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سج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the consistency and texture of substances, particularly mud or liquid. It extends to describe things that are smooth, moderate, or intermediate in quality, and also refers to idols and a specific type of milk.

Derived headwords

سَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick/viscousclassical

    Referring to excrement, meaning it was thick or viscous.

سَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to plaster/mudclassical

    Referring to a wall, meaning it was plastered or covered with mud.

المَسَجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    plastering toolclassical

    A wooden tool used for plastering or applying mud.

سِجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    idolclassical

    One of two idols mentioned.

بَجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    idolclassical

    One of two idols mentioned, often paired with 'sijjah'.

سَجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    thinned milkclassical

    Milk that has been thinned with water.

سَجَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    thinned milkclassical

    Milk that has been thinned with water.

سَجَجnoun
  1. 1.
    fertile landsclassical

    Lands that are fertile and well-watered.

  2. 2.
    good soulsclassical

    Pure or good souls.

سَجْسَجadjective
  1. 1.
    moderate temperatureclassical

    Describing a day with neither extreme heat nor cold.

السَّجْسَجnoun
  1. 1.
    intermediate landclassical

    Land that is neither completely solid nor easily traversable.

  2. 2.
    time between dawn and sunriseclassical

    The period from the first light of dawn until the sun rises.

Parallel reading

سَجَّ غَائِطُهُ
His excrement was thick.
وَ الحَائِطُ: طِينُهُ
And the wall: its mud/plaster.
وَالمَسَجَّةُ: خَشَبَةٌ يُطِينُ بِهَا
And the plastering tool: a piece of wood used to plaster with.
وَالسِّجَّةُ وَالبَجَّةُ: صَنَمَانِ
And As-Sijjah and Al-Bajjah: two idols.
وَالسِّجَّةُ وَالسَّجَاجُ: اللَّبَنُ الَّذِي رُقِّقَ بِالمَاءِ
And As-Sijjah and As-Sajaj: milk that has been thinned with water.
وَالسَّجَجُ، بِضَمَّتَيْنِ: الطَّايَاتُ المُمَدَّرَةُ، وَالنُّفُوسُ الطَّيِّبَةُ
And As-Sajaj (with two dammah): fertile lands, and good souls.
وَيَوْمٌ سَجْسَجٌ: لَا حَرٌّ وَلَا قَرٌّ
And a Sajsaj day: neither hot nor cold.
وَالسَّجْسَجُ: الأَرْضُ لَيْسَتْ بِصُلْبَةٍ وَلَا سَهْلَةٍ
And As-Sajsaj: land that is neither solid nor easy.
وَ مَا بَيْنَ طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ
And what is between the breaking of dawn until the rising of the sun.
وَ مِنْهُ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي صِفَةِ الجَنَّةِ "وَهُوَاءُهَا السَّجْسَجُ"
And from it is the narration of Ibn Abbas in the description of Paradise: 'And its air is Sajsaj (moderate/pleasant).'