وجل

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the semantic field of fear, apprehension, and anxiety. It describes the state of being fearful, the act of fearing, and related concepts like trembling and being startled. It also extends to describe specific animals and places associated with fear or danger.

Derived headwords

وَجَلnoun

1.
fearboth
Fear and apprehension, a state of being fearful.

وَجَلَverb

1.
to fearboth
To be fearful or apprehensive.

وَجَلًاnoun

1.
fearboth
Fear, apprehension (used as a masdar for the verb وجل).

وَجِلَverb

1.
to fearboth
To be fearful or apprehensive (variant form).

تُوجِلُverb

1.
to fearboth
Present tense verb form, meaning 'you fear' or 'she fears' or 'it fears'.

يَأْجِلُverb

1.
to fearclassical
A variant future tense verb form for 'he fears', with the initial 'waw' changed to 'alif'.

يَيْجِلُverb

1.
to fearclassical
A variant future tense verb form for 'he fears', with the initial 'waw' changed to 'ya' and the vowel changed to kasra.

يُوجِلُverb

1.
to fearclassical
A variant future tense verb form for 'he fears'.

تَيْجِلُverb

1.
to fearclassical
A variant future tense verb form, meaning 'you fear' (masculine singular).

تَأْجِلُverb

1.
to fearclassical
A variant future tense verb form, meaning 'you fear' (masculine singular).

إِيْجَلْverb

1.
fear!classical
Imperative form of the verb 'to fear'.

أُوجَلُadjective

1.
fearfulboth
One who is fearful or apprehensive.

وَجِلٌadjective

1.
fearfulboth
One who is fearful or apprehensive (variant form).

وَجَلُونَadjective

1.
fearful onesboth
Plural of 'wagl', meaning fearful people.

وَجَّالٌnoun

1.
fearful onesboth
Plural of 'wagl', meaning fearful people (variant form).

وَجَلَةٌadjective

1.
fearful (female)both
A fearful female.

وَاجَلَهُverb

1.
to be more fearful thanclassical
To surpass someone in fearfulness.

فَوَجَلَهُverb

1.
to overcome in fearclassical
To be more fearful than someone else.

مُوجَلُهُnoun

1.
place of fearclassical
A place where one experiences fear.

وَجَّالٌnoun

1.
group of fearful peopleboth
A collective noun for fearful people.

وَجِيلٌnoun

1.
water pitclassical
A pit where water collects, a term from Yemen.

مُوجَلٌnoun

1.
water pitclassical
A pit where water collects, a term from Yemen.

Parallel reading

وعظنا موعظة وجلت منها القلوب

He gave us an admonition that made hearts tremble.

وجل ياجل وييجل

He fears, he fears (different conjugations).

أبدلوا الواو ألفا كراهية الواو مع الياء

They replaced the 'waw' with an 'alif' disliking the 'waw' with the 'ya'.

وقلبوها في ييجل ياء لقربها من الياء

And they turned it into a 'ya' in 'yiyjel' due to its proximity to the 'ya'.

وكذلك فيما أشبهه من باب المثال إذا كان لازما

And similarly for what resembles it from the 'mithal' pattern when it is intransitive.

فمن قال ياجل جعل الواو ألفا لفتحة ما قبلها

And whoever says 'yajil' made the 'waw' an 'alif' because of the preceding 'fatha'.

فهي على لغة بني أسد فإنهم يقولون أنا إيجل ونحن نيجل وأنت تيجل

It is according to the dialect of Banu Asad, for they say 'ana ijil', 'nahnu nijil', and 'anta tijil'.

وإنما يكسرون في ييجل لتقوى إحدى الياءين بالأخرى

They only put a kasra in 'yiyjel' so that one 'ya' strengthens the other.

والأمر منه إيجل، صارت الواو ياء لكسرة ما قبلها

And the imperative from it is 'ijil', the 'waw' became a 'ya' due to the preceding kasra.

إنما كسرت الياء من ييجل ليكون قلب الواو ياء بوجه صحيح

The 'ya' in 'yiyjel' was only put with a kasra so that the change of 'waw' to 'ya' is valid.

إني لأوجل

Indeed, I am fearful.

لعمرك ما أدري، وإني لأوجل، ... على أينا تغدو المنية أول

By your life, I do not know, and indeed I am fearful, ... as to which of us death will come first.

أبو جعدة العادي، وعرفاء جيأل

Abu Ja'dah the attacker, and Urfa' the hyena.

وإذا وقع الذئب والضبع في غنم منع كل واحد منهما صاحبه

And if a wolf and a hyena come upon sheep, each one prevents the other from its companion.

اللهم ضبعا وذئبا

O Allah, [bring forth] a hyena and a wolf.

وإذا اجتمعا سلمت الغنم

And if they meet, the sheep are safe.

وجمعه وجال

And its plural is 'wijal'.

وكل قتيل، وإن لم تكن ... أردتهم، منك باتوا وجالا

And every slain person, even if you did not intend them, spent the night among the fearful ones.

والأنثى وجلة ولا يقال وجلاء

And the female is 'wajilah', and 'wajla'' is not said.

وقوم وجلون ووجال

And people are 'wajilun' and 'wijal'.

وهذا موجله، بالكسر: للموضع

And this is 'mu'jiluhu', with a kasra: referring to the place.

والوجيل والموجل: حفرة يستنقع فيها الماء، يمانية

And 'wajil' and 'mu'jal': a pit where water collects, a South Arabian term.