شجا

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns feelings of sadness, grief, and distress. It also extends to the physical sensation of something being stuck in the throat, and metaphorically, to being overcome or hindered. Additionally, it can denote excitement or agitation, and in some contexts, a need or requirement.

Derived headwords

الشَّجْوnoun

1.
grief, sorrowboth
Deep sadness and distress, often accompanied by lamentation.
2.
excitement, agitationclassical
A state of being stirred up emotionally, whether by sadness or joy.
3.
need, requirementclassical
A necessity or something that is required.

شَجَاverb

1.
to grieve, saddenboth
To cause someone to feel grief or sadness.
2.
to excite, stir upclassical
To provoke strong emotions, such as sorrow or longing.

شَجَانِيverb

1.
it saddened meboth
It caused me grief or sorrow.
2.
it excited meclassical
It stirred me emotionally, causing agitation or longing.

أَشْجَىverb

1.
to sadden, grieveboth
To make someone sad or distressed.
2.
to choke, make someone chokeclassical
To cause something to lodge in the throat, obstructing breathing.
3.
to overcome, subdueclassical
To defeat or overpower someone, causing them to be subdued.

شَجِيٌّadjective

1.
sad, sorrowfulboth
Characterized by grief or deep sadness.
2.
choked, obstructedclassical
Having something stuck in the throat, causing difficulty in breathing or speaking.

شَجَاةnoun

1.
grief, sorrowclassical
The state of being sad or the cause of sadness.
2.
something stuck in the throatclassical
An obstruction, like a bone or twig, lodged in the throat.

شَجِيٌّnoun

1.
sad personclassical
A person who is experiencing grief or sorrow.

شَجِيَّةadjective

1.
sad (female)classical
A female person experiencing grief or sorrow.

شَجِيٌّnoun

1.
obstruction in the throatclassical
Something, such as a bone or twig, that is lodged in the throat.

أَشْجَيْتُverb

1.
I made someone sadboth
I caused someone to feel grief or distress.
2.
I made someone chokeclassical
I caused something to get stuck in someone's throat.
3.
I satisfied someoneclassical
I gave someone something they wanted or needed, causing them to depart content.

إِشْجَاءnoun

1.
causing griefboth
The act of making someone sad or distressed.
2.
causing to chokeclassical
The act of causing something to lodge in the throat.

تَشَجَّىverb

1.
to be chokedclassical
To have something stuck in one's throat.
2.
to be overcome, subduedclassical
To be defeated or overpowered.

تَشَاجَىverb

1.
to refuse, resistclassical
To show resistance or unwillingness, often in a proud or defiant manner.
2.
to boast, swaggerclassical
To walk with pride or arrogance.

شَجُوجَىadjective

1.
tall and stoutclassical
Describing a person or animal that is tall with large bones.
2.
long-leggedclassical
Having disproportionately long legs.

شَجُوجَىnoun

1.
magpieclassical
A type of bird, specifically the magpie.

شَجُوجَاةadjective

1.
continuously blowing (wind)classical
Describing a wind that blows persistently.

شَجُوجَاةnoun

1.
magpie (female)classical
A female magpie.

شَجْوَاءadjective

1.
difficult to traverseclassical
Describing a place that is hard to navigate or pass through.

شَجِيٌّnoun

1.
occupied, busyclassical
Engaged or preoccupied with something.

Parallel reading

الشَّجْوُ: الهَمُّ والحُزْنُ

Al-shajw: worry and grief.

وقَدْ شَجَانِي يَشْجُونِي شَجْواً إِذا حَزِنَهُ

And it grieved me, it grieves me with grief, if it saddened him.

وأَشْجَانِي: حَزَّنَنِي وأَغْضَبَنِي

And it saddened me: it made me sad and angry.

وأَشْجَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ: أَوْقَعْتُهُ في حُزْنٍ

And I caused the man to fall into grief.

الشَّجْوُ: الحُزْنُ، والنَّشِيجُ: الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي يَتَرَدَّدُ في الحَلْقِ

Al-shajw: grief, and al-nashij: the sound that reverberates in the throat.

وأَشْجاهُ: حَزَّنَهُ

And it saddened him: it made him sad.

أَشْجاهُ الهَمُّ، وفي لُغَةٍ أَشْجاهُ

Worry saddened him, and in another dialect, worry saddened him.

إِنِّي أَتَانِي خَبَرٌ فَأَشْجَانِ

Indeed, news came to me and saddened me.

وأَشْجاهُ العُودُ في الحَلْقِ حَتَّى شُجِيَ بِهِ شَجاً

And the oud lodged in his throat until he was choked by it, a choking.

وأَشْجاهُ العَظْمُ إِذا اعْتَرَضَ في حَلْقِهِ

And the bone made him choke when it obstructed his throat.

والشَّجَا: ما اعْتَرَضَ في حَلْقِ الإِنْسانِ والدَّابَّةِ مِنْ عَظْمٍ أَوْ عُودٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِما

And al-shaja: what obstructs the throat of a human or an animal, whether bone, stick, or other.

يُرَانِي كالشَّجَا في حَلْقِهِ

He sees me like an obstruction in his throat.

وقَدْ شُجِيَ بِهِ، بِالكَسْرِ، يَشْجَى شَجاً

And he was choked by it, with kasra, he is choked, a choking.

فَإِذا تَجَلْجَلَ في الفُؤادِ خَيالُها، ... شَرِقَ الجُفُونُ بِعَبْرَةٍ تَشْجاها

And when her image stirred in the heart, ... the eyelids overflowed with tears that made her choke.

وأَشْجَيْتُ فُلاناً عَنِّي: إِمَّا غَرِيمٌ، وَإِمَّا رَجُلٌ سَأَلَكَ فَأَعْطَيْتَهُ شَيْئاً أَرْضَيْتَهُ بِهِ فَذَهَبَ فَقَدْ أَشْجَيْتَهُ

And I satisfied someone from me: either a debtor, or a man who asked you and you gave him something that pleased him, so he left, you have satisfied him.

ويُقالُ لِلْغَرِيمِ: شَجِ عَنِّي يَشْجَى أَي ذَهَبَ

And it is said to the debtor: he departed from me, he departs, meaning he went away.

ورَجُلٌ شَجٌّ أَي حَزِينٌ، وامْرَأَةٌ شَجِيَّةٌ، عَلَى فَعْلَةٍ، ورَجُلٌ شَجٌّ

And a man is shajj, meaning sad, and a woman is shajiyyah, according to the pattern, and a man is shajj.

وَيْلٌ لِلشَّجِيِّ مِنَ الخَلِيِّ

Woe to the sorrowful from the carefree.

نامَ الخَلِيُّونَ عَنْ لَيْلِ الشَّجِيِّينا، ... شَأْنُ السَّلاةِ سِوى شَأْنِ المُحِبِّينا

The carefree slept through the night of the sorrowful, ... the state of the contented is other than the state of the lovers.

فَإِنَّهُ ... نَصَبَ الفُؤادَ لِشَجْوِهِ مَغْمُومُ

For indeed ... his heart is troubled by its sorrow, distressed.

ومَفاوزةٌ شَجْواءُ: صَعْبَةُ المَسْلَكِ مُهِمَّةٌ

And a shajwaa' desert: difficult to traverse and important.

فَتَشاجَتْ عَلَيْهِ، فَقالَ لَها: وَاللَّهِ ما لَكِ مَلْأَةُ الحُسْنِ وَلا عَمُودُهُ وَلا بُرْنُسُهُ فَما هَذا الامْتِناعُ؟ قالَ: مَلَأْتُهُ بَياضَهُ، وَعَمُودُهُ طُولَهُ، وَبُرْنُسُهُ شَعْرَهُ، تَشاجَتْ أَي تَمَنَّعَتْ وَتَحازَنَتْ

So she resisted him, and he said to her: By God, you do not have the fullness of beauty, nor its pillar, nor its hood, so what is this refusal? He said: I filled it with its whiteness, and its pillar with its height, and its hood with its hair. She resisted, meaning she refused and became sorrowful.

قالَ: أَوَّلُ التَّشاجِي؟ قالَ: التَّباهُرُ وَالقَرْطَمَةُ في المَشْيِ

He said: The beginning of tashaji? He said: Boasting and strutting in one's walk.

والشَّجُوجَى: الطَّوِيلُ الظَّهْرِ القَصِيرُ الرَّجُلِ

And al-shajooja: tall of back, short of leg.

وفَرَسٌ شَجُوجَى ضَخْمٌ

And a shajooja horse, large.

ورِيحٌ شَجُوجَى وشَجُوجاةٌ: دائِمَةُ الهُبُوبِ

And a shajooja and shajoojaah wind: continuously blowing.

والشَّجُوجَى: العَقْعَقُ، والأُنْثَى شَجُوجاةٌ

And al-shajooja: the magpie, and the female is shajoojaah.

أَنَّ رِفْقَةً ماتَتْ بِالشَّجِيِّ

That a caravan died at Al-Shajiyy.