سجع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of being straight, even, and consistent, often applied to speech. It extends to concepts of rhyming, patterned speech, and even the cooing or prolonged sounds of animals and objects. It also carries a secondary meaning of intention or directness in movement.

Derived headwords

سَجَعَverb

1.
to be straight and evenclassical
To be level, straight, and for parts to resemble each other, implying consistency and regularity.
2.
to speak rhythmicallyboth
To speak with rhyming phrases and pauses, similar to poetry but without meter.
3.
to coo or droneboth
To make a continuous, monotonous sound, like the cooing of a dove or the humming of a bowstring.
4.
to intend or aimclassical
To aim for or intend a particular direction or purpose.

سَجْعٌnoun

1.
rhyming speechboth
Rhythmic and rhyming prose, characterized by patterned phrases and pauses.
2.
cooing soundboth
The continuous, monotonous sound made by a dove or similar creature.
3.
straightnessclassical
The state of being straight, even, or consistent.
4.
intentionclassical
Purpose or aim.

أسْجَاعٌnoun

1.
rhyming phrasesboth
Plural of 'sajʿ', referring to rhyming or patterned utterances.

أساجِيعُnoun

1.
rhyming phrasesboth
Plural of 'sajʿ', referring to rhyming or patterned utterances.

مُسَجَّعٌadjective

1.
rhymedboth
Describing speech that is patterned with rhyming phrases and pauses.

سَجَّاعَةٌnoun

1.
speaker of rhymed speechclassical
A person who speaks in a rhyming, patterned manner.

تَسْجِيعٌnoun

1.
rhyming speechboth
The act or style of speaking with rhyming phrases and pauses.

أُسْجُوعَةٌnoun

1.
rhymed utteranceboth
A single instance of rhymed or patterned speech.

سَاجِعٌadjective

1.
rhymingboth
Describing speech that is patterned with rhyming phrases and pauses.
2.
cooingboth
Describing the cooing or droning sound of a dove.
3.
intendingclassical
One who intends or aims.
4.
straightclassical
Level, straight, or even.
5.
long (camel)classical
Describing a long-necked camel.

سُجُوعٌnoun

1.
cooingboth
The continuous, monotonous sound made by a dove.
2.
rhyming speechclassical
Rhyming or patterned speech.

حَمَامَةٌ سَجُوعٌnoun

1.
cooing doveboth
A dove that makes a continuous, monotonous sound.

نَاقَةٌ سَاجِعٌnoun

1.
long-necked camelclassical
A camel described as long, possibly referring to its neck or gait.

مَسْلَكٌnoun

1.
pathboth
A way, course, or path taken.

Parallel reading

قطعت بها أرضا ترى وجه ركبها، ... إذا ما علوها، مكفأ غير ساجع أي جائرا غير قاصد.

I traversed with it land where you see the faces of its riders, ... when they ascend it, it is turned away, deviating, not intending, meaning unjust and not aiming.

والسجع: الكلام المقفى، والجمع أسجاع وأساجيع؛ وكلام مسجع.

And 'sajʿ' is rhyming speech, and its plurals are 'asjāʿ' and 'asājīʿ'; and 'kalāmun musajjaʿ' is rhymed speech.

وسجع يسجع سجعا وسجع تسجيعا: تكلم بكلام له فواصل كفواصل الشعر من غير وزن، وصاحبه سجاعة وهو من الاستواء والاستقامة والاشتباه كأن كل كلمة تشبه صاحبتها؛

And 'sajaʿa' (verb) 'yasjaʿu' 'sajʿan' and 'sajjaʿa' 'tasjīʿan': to speak with speech that has pauses like the pauses of poetry without meter, and its speaker is 'sajjaʿah', and it is from being level, straight, and resembling, as if each word resembles its companion;

سمي سجعا لاشتباه أواخره وتناسب فواصله وكسره على سجوع،

It is called 'sajʿ' because of the resemblance of its endings and the harmony of its pauses and its breaks into rhyming patterns,

والأسجوعة: ما سجع به.

And 'al-usjūʿah' is what is spoken with rhyming.

ويقال: بينهم أسجوعة.

And it is said: 'Between them is a rhymed utterance.'

إياكم وسجع الكهان.

Beware of the rhyming speech of soothsayers.

أنه نهى عن السجع في الدعاء ؛

That he forbade rhyming speech in supplication;

إنه، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كره السجع في الكلام والدعاء لمشاكلته كلام الكهنة وسجعهم فيما يتكهنونه،

Indeed, he (peace be upon him) disliked rhyming speech in conversation and supplication because it resembled the speech of soothsayers and their rhyming in what they divined,

فأما فواصل الكلام المنظوم الذي لا يشاكل المسجع فهو مباح في الخطب والرسائل.

But as for the pauses of structured speech that do not resemble rhymed speech, it is permissible in sermons and letters.

وسجع الحمام يسجع سجعا: هدل على جهة واحدة.

And the dove 'yasjaʿu' 'sajʿan': it coos in one direction.

لا آتيك ما سجع الحمام؛

I will not come to you as long as the dove coos;

وسجع الحمامة: موالاة صوتها على طريق واحد.

And the cooing of the dove is the repetition of its sound in one manner.

تقول العرب: سجعت الحمامة إذا دعت وطربت في صوتها.

The Arabs say: The dove 'sajaʿat' when it calls and is moved in its voice.

وسجعت الناقة سجعا: مدت حنينها على جهة واحدة.

And the she-camel 'sajaʿat' 'sajʿan': she prolonged her moaning in one direction.

وهي، إذا أنبضت فيها، تسجع ... ترنم النحل أبا لا يهجع

And it, when it is plucked, drones ... like the humming of a bee that does not sleep

وقوله تسجع يعني حنين الوتر لإنباضه؛ يقول: كأنها تحن حنينا متشابها، وكله من الاستواء والاستقامة والاشتباه.

And his saying 'tasjaʿu' means the humming of the string when plucked; he says: as if it moans a similar moan, and all of it is from being level, straight, and resembling.

ناقة ساجع طويلة؛

A long 'sājiʿ' she-camel;

وسجع له سجعا: قصد، وكل سجع قصد.

And 'sajaʿa' for him 'sajʿan': he intended, and every 'sajʿ' is an intention.

والساجع: القاصد في سيره؛

And 'al-sājiʿ' is the one who intends in his journey;

إن أحدكم إذا سجع ذلك المسجع فليس بالخيار على الله؛

Indeed, one of you, when he takes that path, is not given a choice by God;

أي سلك ذلك المسلك.

Meaning he took that path.

وأصل السجع: القصد المستوي على نسق واحد.

And the origin of 'sajʿ' is the straight intention in one pattern.