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الموج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of waves, undulation, and movement, particularly in water. It extends to metaphorical meanings of deviation, intensity, and a state of being between two things.

Derived headwords

مَوجnoun
  1. 1.
    waveboth

    The undulation or swell of the sea.

  2. 2.
    poetclassical

    A poet from the Taghlib tribe.

  3. 3.
    deviationclassical

    Inclination or deviation from the right path or truth.

مَوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    waveboth

    A single wave, often used for the sea.

  2. 2.
    youthful vigorclassical

    The intensity or prime of youth.

مَوجَىadjective
  1. 1.
    survivingclassical

    A she-camel that is surviving or has survived, characterized by its legs moving widely.

مَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    to undulateboth

    To move with waves or undulations, like the sea.

  2. 2.
    to surgeboth

    To surge or move tumultuously.

  3. 3.
    to deviateclassical

    To deviate or incline from the right path.

مَوجًاadverb
  1. 1.
    between skin and boneclassical

    Describing a state of being emaciated, where the flesh has receded between the skin and the bone.

مَاوَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedclassical

    To be very thin, to the point of being between the skin and the bone.

مَاجَهname
  1. 1.
    nicknameclassical

    A nickname for the father of Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini, the author of 'Al-Sunan'.

Parallel reading

اضطراب أمواج البحر
The disturbance of the sea waves.
شاعر تغلبي
A poet from the Taghlib tribe.
الميل عن الحق
Deviation from the truth.
موجة الشباب: عنفوانه
The wave of youth: its prime/vigor.
ناقة موجى، كسكرى: ناجية
A she-camel that is 'muwja', like 'sukra': surviving.
قد جالت أنساعها لاختلاف يديها ورجليها
Her leg joints have moved widely due to the difference in her forelegs and hindlegs.
ماجت الداغصة مؤوجا
The emaciated one was 'majat' (moving) in a state of 'muwwajan' (between skin and bone).
مارت بين الجلد والعظم
She moved/was between the skin and the bone.
وماجه: لقب والد محمد بن يزيد القزويني صاحب "السنن"، لا جده
And 'Majah' was the nickname of the father of Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini, the author of 'Al-Sunan', not his grandfather.