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وجع

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pain, illness, and suffering. It encompasses physical ailments, the sensation of pain, and the act of causing pain. Derived terms describe those who are ill, the state of being ill, and actions related to inflicting or experiencing pain.

Derived headwords

الوَجَعnoun
  1. 1.
    painboth

    A general term for any painful illness or ailment.

  2. 2.
    illnessboth

    The state of being sick or suffering from a disease.

أَوْجَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    painsboth

    The plural of 'wajac', referring to multiple instances or types of pain or illness.

وَجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be in painboth

    To experience pain or suffer from an illness.

  2. 2.
    to acheboth

    To feel a dull, continuous pain in a part of the body.

يُوجِعُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painboth

    To inflict pain or suffering upon someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to hurtboth

    To cause physical pain or injury.

يُيْجِعُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause pain (dialectal)classical

    A dialectal pronunciation of 'yūji'u', meaning to cause pain, used by the Banu Asad tribe.

يَأْجَعُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause pain (dialectal)classical

    A dialectal pronunciation of 'yūji'u', meaning to cause pain.

وَجِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    painedboth

    Suffering from pain or illness.

  2. 2.
    sickboth

    Afflicted with a disease or ailment.

وَجْعَىnoun
  1. 1.
    pained people (fem.)both

    A collective noun for women who are sick or in pain.

وَجَاعَىnoun
  1. 1.
    pained people (fem.)both

    A collective noun for women who are sick or in pain.

وَجِعِينnoun
  1. 1.
    pained people (pl.)both

    A collective noun for people who are sick or in pain.

أَوْجَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    pained people (pl.)both

    A collective noun for people who are sick or in pain.

وَجَاعَىadjective
  1. 1.
    very sick (fem.)both

    An adjective describing women who are severely ill or in great pain.

وَجِعَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    sick womenboth

    The plural of a term for a sick woman.

إِيجَعُverb
  1. 1.
    I am in painclassical

    A first-person singular form indicating the speaker is experiencing pain.

تِيِجَعُverb
  1. 1.
    you are in painclassical

    A second-person singular form indicating the addressee is experiencing pain.

أَوْجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painboth

    To inflict pain or suffering.

  2. 2.
    to wound deeplyboth

    To cause severe pain or injury, often metaphorically.

وَجِيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    painfulboth

    Causing or characterized by pain.

  2. 2.
    soreboth

    Aching or tender to the touch.

أَلِيمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    painfulboth

    Causing or experiencing great pain.

إِيجَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    inflicting painboth

    The act of causing pain or suffering.

  2. 2.
    tormentboth

    Severe physical or mental suffering.

أَوْجَعَ فِي العَدْوِverb
  1. 1.
    to inflict heavy lossesclassical

    To cause significant damage or casualties in battle or pursuit.

تَوَجَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to complain of painboth

    To express one's suffering or discomfort.

  2. 2.
    to lamentboth

    To express grief or sorrow, often over misfortune.

الوَجْعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    A term referring to the posterior opening of the digestive tract.

وَجَعَاوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    anusesclassical

    The plural of 'al-waj'ā'', referring to multiple posterior openings.

ذِي دَمٍ مَوْجَعٍphrase
  1. 1.
    one with a painful debtclassical

    A person who has undertaken to pay a blood fine (diyah) and faces severe consequences if unable to do so.

يُوجِعُوا الضُّرُوعverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to hurt the uddersclassical

    To cause pain to the teats of livestock, typically when milking.

الجَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    barley beerclassical

    A type of beverage made from fermented barley.

أُمُّ وَجَعِ الكَبِدِname
  1. 1.
    liver pain herbclassical

    A plant known for its medicinal properties, particularly for treating liver pain.

Parallel reading

الوجع: اسم جامع لكل مرض مؤلم
Al-wajac: A comprehensive noun for every painful illness.
وقد وجع فلان يوجع وييجع وياجع
And so-and-so became ill, he suffers pain, he suffers pain, and he suffers pain.
وبنو أسد يقولون ييجع، بكسر الياء
And the Banu Asad say 'yīja'u', with a kasra on the ya'.
ومنهم من يقول: أنا إيجع وأنت تيجع
And among them are those who say: 'I am īja'u' and you are tīja'u'.
قال الأزهري: ولغة قبيحة من يقول وجع يجع
Al-Azhari said: And it is an ugly dialect to say 'waj'a yaja'.
قال: ويقول أنا أوجع رأسي ويوجعني رأسي وأوجعته أنا
He said: And he says, 'I cause my head pain', and 'my head causes me pain', and 'I caused it pain'.
ووجع عضوه: ألم وأوجعه هو
And his limb ached: it was painful, and he caused it pain.
يقال للرجل وجعت بطنك مثل سفهت رأيك
It is said to a man, 'Your stomach hurts' like 'your opinion is foolish'.
أمضني الجرح فوجعته
The wound afflicted me, and it caused me pain.
وأوجعت فلانا ضربا وجيعا
And I caused so-and-so pain with a painful beating.
وضرب وجيع أي موجع
And a painful strike, meaning one that causes pain.
وفلان يوجع رأسه، نصبت الرأس
And so-and-so's head hurts, the head is in the accusative.
فإن جئت بالهاء قلت يوجعه رأسه
If you use the pronoun, you say 'yūji'uhu ra'suhu' (his head causes him pain).
والإيجاع: الإيلام
And al-ījā': causing pain.
وأوجع في العدو: أثخن
And 'awja'a fi al-'adw': to inflict heavy losses.
وتوجع: تشكى الوجع
And 'tawaja'a': to complain of pain.
وتوجع له مما نزل به: رثى له من مكروه نازل
And 'tawaja'a lahu mimma nazala bihi': to pity him for a misfortune that befell him.
والوجعاء: السافلة وهي الدبر
And al-waj'ā': the posterior, which is the anus.
وفي الحديث: لا تحل المسألة إلا لذي دم موجع
And in the Hadith: Begging is not permissible except for one with a painful debt.
وفي الحديث: مري بنيك يقلموا أظفارهم أن يوجعوا الضروع
And in the Hadith: Order your sons to trim their fingernails so they do not hurt the udders.
والجعة نبيذ الشعير
And al-ji'ah is barley beer.
وأم وجع الكبد: نبتة تنفع من وجعها
And Umm Waja' al-Kabid: a plant beneficial for liver pain.