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العلج

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of strength, robustness, and sometimes roughness or coarseness. It extends to terms for strong animals, thick bread, and resilient or tough individuals. It also encompasses actions of wrestling, treating, and overcoming.

Derived headwords

العِلْجnoun
  1. 1.
    Donkeyboth

    A donkey, often referring to a male donkey.

  2. 2.
    Wild assclassical

    A strong and robust wild ass.

  3. 3.
    Thick loafclassical

    A thick, coarse loaf of bread.

  4. 4.
    Foreign infidelclassical

    A man who is an infidel from among the non-Arabs.

عَلَجverb
  1. 1.
    To wrestleboth

    To engage in wrestling or a struggle.

  2. 2.
    To treatboth

    To treat an illness or condition; to manage or handle something.

  3. 3.
    To overcomeclassical

    To overcome someone in a contest or struggle.

عِلَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Treatmentboth

    The act of treating, medical treatment, or management of a condition.

  2. 2.
    Wrestlingclassical

    The act of wrestling or engaging in a struggle.

مُعَالَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Treatmentboth

    The process of treating or managing something, often medically.

  2. 2.
    Wrestlingclassical

    The act of wrestling or struggling.

عَلُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    Foreign infidelsclassical

    Plural of 'علج', referring to a group of foreign infidels.

أَعْلَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Foreign infidelsclassical

    Another plural form of 'علج', referring to a group of foreign infidels.

مَعْلُوجَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Foreign infidelsclassical

    A plural form of 'علج', referring to a group of foreign infidels.

عَلْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Foreign infidelsclassical

    A plural form of 'علج', referring to a group of foreign infidels.

عَلْج مَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Equivalentclassical

    Something that is equivalent or in exchange for property or wealth.

اِسْتَعْلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To become thickclassical

    Referring to skin becoming thick or tough.

رجل علجadjective
  1. 1.
    Strongclassical

    A man who is strong, fallen in battle, or skilled in managing affairs.

عَلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Date palm offshootsclassical

    Offshoots of a date palm tree.

العَلْجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubsclassical

    A collection or group of thorny shrubs.

  2. 2.
    Camel's distressclassical

    Distress or agitation of a female camel.

  3. 3.
    Plantclassical

    A type of plant.

العَالِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Camelclassical

    A camel that grazes or tends to a pasture.

  2. 2.
    Sand duneclassical

    A sand dune associated with a place.

العِلْجَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camelclassical

    A female camel that is plump and full of meat.

  2. 2.
    Wanton womanclassical

    A woman who is licentious or promiscuous.

بَنُو العُلَيْجname
  1. 1.
    Tribal nameclassical

    A name for two clans or tribes.

بَنُو العَلَاجname
  1. 1.
    Tribal nameclassical

    A name for two clans or tribes.

اِعْتَلَجُواverb
  1. 1.
    To fightclassical

    To engage in combat, wrestling, or fighting.

اِعْتَلَجَتِ الأَرْضverb
  1. 1.
    Plants grew tallclassical

    The plants on the land grew tall and abundant.

اِعْتَلَجَتِ الأَمْوَاجverb
  1. 1.
    Waves crashedclassical

    The waves of the sea crashed against each other.

العَلْجَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wind-blown dustclassical

    Dust gathered by the wind at the base of a tree.

عُلُوج صِدْقphrase
  1. 1.
    True equivalentsclassical

    A phrase meaning true or genuine equivalents.

أُلُوك صِدْقphrase
  1. 1.
    True equivalentsclassical

    A phrase meaning true or genuine equivalents.

تَعَلَّجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To be equivalentclassical

    To be equivalent or comparable to something.

Parallel reading

العلج، بالكسر: العير، ط والحمار ط، وحمار الوحش السمين القوي، والرغيف الغليظ الحرف، والرجل من كفار العجم
Al-'ilj (with kasra): the donkey, and the donkey, and the strong, fat wild ass, and the thick-edged loaf, and the man from the infidels of the non-Arabs.
وهو علج مال: إزاؤه.
And he is 'ilj mal: its equivalent.
وعالجه علاجا ومعالجة: زاوله، وداواه.
And he treated it, a treatment and a dealing: he engaged with it, and he cured it.
وعلجه: غلبه فيها.
And he overcame him in it.
واستعلج جلده: غلظ.
And his skin became thick: it grew coarse.
ورجل علج، ككتف وصرد وخلر: شديد صريع، معالج للأمور
And a man 'ilj, like 'kutf, 'srd, and 'klr: strong, fallen, a manager of affairs,
وبالتحريك: أشاء النخل.
And with haraka: date palm offshoots.
والعلجان، بالضم: جماعة العضاه
And al-'aljan (with damma): a collection of thorny shrubs,
وبالتحريك: اضطراب الناقة
And with haraka: the distress of the she-camel,
والعالج: بعير يرعاه، وع به رمل.
And al-'alij: a camel grazing, and a sand dune by it.
والعلجن: الناقة الكناز اللحم، والمرأة الماجنة.
And al-'iljan: the plump she-camel, and the wanton woman.
وبنو العليج، كزبير، وبنو العلاج، بالكسر: بطنان.
And Banu al-'ulayj, like Zubayr, and Banu al-'alaj (with kasra): two clans.
واعتلجوا: اتخذوا صراعا وقتالا
And they wrestled: they engaged in wrestling and fighting,
والأرض: طال نباتها
And the land: its vegetation grew tall,
والأمواج: التطمت.
And the waves: they crashed together.
والعلجانة، محركة: تراب تجمعه الريح في أصل شجرة
And al-'aljana, moved: dust gathered by the wind at the base of a tree,
وهذا علوج صدق، وألوك صدق: بمعنى.
And this is 'uluj of truth, and uluk of truth: meaning the same.
وما تعلجت بعلوج: ما تألكت بألوك.
And he did not 'talaja with 'uluj: he did not become equivalent with 'uluk.