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عجه

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to stubbornness, arrogance, and a rough or coarse disposition. It also extends to meanings of causing separation or discord, and in a more specific sense, refers to a large hedgehog.

Derived headwords

تَعَجَّهَverb
  1. 1.
    to feign ignoranceclassical

    To pretend not to know or understand something, often deliberately.

  2. 2.
    to cause separationclassical

    To cause a rift or separation between two people, often through malicious influence or an 'evil eye'.

عَجَّهَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause separationclassical

    To cause a separation between two people, as if by an 'evil eye' or some form of influence.

عَجَّهَ بَيْنَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause discord betweenclassical

    To sow discord or cause a separation between two individuals.

العَنْجَهِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogant, haughtyboth

    Possessing arrogance, pride, and a haughty demeanor.

  2. 2.
    coarse, roughboth

    Characterized by roughness, coarseness, or lack of refinement in manners or disposition.

العَنْجَهِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    arrogance, haughtinessboth

    The state or quality of being arrogant, proud, and haughty.

  2. 2.
    ignorance, foolishnessclassical

    A state of ignorance or foolishness, often associated with arrogance.

  3. 3.
    coarseness, roughnessboth

    Roughness or coarseness in one's disposition, food, or affairs.

العَنْجَهَانِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    arrogance, greatnessclassical

    A state of arrogance and perceived greatness or superiority.

العَنْجَهَانِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    arrogance, greatnessclassical

    A state of arrogance and perceived greatness or superiority.

العَنْجَهnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse personclassical

    A man characterized by coarseness and roughness in his dealings and nature.

  2. 2.
    large hedgehogclassical

    A large hedgehog.

العَنْجَهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse personclassical

    A man characterized by coarseness and roughness in his dealings and nature.

  2. 2.
    large hedgehogclassical

    A large hedgehog.

العَنْجَهِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    coarse personclassical

    A man characterized by coarseness and roughness in his dealings and nature.

العَنْجَهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roughness of food/affairsclassical

    Roughness or coarseness in one's food or general affairs.

Parallel reading

تعجه الرجل: تجاهل، وزعم بعضهم أنه بدل من التاء في تعته.
The man feigned ignorance; some claimed it was a substitution for the 't' in 'ta'atahu' (to be foolish).
وإنما هي لغة على حدتها، إذ لا تبدل الجيم من التاء.
It is rather a distinct language, as the 'j' is not substituted for the 't'.
عجهت بين فلان وفلان، معناه أنه أصابهما بعينه حتى وقعت الفرقة بينهما
I caused discord between so-and-so and so-and-so; it means he afflicted them with his eye until separation occurred between them.
أندر الله عين فلان لقد عجه بين ناقتي وولدها.
May God blind the eye of so-and-so; he caused separation between my she-camel and her young one.
والعنجهي: ذو البأو
And the 'an jakihi' is one possessing arrogance and pride.
بالدفع عني درء كل عنجهي
By repelling from me the defense of every arrogant one.
ويقال فيه عنجهية وعنجهانية وعنجهانية، وهي الكبر والعظمة.
And it is said of it 'an jakihiyah', 'an jakihaaniyah', and 'an jakihaaniyah', which are arrogance and greatness.
ويقال: العنجهية الجهل والحمق
And it is said: 'Al-an jakihiyah' is ignorance and foolishness.
ذي عنجهية مجدود
Possessing arrogance and prosperity.
ما أنت بالحليم الرشيد لا ولا فيك خصلة من خصال الخير
You are not forbearing and rightly guided, nor do you have a single trait of good qualities.
الأزهري: العنجه الجافي من الرجال.
Al-Azhari said: 'Al-an jakihi' is the coarse man.
يقال: إن فيه لعنجهية أي جفوة في خشونة مطعمه وأموره
It is said: 'Indeed, in him is 'an jakihiyah', meaning harshness in the coarseness of his food and his affairs.
ومن عاش منا عاش في عنجهية، على شظف من عيشه المتنكد
And whoever among us lived, lived in hardship, on the scarcity of his troubled life.
والعنجه والعنجهة القنفذة الضخمة.
And 'al-an jakihi' and 'al-an jakihati' are the large hedgehog.
العنجه والعنجهي كله الجافي من الرجال
Al-an jakihi, and al-an jakihi, all refer to the coarse man.
أدركتها قدام كل مدره بالدفع عني درء كل عنجه
I reached it before every defender, by repelling from me the defense of every coarse one.
العنجهية خشونة المطعم وغيره.
'Al-an jakihiyah' is the roughness of food and other things.