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سجح

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to qualities of gentleness, ease, and moderation, particularly in physical appearance, disposition, and movement. It extends to concepts of straightforwardness, smooth paths, and generous forgiveness.

Derived headwords

سَجُحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be gentle, easyboth

    Used to describe a cheek that is soft, long, and slender, or a disposition that is mild and easygoing.

سَجْحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    gentle, easyboth

    Describing a cheek that is soft, long, and slender with little flesh, or a disposition that is mild and easygoing.

سَجَاحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gentleness, easeboth

    The quality of being gentle and easy, often referring to disposition or physical features like cheeks.

أَسْجَحُadjective
  1. 1.
    gentle, easy, moderateboth

    Describing a cheek that is soft, long, and slender, or a face that is handsome and well-proportioned. Also used for men who are well-proportioned and handsome.

سَجِيحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    gentle, easygoingboth

    Describing a disposition or character that is mild and easygoing. Also used to describe a smooth and easy gait.

مَشْيَةٌ سَجْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    an easy gaitboth

    A smooth, easy, and moderate way of walking, without swaggering or affectation.

مَشْيَةٌ سَجِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    an easy gaitboth

    A smooth, easy, and moderate way of walking, without swaggering or affectation.

سَجَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak indirectlyclassical

    To speak with allusion or implication, conveying a meaning indirectly.

سَرَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak indirectlyclassical

    To speak with allusion or implication, conveying a meaning indirectly.

سَنَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak indirectlyclassical

    To speak with allusion or implication, conveying a meaning indirectly.

سَجَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to make smooth, easyboth

    To make a road smooth and easy to travel. Also used metaphorically for making something straightforward.

سَجْحُ الطَّرِيقِnoun
  1. 1.
    the middle of the roadboth

    The smooth, easy, and central path of a road.

سَجْحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a measure, a standardboth

    A uniform measure or standard, like the width of a road or a building.

سَجِيحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    disposition, natureboth

    Innate character, natural disposition, or habit.

مَسْجُوحُ الخُلُقِadjective
  1. 1.
    of moderate dispositionclassical

    Having a balanced, easy, and moderate character.

سَجَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to coo, to chirpboth

    Used to describe the sound made by a dove or pigeon.

سَجْحَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and strongclassical

    Describing a female camel that is complete in height and bone structure.

إِسْجَاحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    generous forgivenessboth

    The act of forgiving generously, especially when one has the power to punish.

مَسْجَحٌname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a male individual.

سَجَاحٌname
  1. 1.
    a woman's nameclassical

    A proper name for a female individual, notably the prophetess Sajah.

Parallel reading

لين الخد.
Soft of cheek.
وخد أسجح: سهل طويل قليل اللحم واسع؛ وقد سجح سجحا وسجاحة.
And a gentle cheek: smooth, long, with little flesh and wide; and he had gentle cheeks, with gentleness and ease.
وخلق سجيح: لين سهل؛ وكذلك المشية، بغير هاء، يقال: مشى فلان مشيا سجحا وسجيحا.
And a gentle disposition: mild and easy; likewise the gait, without the 'ha'. It is said: So-and-so walked with a gentle and easy gait.
وامشوا إلى الموت مشية سجحا
And walk to death with a gentle gait
هو أن يعتدل في مشيه ولا يتمايل فيه تكبرا.
It is to be moderate in one's walk and not to sway in it out of arrogance.
ووجه أسجح بين السجح أي حسن معتدل؛
And a gentle face, among the gentle, meaning handsome and well-proportioned;
سجحت له بشيء من الكلام وسرحت وسجحت وسرحت وسنحت وسنحت إذا كان كلام فيه تعريض بمعنى من المعاني.
You spoke to him indirectly with some words, and you spoke indirectly, and you spoke indirectly, and you spoke indirectly, and you spoke indirectly, and you spoke indirectly, if the speech contained allusion to a meaning.
سجح الطريق وسجحه: محجته لسهولتها.
The road was smooth, and he made it smooth: its path due to its ease.
وبنوا بيوتهم على سجح واحد وسجحة واحدة وعذار واحد أي قدر واحد.
And they built their houses on one width and one measure and one standard, meaning one dimension.
خل له عن سجح الطريق، بالضم، أي وسطه وسننه.
Leave him the middle of the road, with damma, meaning its center and its way.
السجيحة والمسجوح الخلق؛
The disposition and the one of moderate disposition;
هو كالميسور والمعسور وإن لم يكن له فعل أي إنه من المصادر التي جاءت على مثال مفعول.
It is like the easy and the difficult, even if it has no verb, meaning it is from the masdars that came on the pattern of maf'ul.
السجيحة السجية والطبيعة.
The disposition is the nature and the temperament.
يقال ركب فلان سجيحة رأسه، وهو ما اختاره لنفسه من الرأي فركبه.
It is said: So-and-so followed the disposition of his own head, which is what he chose for himself of opinion and followed it.
الأسجح الخلق المعتدل الحسن.
The gentle one is of moderate and handsome disposition.
سجحت الحمامة وسجعت.
The dove cooed and cooed.
والسجحاء من الإبل: التامة طولا وعظما.
And the tall and strong among camels: the complete in height and bone structure.
الإسجاح: حسن العفو؛ ومنه المثل السائر في العفو عند المقدرة [المقدرة]: ملكت فأسجح؛
Forgiveness: generous forgiveness; and from it is the common saying about forgiving when able: You have power, so forgive generously;
ملك فأسجح أي ظفرت فأحسن وقدرت فسهل وأحسن العفو؛
You have power, so forgive generously, meaning you have won, so be good, and you have the ability, so be lenient and forgive generously;
إذا سألت فأسجح أي سهل ألفاظك وارفق.
If you ask, be gentle, meaning make your words easy and be kind.
عصت سجاح شبثا وقيسا، ... ولقيت من النكاح ويسا، قد حيس هذا الدين عندي حيسا
Sajah disobeyed Shabath and Qays, ... and she met with much trouble from marriage, this religion has become mixed up for me.
كانت في تميم امرأة كذابة أيام مسيلمة المتنبئ فتنبأت هي أيضا، واسمها سجاح، وخطبها مسيلمة وتزوجته ولهما حديث مشهور.
There was in Tamim a lying woman during the time of Musaylimah the Prophet, so she also claimed prophethood, and her name was Sajah, and Musaylimah proposed to her and married her, and they have a famous story.