عرج

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns lameness or limping, both physically and metaphorically. It extends to concepts of deviation, stopping, ascending, and specific times of day or celestial phenomena.

Derived headwords

عَرَجَverb

1.
to limpboth
To have a physical defect in the leg causing an uneven gait, not due to a congenital condition.
2.
to limp (congenital)both
To limp due to a congenital condition.

عُرُوجًاnoun

1.
limpingboth
The act of limping or having a lame leg.
2.
ascendingclassical
The act of ascending or climbing.

مَعْرَجًاnoun

1.
limpingclassical
A state of lameness or limping.
2.
ascendingclassical
A place or means of ascending; a ladder or staircase.

أَعْرَجَadjective

1.
lameboth
Having a physical defect in the leg causing an uneven gait.

العَرَجُnoun

1.
lamenessboth
The condition of being lame or having a limp.
2.
setting of the sunclassical
The time when the sun begins to set or inclines towards the west.

عَرَجَانnoun

1.
lamenessclassical
A state or condition of lameness.

العَرْجَانُnoun

1.
gaitclassical
The manner of walking or moving.

عَرَّجَverb

1.
to deviateboth
To turn aside or deviate from a course.
2.
to stayboth
To remain or stay in a place.
3.
to detainclassical
To hold back or detain a mount at a stopping place.

تَعَرُّجًاnoun

1.
deviationclassical
The act of deviating or turning aside.
2.
stayingclassical
The act of staying or remaining.
3.
detainingclassical
The act of detaining a mount.

المُنْعَرَجُnoun

1.
bendboth
A curve or a turning point in a path or road.

المِعْرَاجُnoun

1.
ladderboth
A means of ascent; a ladder or staircase.
2.
ascenderclassical
A device or place for ascending.

المِعْرَجُnoun

1.
ladderclassical
A means of ascent; a ladder or staircase.
2.
ascenderclassical
A device or place for ascending.

العَرَجُnoun

1.
setting of the sunclassical
The time when the sun begins to set or inclines towards the west.

عَرَجٌnoun

1.
defective urination (camels)classical
A condition in camels where urination is not straight or normal.

عَرَجٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A place in Yemen.

عَرَجٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A valley in the Hijaz with palm trees.

عَرَجٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A place in the lands of the Hudhayl tribe.

عَرَجٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A stopping place on the road to Mecca.

العَرِجُnoun

1.
herd of camelsclassical
A herd of camels, numbering around eighty, or between ninety and one hundred and fifty, or more.

أَعْرَاجٌnoun

1.
herds of camelsclassical
Plural of العرج, referring to herds of camels.

عُرُوجٌnoun

1.
herds of camelsclassical
Plural of العرج, referring to herds of camels.

العُرَيْجَاءُnoun

1.
midday heatclassical
The intense heat of midday; the hottest part of the day.
2.
camel grazing scheduleclassical
A schedule where camels are brought to water one day at noon and the next day in the morning.
3.
eating once a dayclassical
The practice of eating only once a day.

عُرَيْجَاءُnoun

1.
midday heatclassical
The intense heat of midday; the hottest part of the day.

أَعْرَجَverb

1.
to become lameclassical
To acquire lame camels.
2.
to enter sunset timeclassical
To enter the time of the sun's setting.

أَعْرَجَ فُلَانًاverb

1.
to give lame camelsclassical
To give someone lame camels.

الأَعْرَجُnoun

1.
ravenclassical
A raven.

مُعَرَّجٌadjective

1.
stripedclassical
A garment that is striped in a twisted or irregular manner.

عَرَجٌname

1.
hyenasclassical
A name for hyenas, treated as a proper noun.

عَرَاجٌname

1.
hyenasclassical
A name for hyenas, treated as a proper noun.

العَرْجَاءُnoun

1.
hyenaclassical
A hyena.

ذُو العَرْجَاءِname

1.
place nameclassical
A hill in the land of Muzaynah.

عَرَاجَةٌname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name.

عُرَيْجَةٌname

1.
proper nameclassical
The name of an ancestor (Jurayr bin Nisayr).

بَنُو الأَعْرَجِname

1.
tribe nameclassical
A tribe named after someone lame.

الأَعْيَرَجُadjective

1.
deaf snakeclassical
A type of deaf snake that cannot be charmed and jumps like an viper.

العَارِجُnoun

1.
absent oneclassical
Someone who is absent or has gone away.

العَرَنْجَجُname

1.
proper nameclassical
The name of Himyar bin Saba' (an ancestor).

اعْرَنْجَجَverb

1.
to be firm in a matterclassical
To be resolute or firm in an undertaking.

Parallel reading

عرج عروجا ومعرجا: ارتقى، وأصابه شيء في رجله فخمع، وليس بخلقة، فإذا كان خلقة: فعرج، كفرح، أو يثلث في غير الخلقة، وهو أعرج، بين العرج، من عرج وعرجان.

To ascend, and to be afflicted with something in the leg causing lameness, not congenital; if congenital, then to limp, as in 'faraha', or to be tripled in non-congenital cases, and he is lame, showing lameness, from 'araj' and 'arajān'.

وأعرجه الله تعالى.

And Allah made him lame.

والعرجان، محركة: مشيته.

And 'al-'arjan', with vowels: his gait.

وأمر عريج: لم يبرم.

And an 'arīj' matter: not firmly decided.

وعرج تعريجا: ميل، وأقام، وحبس المطية على المنزل، كتعرج.

And 'arruja' with 'ta'rj': to deviate, to stay, and to detain the mount at a stopping place, like 'ta'arruja'.

والمنعرج: المنعطف.

And 'al-mun'araj': the bend.

والمعراج والمعرج: السلم والمصعد.

And 'al-mi'rāj' and 'al-mi'raj': the ladder and the ascent.

والعرج، محركة: غيبوبة الشمس، أو انعراجها نحو المغرب.

And 'al-'araj', with vowels: the setting of the sun, or its inclination towards the west.

وككتف: ما لا يستقيم بوله من الإبل، وبالفتح: د باليمن، وواد بالحجاز ذو نخيل، وع ببلاد هذيل، ومنزل بطريق مكة، منه: عبد الله بن عمرو بن عثمان بن عفان العرجي الشاعر، والقطيع من الإبل نحو الثمانين، أو منها إلى تسعين أو مئة وخمسون وفويقها، أو من خمس مئة إلى ألف ويكسر، ج: أعراج وعروج.

And like 'kutuf': that whose urination from camels is not straight, and with 'fath': a place in Yemen, and a valley in the Hijaz with palm trees, and a place in the lands of Hudhayl, and a stopping place on the road to Mecca, from whom is 'Abd Allah bin 'Amr bin 'Uthman bin 'Affan al-'Arjī the poet, and a herd of camels numbering around eighty, or from them to ninety or one hundred and fifty and above, or from five hundred to a thousand, and it is kasr-ed, plural: 'a'rāj' and 'urūj'.

والعرجاء: الضبع.

And 'al-'arjā': the hyena.

وعراجة، كثمامة: اسم.

And 'arājah', like 'thamāmah': a name.

وعريجة، كحنيفة: جد نسير بن ديسم.

And 'urayjah', like 'hunayfah': the grandfather of Nisayr bin Disam.

وبنو الأعرج: حي م.

And Banu al-A'raj: a tribe.

والأعيرج: حية صماء لا تقبل الرقية، وتطفر كالأفعى، قال الليث: لا يؤنث، ج: الأعبرجات.

And 'al-a'yaraj': a deaf snake that does not respond to incantations, and jumps like a viper; Al-Layth said: it is not feminized, plural: 'al-a'barajāt'.

والعارج: الغائب، والعرنجج: اسم حمير بن سبأ.

And 'al-'ārij': the absent one, and 'al-'aranjaj': the name of Himyar bin Saba'.

واعرنجج: جد في الأمر.

And 'i'ranjaja': to be firm in the matter.