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سجس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes water that has become stagnant, foul, or changed in color and smell. It extends to concepts of lasting for a long time, particularly in the context of nights and days, and also refers to specific types of sheep or goats.

Derived headwords

سَجَسnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterboth

    Water that has become stagnant, foul-smelling, and changed in color.

سَجِسnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterboth

    Water that has become stagnant, foul-smelling, and changed in color.

سَجِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterboth

    Water that has become stagnant, foul-smelling, and changed in color.

  2. 2.
    a long timeclassical

    A prolonged period, often used to mean 'all the time' or 'eternity'.

سَجَسَ الماءُverb
  1. 1.
    water became stagnantboth

    The water became stagnant, foul, and changed in color and smell.

سَجِسَ الماءُverb
  1. 1.
    water became stagnantboth

    The water became stagnant, foul, and changed in color and smell.

مُسْجَسadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-smellingboth

    Describing water that has become stagnant and foul-smelling.

سَجِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-smellingboth

    Describing water that has become stagnant and foul-smelling.

سَجِسَ المنهلverb
  1. 1.
    the well became foulboth

    The water of a well became foul and stagnant.

سَجِسَ الإبطverb
  1. 1.
    the armpit became foulboth

    The armpit became foul-smelling and stagnant.

سَجِيسَ الأَوْجَسnoun
  1. 1.
    a long timeclassical

    A very long period of time, often implying eternity.

سَجِيسَ عَجِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    eternityclassical

    The entirety of time, forever.

سَجِيسَ اللياليnoun
  1. 1.
    all the nightsclassical

    Throughout all the nights, implying a very long duration or always.

سَجِيسَ الأيامnoun
  1. 1.
    all the daysclassical

    Throughout all the days, implying a very long duration or always.

السَّاجِسِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    reddish sheepclassical

    A type of sheep with reddish wool.

  2. 2.
    sheep in Al-Jaziraclassical

    A specific breed of sheep found in Al-Jazira, belonging to the Rabi'a tribe.

كَبْشٌ سَاجِسِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    white-fleeced ramclassical

    A ram with white wool, considered noble and fertile.

Parallel reading

ماء سجس وسجس وسجيس كدر متغير
Stagnant water, and stagnant, foul, and changed water.
وقد سجس الماء، بالكسر
And the water became stagnant.
فسجس الماء فهو مسجس وسجيس أفسد وثور
And the water became stagnant, so it is foul-smelling and stagnant, corrupted and turbid.
وسجس المنهل: أنتن ماؤه وأجن
And the well became foul: its water became putrid and stagnant.
وسجس الإبط والعطف كذلك
And the armpit and the flank became foul in the same way.
كأنهم، إذ سجس العطوف، ... ميسنة أبنها خريف
As if they, when the flank became foul, ... were a fertile offspring of autumn.
لا آتيك سجيس الليالي
I will not come to you for all the nights.
لا آتيك سجيس الأوجس
I will not come to you for a very long time.
لا آتيك سجيس عجيس
I will not come to you for eternity.
فأقسمت لا آتي ابن ضمرة طائعا، ... سجيس عجيس ما أبان لساني
So I swore I would not come to Ibn Dhumrah willingly, ... for eternity, until my tongue became clear.
ولا تضروه في يقظة ولا منام ، سجيس الليالي والأيام، أي أبدا
And they will not harm him in wakefulness or sleep, throughout all the nights and days, meaning forever.
هنالك لا أرجو حياة تسرني، ... سجيس الليالي مبسلا بالحرائر
There I do not hope for a life that would please me, ... throughout all the nights, generously given with fine silks.
والساجسية: ضأن حمر
And Al-Sajisiyyah: reddish sheep.
والساجسية: غنم بالجزيرة لربيعة الفرس
And Al-Sajisiyyah: sheep in Al-Jazira belonging to Rabi'a Al-Faras.
وكبش ساجسي إذا كان أبيض الصوف فحيلا كريما
And a Sajisi ram if it has white wool, a noble and fertile ram.