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الكرج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a place name and a type of fish. It also extends to describe the corruption or spoiling of bread, often with a greenish discoloration.

Derived headwords

الْكَرَجname
  1. 1.
    Place nameboth

    A region or country associated with Abi Dawud al-Ajali, and a place in Dinawar.

كَرِهnoun
  1. 1.
    Foalclassical

    A young male horse, a foal. This is a Persian loanword.

الْكَرَجِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Effeminate manclassical

    Referring to a man who is effeminate or unmanly.

الْكَرَارِجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fishclassical

    A type of green, short fish, similar to the 'kurayrij'.

الْكُرَيْرِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Fishclassical

    A type of fish, mentioned in comparison to 'al-kararijah'.

كَرِجَverb
  1. 1.
    To spoilclassical

    The bread became spoiled or corrupted, often indicated by a greenish discoloration.

فَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To spoilclassical

    The bread became spoiled or corrupted, often indicated by a greenish discoloration.

اِكْتَرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To spoilclassical

    The bread became spoiled or corrupted, often indicated by a greenish discoloration.

تَكَرَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    To spoilclassical

    The bread became spoiled or corrupted, often indicated by a greenish discoloration.

Parallel reading

الْكَرَج، محركة: بلد أبي دلف العجلي، وة بالدينور.
Al-Karaj, with harakah: the country of Abi Dawud al-Ajali, and a place in Dinawar.
و كقبر: المهر، معرب: كره.
And like 'qabr': the foal, a Persian loanword: 'kurah'.
والْكَرَجِيّ: المخنث.
And 'al-Karaji': the effeminate man.
والْكَرَارِجَة: سمك خضر قصار، كالكريرج، كقذعمل.
And 'al-Kararijah': green, short fish, like 'al-Kurayrij', like 'qadh'amal'.
و كَرِجَ الْخُبْزُ، كفَرِحَ،
And the bread spoiled, like 'fariha',
واكْتَرَجَ وَكَرَّجَ وَتَكَرَّجَ:
and 'iktaraja', 'karraja', and 'takarraja':
فَسَدَ، وَعِلَّتُهُ خُضْرَةٌ.
it spoiled, and its defect was greenness.