وجج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific types of plants used for incense or medicine, a type of wooden implement, and geographical locations. It also touches upon concepts of speed and swiftness, particularly in relation to animals.

Derived headwords

الوُجّnoun

1.
Incense sticksclassical
Sticks used for burning as incense, often for fragrance or medicinal purposes.
2.
Medicinal substanceclassical
A type of medicine or medicinal preparation, possibly of Persian origin.
3.
Plough beamclassical
The wooden beam of a plough (faddan).

وَجّname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, identified as being in the desert, near Ta'if, or even Ta'if itself.

الوَجَجnoun

1.
Swift ostrichesclassical
Ostriches that are fast runners.
2.
Sandgrouseclassical
A type of bird, possibly sandgrouse, known for its swiftness.

وَجّnoun

1.
Speedclassical
Swiftness or rapidity.

Parallel reading

عيدان يتبخر بها، وفي التهذيب: يتداوى بها

Sticks used for fumigation, and in Al-Tahdhib: used for medicinal treatment.

ما أراه عربيا محضا

I do not consider it purely Arabic.

وقيل: الوج ضرب من الأدوية، فارسي معرب

And it was said: Al-Wajj is a type of medicine, a Persian loanword.

والوج: خشبة الفدان

And Al-Wajj: the beam of the plough.

ووج: موضع بالبادية

And Wajj: a place in the desert.

وقيل: هي بلد بالطائف، وقيل: هي الطائف

And it was said: it is a town in Ta'if, and it was said: it is Ta'if.

فإن تسق من أعناب وج فإننا ... لنا العين تجري، من كسيس ومن خمر

If you drink from the grapes of Wajj, then indeed... our spring flows, from Kassis and from wine.

لحاها الله صابئة بوج، ... بمكة أو بأطراف الحجون

May God curse the apostates in Wajj, ... in Mecca or the outskirts of Al-Hajun.

صبحت بها وجا، فكانت صبيحة ... على أهل وج، مثل راغية البكر

I encountered Wajj in the morning, and it was a morning... upon the people of Wajj, like the foam of a she-camel.

صيد وج وعضاهه حرام محرم

Hunting in Wajj and its thorny trees is forbidden and sacred.

هو موضع بناحية الطائف ويحتمل أن يكون حرمه في وقت معلوم ثم نسخ

It is a place in the vicinity of Ta'if, and it is possible that its sanctity was for a known period and then was abrogated.

أن وجا مقدس، منه عرج الرب إلى السماء

That Wajj is a sacred place, from which the Lord ascended to heaven.

إن آخر وطأة وطئها الله بوج

Indeed, the last campaign that God waged was in Wajj.

والوج السرعة

And Al-Wajj means speed.

والوجج: النعام السريعة العدو

And Al-Wajaj: swift-running ostriches.

ومشت بين الحشايا مشي وج

And she walked among the cushions with the gait of Wajj.

وقيل: الوج القطا

And it was said: Al-Wajj is the sandgrouse.