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فسج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes female camels that are pregnant, especially those that are fat and have been bred early. It also extends to describe large, mature camels and, by extension, young, fast, and spirited ones.

Derived headwords

الفاسجadjective
  1. 1.
    Pregnant camelclassical

    A pregnant she-camel, particularly one that is also fat.

  2. 2.
    Pregnant and fat camelclassical

    A pregnant she-camel that is also fat.

  3. 3.
    Barren and fat camelclassical

    A barren but fat she-camel.

فواسجnoun
  1. 1.
    Pregnant camelsclassical

    The plural of 'al-fāsij', referring to pregnant she-camels.

فسجnoun
  1. 1.
    Pregnant camelsclassical

    The plural of 'al-fāsij', referring to pregnant she-camels.

الفاسجةadjective
  1. 1.
    Camel bred earlyclassical

    A she-camel that has been bred by the male before its proper time.

فسجتverb
  1. 1.
    To be bred earlyclassical

    The past tense verb form for a she-camel being bred by the male before its proper time.

تفسجverb
  1. 1.
    To be bred earlyclassical

    The present tense verb form for a she-camel being bred by the male before its proper time.

فسوجاnoun
  1. 1.
    Early breedingclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the act of a she-camel being bred by the male before its proper time.

الفاسجadjective
  1. 1.
    Pregnant and proud camelclassical

    A she-camel that has conceived and shows pride, indicated by its nose.

  2. 2.
    Young and fast camelclassical

    A young and swift she-camel.

الفاسجadjective
  1. 1.
    Large camelclassical

    A large she-camel.

الفاشجadjective
  1. 1.
    Large camelclassical

    A large she-camel (variant spelling/pronunciation of 'al-fāsij').

  2. 2.
    Pregnant camelclassical

    A pregnant she-camel (variant spelling/pronunciation of 'al-fāsij').

Parallel reading

الفاسج من الإبل: اللاقح، وقيل: اللاقح مع سمن، وقيل: هي الحائل السمينة
Al-fāsij of camels: the pregnant one, and it is said: the pregnant one with fatness, and it is said: she is the barren fat one.
والجمع فواسج وفسج
And the plural is fawāsij and fusaj.
والفاسجة من الإبل: التي ضربها الفحل قبل أوانها
And al-fāsijah of camels: she that the male covered before her time.
فسجت تفسج فسوجا
She was covered early, she is covered early, early covering.
الفاسج التي حملت فزمت بأنفها واستكبرت
Al-fāsij is she that has conceived, and holds her nose high and acts proud.
وهي السريعة الشابة
And she is the fast, young one.
هي التي أعجلها الفحل فضرب قبل وقت المضرب
She is the one whom the male hurried, so he covered her before the time of covering.
وهي في النوق أعرف عند العرب
And it is more known among the Arabs concerning she-camels.
الفاسج والفاشج: العظيمة من الإبل
Al-fāsij and al-fāshij: the large one of camels.
وبعض العرب يقول هما الحامل
And some Arabs say they are the pregnant ones.
تخدي بها كل خنوف فاسج
She makes her stride with her, every stubborn, large one.