loudly, makes a lot of noise, or talks without coherence.

Parallel reading

الفج الطريق الواسع بين جبلين؛ وقيل: في جبل أو في قبل جبل، وهو أوسع من الشعب.

The fajj is the wide path between two mountains; and it is said: in a mountain or before a mountain, and it is wider than a gorge.

يجئن من أفجة مناهج

They come from wide passes, routes.

من كل فج عميق

from every deep, wide pass

وكل طريق بعد، فهو فج.

And every distant road is a fajj.

ويقال: افتج فلان افتجاجا إذا سلك الفجاج.

And it is said: So-and-so took a wide path, meaning he traversed the wide passes.

وكل فجاج مكة منحر

and all the passes of Mecca are places for sacrifice

أنه قال لعمر: ما سلكت فجا إلا سلك الشيطان فجا غيره

that he said to Omar: I did not take a pass but that Satan took another pass.

وفج الروحاء سلكه النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، إلى بدر، وعام الفتح والحج.

And the pass of Ar-Rawha' is what the Prophet, peace be upon him, took to Badr, the year of the Conquest, and the Hajj.

واد إفجيج: عميق، يمانية، وبعضهم يجعل كل واد إفجيجا، وربما سمي به الثني في الجبل.

An ifjeej valley: deep, Yemenite, and some consider every valley an ifjeej, and sometimes it is named after a mountain pass.

والإفجيج: الوادي الواسع، وهو معنى الفج.

And the ifjeej: the wide valley, and it is the meaning of the fajj.

والفج في كلام العرب: تفريجك بين الشيئين

And the fajj in the speech of the Arabs: your spreading apart of two things

يقال: فاج الرجل يفاج فجاجا ومفاجة إذا باعد إحدى رجليه من الأخرى ليبول

It is said: The man spread his legs apart, meaning he moved one leg away from the other to urinate.

لا تملإ الحوض فجاج، دونه، ... إلا سجال رذم يعلونه

Do not fill the basin widely apart from it... except for intermittent downpours that cover it.

والفجج في القدمين: تباعد ما بينهما، وهو أقبح من الفحج؛ وقيل: الفجج في الإنسان تباعد الركبتين، وفي البهائم تباعد العرقوبين.

And the fajaj in the feet: the distance between them, and it is uglier than fahaj; and it is said: fajaj in humans is the separation of the knees, and in animals the separation of the hocks.

فج فججا، وهو أفج بين الفجج.

He spread his legs, meaning he was wide-legged among the wide-legged.

وفج رجليه وما بين رجليه يفجهما فجا: فتحه وباعد ما بينهما

And he opened his legs and the space between them, meaning he opened them and widened the space between them.

وقد فججت رجلي أفجهما وفجوتهما إذا وسعت بينهما.

And I spread my legs wide, meaning I widened the space between them.

وهو يمشي مفاجا وقد تفاج.

And he walks spread-legged and has spread himself widely.

الله أعطانيك غير أحدلا، ... ولا أصك، أو أفج فنجلا

God gave you to me not narrow-hipped, ... nor knock-kneed, but wide-thighed and wide-calved.

كان إذا بال تفاج حتى نأوي له

When he urinated, he would spread his legs widely until we would make a shelter for him.

فتفاجت عليه ودرت واجترت

She spread herself widely towards him, and her milk flowed and she ruminated.

فركب الفحل فتفاج للبول

The stallion mounted and spread himself widely for urination.

جمل أزهر متفاج

A bright camel, spread wide (implying fertility and abundance).

إنه لمفج الساقين قعو الأليتين.

He is wide-legged and has a flat posterior.

قوس فجاء: ارتفعت سيتها فبان وترها عن عجسها

A 'fajaa' bow: its tip is raised so its string is distant from its belly.

وهي بينة الفجج؛ قال الشاعر: لا فجج يرى بها ولا فجا

And it is clearly wide-legged; a poet said: no wideness is seen in it, nor any gap.

أفج الظليم: رمى بصومه.

The ostrich laid its egg.

والنعامة تفج إذا رمت بصومها.

And the ostrich lays (an egg) when it lays its egg.

أفج إفجاج النعامة، وأجفل إجفال الظليم؛ وأفجت النعامة، كذلك.

The ostrich laid an egg, the ostrich hastened; and the ostrich laid an egg, likewise.

والفجاج: الظليم يبيض واحدة؛ قال: بيضاء مثل بيضة الفجاج

And the fajjaj: the male ostrich that lays one egg; he said: white like the egg of the fajjaj

وحافر مفج: مقبب وقاح، وهو محمود.

And a 'mufajj' hoof: domed and hard, and it is praiseworthy.

فج الفرس وغيره: هم بالعدو.

The horse and others prepared to run.

والفج من كل شيء: ما لم ينضج.

And the fajj of everything: that which has not ripened.

وبطيخ فج إذا كان صلبا غير نضيج.

And an unripe melon if it is hard and not ripe.

الثمار كلها فجة في الربيع حين تنعقد حتى ينضجها حر القيظ أي تكون نيئة.

All fruits are unripe in spring when they form until the heat of summer ripens them, meaning they are raw.

والفج: النيء.

And the fajj: the raw.

الفج، بالكسر، البطيخ الشامي الذي تسميه الفرس الهندي.

Al-fajj, with kasra, is the Levantine melon which the Persians call Indian.

وكل شيء من البطيخ والفواكه لم ينضج، فهو فج.

And everything of melons and fruits that has not ripened, it is fajj.

والفجان عود الكباسة

And the fijan is the stick of the kabbasa.

ورجل فجفج وفجافج وفجفاج: كثير الكلام والفخر بما ليس عنده

And a man is 'fajfaj', 'fajafaj', and 'fajfaj': much talking and boasting about what he does not have.

هو المجلب الصياح، والأنثى بالهاء، وفيه فجفجة

He is the noisy clamorer, and the female with ta', and in him is 'fajfajah'.

أغنى ابن عمرو عن بخيل فجفاج، ... ذي هجمة يخلف حاجات الراج

Ibn Amr sufficed without a boastful, talkative man, ... possessing a herd that fulfills the needs of the seeker.

أن هذا الفجفاج لا يدري أين الله عز وجل

That this talkative one does not know where God Almighty is.

هو المهذار المكثار من القول

He is the excessively talkative, the very verbose in speech.

وأفج الرجل أي أسرع.

And the man sped up, meaning he hastened.