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الخداج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of premature birth or incompleteness, particularly in the context of a camel giving birth before its time. It extends to notions of deficiency, lack, or falling short in various contexts, including rain, offspring, prayer, and even physical limbs.

Derived headwords

خَدَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to give birth prematurelyclassical

    To give birth to offspring before the full term of gestation is completed, specifically referring to a camel.

خَدَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be deficientclassical

    To be lacking or incomplete, referring to something that falls short of its expected state or measure.

خَدَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be incomplete (prayer)classical

    To perform a prayer that is deficient or lacking in its proper components or duration.

خَدَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be incomplete (hand)classical

    To have a hand that is deficient or lacking in some way.

خِدَاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    premature birthclassical

    The act of a camel giving birth to its offspring before the full term of gestation.

  2. 2.
    deficiencyclassical

    A state of lacking or incompleteness, a falling short.

خَادِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    premature (offspring)classical

    Describing offspring born prematurely, before the full term.

خَدِيجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    premature offspringclassical

    Offspring born prematurely, especially a camel's young born before its time.

أَخْدَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to have little rainclassical

    Said of the sky or weather, meaning its rain has become scarce or insufficient.

أَخْدَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to give birth to incomplete offspringclassical

    Said of a camel, meaning it has given birth to offspring that is incomplete or lacking, even if the gestation period was full.

مَخْدَجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    incomplete (offspring)classical

    Describing offspring that is incomplete or lacking, even if born at full term.

مَخْدَجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    deficient (hand)classical

    Describing a hand that is incomplete or lacking.

مخدج بن الحارثname
  1. 1.
    Makhdaj bin Al-Harithclassical

    The name of an ancestor from whom a lineage (a 'butt') is descended, specifically mentioning Rafī' al-Makhdajī as being from this lineage.

رفيع المخدجيname
  1. 1.
    Rafī' al-Makhdajīclassical

    A person whose lineage is traced back to Makhdaj bin Al-Harith, indicating descent from that ancestor.

Parallel reading

إلقاء الناقة ولدها قبل تمام الأيام
The camel giving birth to its offspring before the completion of the days (full term).
وهي خادج
And she (the camel) is premature (giving birth).
والولد: خديج
And the offspring is premature.
وأخدجت الصيفة: قل مطرها
And the sky/weather 'akhdajat': its rain became scarce.
والناقة: جاءت بولد ناقص
And the camel: it came with an incomplete offspring.
وإن كانت أيامه تامة، فهي مخدج
And even if its days (gestation) were complete, it (the offspring) is considered 'makhdaj' (incomplete).
والولد: مخدج
And the offspring is 'makhdaj' (incomplete).
وصلاته خداج
And his prayer is deficient.
أي: نقصان
Meaning: deficiency.
ورجل مخدج اليد
And a man with a deficient hand.
أي: ناقصها
Meaning: lacking it.
ومخدج بن الحارث: أبو بطن منهم
And Makhdaj bin Al-Harith: the father of a lineage among them.
رفيع المخدجي
Rafī' al-Makhdajī.