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يءجج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of igniting, fanning flames, and causing something to flare up or become intense. It extends to metaphorical uses of intensifying emotions or conflicts.

Derived headwords

يَأَجَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to igniteboth

    To cause a fire to burn intensely or to flare up.

  2. 2.
    to fanboth

    To stir up or intensify a fire, or metaphorically, a feeling or conflict.

أَجَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to igniteboth

    To cause a fire to burn intensely or to flare up. This is a Form II verb, often indicating causation.

  2. 2.
    to fanboth

    To stir up or intensify a fire, or metaphorically, a feeling or conflict.

أُجِّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be ignitedboth

    The passive form of 'to ignite', meaning to be set ablaze or intensified.

إِيجَاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    ignitionclassical

    The act or process of igniting or causing to ignite.

  2. 2.
    intensificationclassical

    The act of making something more intense, like a fire or an emotion.

مُؤَجِّجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    ignitingclassical

    That which ignites or causes to ignite.

  2. 2.
    intensifyingclassical

    That which fans or intensifies, often used metaphorically for emotions or conflicts.

Parallel reading

يَأَجَّجَ، كَيَمْنَعُ وَيَضْرِبُ
Yā'ajjaju, like yaman'u and yaḍribu
وَذُكِرَ فِي: أَحَجَّ
And it was mentioned in: Aḥajja
وَقَالَ سِيبَوَيْهِ، مُلْحَقٌ بِجَعْفَرٍ
And Sībawayh said, it is attached to Ja'far