وسج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific gait or manner of movement for camels, characterized by speed and a particular type of stride. It also encompasses the act of urging a camel to move in this manner.

Derived headwords

الوَسَجnoun

1.
Camel's gaitboth
A specific type of fast gait or stride for camels.

الوَسِيجnoun

1.
Camel's gaitboth
A specific type of fast gait or stride for camels.

وَسَجَverb

1.
to move fastboth
The camel moved at a fast pace, specifically with the gait described as 'wasaj'.

وَسَجَverb

1.
to move fastboth
The she-camel moved at a fast pace, specifically with the gait described as 'wasaj'.

وَسِيجًاnoun

1.
fast paceboth
A fast pace or gait, particularly of a camel.

وَسَجَانًاnoun

1.
fast paceboth
A fast pace or gait, particularly of a camel.

وَسُوجadjective

1.
fast-movingboth
Describing a she-camel that moves with speed.

أَوْسَجَverb

1.
to urge to move fastboth
To make a camel move at the fast gait known as 'wasaj'.

عَسَجَverb

1.
to move faster than wasajclassical
To move at a gait faster than the 'wasaj' gait.

العَسَجnoun

1.
fastest camel gaitclassical
The fastest type of camel gait, surpassing the 'wasaj'.

Parallel reading

الوَسَج والوَسِيج: ضرب من سير الإبل.

Al-wasaj and al-wasij: a type of camel's gait.

وسج البعير يسج وسجا ووسيجا، وقد وسجت الناقة تسج وسجا ووسيجا ووسجانا، وهي وسوج: أسرعت، وهو مشي سريع

The camel moves fast (yasuju wasajan wa wasijan), and the she-camel moves fast (tasuju wasajan wa wasijan wa wasajanan), and she is fast-moving (wasuj): she hurried, and it is a fast walk.

وأوسجته أنا: حملته على الوسج؛

And I urged it to move fast (awsagtuhu): I made it carry the 'wasaj' gait.

والعسج: سير فوق الوسج.

And al-'asaj: a gait above (faster than) al-wasaj.

أول السير الدبيب ثم العنق ثم التزيد ثم الذميل ثم العسج والوسج.

The first of gaits is the crawl, then the trot, then the amble, then the canter, then al-'asaj and al-wasaj.

والانسلاب: المضاء.

And al-insilāb: swiftness.

والعيس، من عاسج أو واسج خببا، ... ينحزن من جانبيها، وهي تنسلب

And the camels, moving with a fast gait (ʿāsij or wāsij) with a swift trot, ... they kick with their heels, and they move swiftly.

وقوله ينحزن: يركلن بالأعقاب.

And his saying 'yanḥazina': they kick with their heels.