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الفوج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to groups of people, crowds, and gatherings. It also extends to concepts of speed, sending, and cooling down, as well as specific geographical or architectural features.

Derived headwords

الفَوْجnoun
  1. 1.
    group, crowdboth

    A company or collection of people, a multitude.

  2. 2.
    flockclassical

    A flock of birds or a herd of animals.

فَوُجnoun
  1. 1.
    flock, herdclassical

    A flock of birds or a herd of animals.

أَفْوَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    groups, crowdsboth

    Plural of 'fawj', referring to multiple groups or crowds of people.

أَفَاوِجnoun
  1. 1.
    groups, crowdsclassical

    A plural of 'fawj', indicating numerous groups or crowds.

أَفَاوِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    groups, crowdsclassical

    Another plural form of 'fawj', signifying many groups or crowds.

فَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread fragranceclassical

    Used for musk, meaning its scent spread or became pervasive.

فَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    to become coldclassical

    Used for the day, meaning it became cold or chilly.

أَفَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    to hurry, runboth

    To move quickly, to hasten or run.

  2. 2.
    to send camelsclassical

    To send camels to the watering trough one by one or in batches.

الفَائِجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    space between heightsclassical

    The open space or valley between two elevated areas.

  2. 2.
    group, crowdclassical

    A company or collection of people, similar to 'fawj'.

الفِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A group or crowd of people, often considered a loanword.

  2. 2.
    prison guardsclassical

    Those who enter and leave prison, acting as guards.

الفُيُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    prison guardsclassical

    Those who enter and leave prison, acting as guards.

أَفَوَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to cool downclassical

    To cool oneself down, to find relief from heat.

استَفَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    to belittle, make light ofclassical

    To consider someone or something insignificant or unimportant.

Parallel reading

الفَوْج: الجماعة
Al-fawj: the group.
ج: فؤوج وأفواج
Its plural: fu'uj and afwaj.
جج: أفاوج وأفاويج
Its plural of plural: afawij and afawij.
وفاج المسك: فاح
And 'faja' the musk: it spread fragrance.
والنهار: برد
And the day: it became cold.
وأفاج: أسرع، وعدا
And 'afaja': to hurry, and to run.
وأرسل الإبل على الحوض قطعة قطعة
And to send the camels to the watering trough piece by piece.
والفائجة: متسع ما بين كل مرتفعين
And al-fa'ijah: the space between two elevated areas.
والفيج: معرب: بيك
And al-faij: a loanword from 'bayk'.
والفيج: الجماعة من الناس
And al-faij: the group of people.
وأصله فيج، ككيس
And its origin is 'faij', like 'kais'.
أو الفيوج: الذين يدخلون السجن ويخرجون، ويحرسون
Or al-fuyuj: those who enter and leave prison, and guard.
وتقول: لست برائح حتى أفوج، أي: أبرد عن نفسي
And you say: 'I will not leave until I cool down', meaning: I cool myself.
واستفيج فلان: استخف
And 'istafaja' someone: he belittled.