وجم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns states of silence, often stemming from intense emotion like grief, anger, or worry. It also extends to meanings related to dislike, physical actions like nudging, and descriptions of objects or places, including small mounds of stones and specific locations.

Derived headwords

الوُجُومnoun

1.
silence out of angerclassical
Silence that stems from suppressed anger or resentment.
2.
silence from griefclassical
Silence caused by intense sorrow, to the point of abstaining from food.
3.
griefclassical
A state of deep sadness or sorrow.

الوَاجِمadjective

1.
silent from griefclassical
One who is overcome by intense sadness to the point of ceasing to speak.
2.
silent from worryclassical
One who is rendered silent by overwhelming worry or melancholy.
3.
frowning and silentclassical
One who is frowning and silent due to intense sorrow.

ما لي أراك واجما — Why do I see you silent (and worried)?

ما لي أراك واجما؟ — Why do I see you silent (and worried)?

وَجَمَverb

1.
to be silent from emotionclassical
To become silent due to intense grief, worry, or anger.
2.
to dislikeclassical
To dislike or find something repugnant.
3.
to nudgeclassical
To nudge or push someone (a dialectal usage from Yemen).

وَجْمًاnoun

1.
silenceclassical
The state of being silent, often due to emotion.
2.
dislikeclassical
A feeling of aversion or dislike.
3.
nudgingclassical
The act of nudging or pushing (Yemenite usage).

أَجَمَverb

1.
to be silent (variant)classical
A variant form of 'wajama' meaning to be silent, often used as a substitute.

الوَجْمnoun

1.
small mound of stonesclassical
A small heap of stones, similar to an 'iram'.
2.
stones piled upclassical
Heaps of stones piled one upon another on hills, larger and taller than 'urum'.
3.
landmarksclassical
Signs or structures used as landmarks for navigation in deserts.
4.
housesclassical
Large houses or dwellings.
5.
Al-Summanclassical
The name of a specific region or plain, also referred to as Al-Summan.

والوجم حجارة مركومة بعضها فوق بعض على رؤوس القور والأكام — And the wajm are stones piled one upon another on the tops of hills and mounds.

وَجَمَةnoun

1.
place nameclassical
The name of a specific location.
2.
single mealclassical
A single meal, similar to 'wajbah'.
3.
insultclassical
A reproach or insult.

إلى وجمة، لما اسجهرت حرورها — To Wajmah, when its heat intensified.

رجل وجمadjective

1.
bad personclassical
A person described as bad or wicked.

أَوْجَمَ الرَّمْلverb

1.
most of the sandclassical
Referring to the majority or bulk of the sand.

والحجر والصمان يحبو أوجمه — And the stone and Al-Summan, its bulk is carried along.

الأَوْجَامnoun

1.
landmarksclassical
Plural of 'wajm', referring to signs or structures used as landmarks in deserts.
2.
housesclassical
Plural of 'wajm', referring to large houses or dwellings.

والأوجام: البيوت وهي العظام منها — And Al-Aujam: the houses, and they are the large ones among them.

كأن أوجاما وصخرا صاخرا — As if landmarks and hard rock.

يوم وجيمadjective

1.
very hot dayclassical
A day characterized by intense heat.

Parallel reading

الوجوم: السكوت على غيظ، أبو عبيد: إذا اشتد حزنه حتى يمسك عن الطعام «1».

Al-wujum: silence out of anger; Abu Ubaid said: when his sorrow intensified to the point he abstained from food.

فهو الواجم، والواجم: الذي اشتد حزنه حتى أمسك عن الكلام.

He is the wajim, and the wajim: one whose sorrow intensified to the point he ceased speaking.

يقال: ما لي أراك واجما؛

It is said: Why do I see you silent (and worried)?

وفي حديث أبي بكر، رضي الله عنه: أنه لقي طلحة فقال: ما لي أراك واجما؟ أي مهتما.

And in the hadith of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him: he met Talhah and said: Why do I see you silent (and worried)? Meaning, preoccupied.

والواجم: الذي أسكته الهم وعلته الكآبة، وقيل: الوجوم الحزن.

And the wajim: one whom worry silenced and melancholy overcame; and it was said: Al-wujum is grief.

ويقال: لم أجم عنه أي لم أسكت عنه فزعا.

And it is said: I did not ajim from it, meaning I did not remain silent from it out of fear.

والواجم والوجم: العبوس المطرق من شدة الحزن، وقد وجم يجم وجما ووجوما وأجم على البدل؛ حكاها سيبويه.

And the wajim and al-wujm: the frowning, silent one from intense grief; and he wajama, yajimu, wajman and wujuman, and ajama as a substitute; Sibawayh narrated this.

ووجم الشيء وجما ووجوما: كرهه.

And he wajama something, wajman and wujuman: he disliked it.

ووجم الرجل وجما: لكزه، يمانية.

And a man wajama another, wajman: he nudged him, a Yemenite usage.

ورجل وجم: رديء.

And a man wajm: bad.

وأوجم الرمل: معظمه؛ قال رؤبة: والحجر والصمان يحبو أوجمه

And aujama the sand: its bulk; Ru'bah said: And the stone and Al-Summan, its bulk is carried along.

ووجمة: اسم موضع؛ قال كثير: أجدت خفوفا من جنوب كتانة ... إلى وجمة، لما اسجهرت حرورها

And Wajmah: a place name; Kathir said: You made light footsteps from the south of Katanah... to Wajmah, when its heat intensified.

ابن الأعرابي: الوجم جبل صغير مثل الإرم.

Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-wujm is a small mountain like an 'iram'.

ابن شميل: الوجم حجارة «2». مركومة بعضها فوق بعض على رؤوس القور والأكام، وهي أغلظ وأطول في السماء من الأروم، قال: وحجارتها عظام كحجارة الصيرة والأمرة، لو اجتمع على حجر ألف رجل لم يحركوه، وهي أيضا من صنعة عاد، وأصل الوجم مستدير وأعلاه محدد، والجماعة الوجوم؛ قال رؤبة: وهامة كالصمد بين الأصماد، ... أو وجم العادي بين الأجماد

Ibn Shumayl: Al-wujm are stones piled one upon another on the tops of hills and mounds, and they are thicker and taller in the sky than the 'urum'. He said: And their stones are large like the stones of Al-Sirah and Al-Amrah; if a thousand men gathered on a stone, they could not move it. They are also from the work of 'Ad. The base of the wajm is round and its top is pointed, and the plural is al-wujum; Ru'bah said: And a skull like a solid rock among the rocks... or the 'Adite wajm among the stones.

الجوهري: والوجم، بالتحريك، واحد الأوجام، وهي علامات وأبنية يهتدى بها في الصحارى.

Al-Jawhari: And al-wujm, when vocalized with harakah, is one of Al-Aujam, which are landmarks and structures by which one is guided in the deserts.

ابن الأعرابي: بيت وجم ووجم، والأوجام: البيوت وهي العظام منها؛ قال رؤبة: لو كان من دون ركام المرتكم، ... وأرمل الدهنا وصمان الوجم

Ibn Al-A'rabi: A house is wajm and wajm, and Al-Aujam: the houses, and they are the large ones among them; Ru'bah said: If it were from behind the accumulated heaps, ... and the sands of Al-Dahna and the Summan of Al-Wajm.

قال: والوجم الصمان نفسه، ويجمع أوجاما؛ وقال رؤبة: كأن أوجاما وصخرا صاخرا

He said: And Al-Wajm is Al-Summan itself, and it is pluralized as Aujam; and Ru'bah said: As if landmarks and hard rock.

ويوم وجيم أي شديد الحر، وهو بالحاء أيضا، ويقال: يكون ذلك وجمة أي مسبة.

And a day wajim means intensely hot, and it is also with haa'. And it is said: that can be a wajmah, meaning an insult.

والوجمة مثل الوجبة: وهي الأكلة الواحدة.

And al-wajmah is like al-wajbah: meaning a single meal.