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ثج

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing, especially water or blood. It extends to describe the act of causing something to flow, and also encompasses related nouns for flowing substances, places that hold water, and even a metaphorical use for eloquent speech.

Derived headwords

ثَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to flowboth

    Said of water, it flows abundantly.

ثَجْجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing, particularly of water.

ثَجَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to flowboth

    To make something flow, such as causing blood to flow.

تَثَجَّثَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow profuselyclassical

    An intensive form indicating profuse flowing, especially of water.

ثَجٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing of sacrificial bloodclassical

    Specifically refers to the flowing of blood from a sacrificial animal (hady).

ثَجَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    water-retaining depressionclassical

    A depression in the ground, like a meadow or basin, that collects and holds water.

ثَجَّاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    water-retaining depressionsclassical

    Plural of ثَجَّة, referring to multiple such depressions.

مِثَجٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    eloquent oratorclassical

    A highly eloquent and fluent speaker, a master of rhetoric.

ثَجِيجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    torrentboth

    A strong, abundant flow of water; a torrent or flood.

ثَجِيجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    butter residueclassical

    The residue of butter that sticks to the hand or a waterskin.

مُثَجِّجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    with uncoagulated butterfatclassical

    Describes a waterskin or container of milk whose butterfat has not separated or solidified.

Parallel reading

ثَجَّ الماءُ
The water flowed.
كانَ الماءُ يَثُجُّ
The water was flowing.
وثَجَّهُ: أسَالَهُ
And 'wathajahu': He made it flow.
والثَّجُّ: سَيَلَانُ دَمِ الهَدْيِ
And 'ath-thajju': the flowing of the blood of the sacrificial animal.
والثَّجَّةُ: الرَّوْضَةُ فِيهَا حِيَاضٌ وَمَسَاكَّاتٌ لِلْمَاءِ
And 'ath-thajjatu': a meadow with pools and reservoirs for water.
والمِثَجُّ، كَمَسَلٍّ: الخَطِيبُ المُفَوَّهُ
And 'al-mithajju', like 'masallun': the eloquent orator.
والثَّجِيجُ: السَّيْلُ
And 'ath-thajeeju': the torrent.
والثَّجِيجَةُ: زُبْدَةُ اللَّبَنِ تَلْزَقُ بِاليَدِ والسِّقَاءِ
And 'ath-thajeefatu': the butter residue that sticks to the hand and the waterskin.
وَوَطَبٌ مُثَجِّجٌ: لَمْ يَجْتَمِعْ زُبْدُهُ
And a 'watabun muthajjejun': a waterskin whose butterfat has not solidified.