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الرجز

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root الرجز primarily relates to concepts of impurity, divine punishment, and a specific meter in poetry. It extends to describe a disease affecting camels, a type of saddle, and the sound of thunder or the movement of clouds.

Derived headwords

الرَّجَزnoun
  1. 1.
    filthboth

    Refers to dirt, impurity, or something unclean.

  2. 2.
    idolatryclassical

    Worship of idols or false gods.

  3. 3.
    punishmentboth

    Divine punishment or torment.

  4. 4.
    polytheismclassical

    The association of partners with God; polytheism.

  5. 5.
    poetic meterboth

    A specific meter in Arabic poetry, characterized by its repeating feet (mustaf'ilun six times) and perceived closeness of parts and fewness of letters.

رَجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to recite poetryboth

    To recite a poem in the Rajaz meter.

ارْتَجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to recite poetryboth

    To recite a poem in the Rajaz meter.

  2. 2.
    to make a soundclassical

    Used to describe the sound of thunder.

رَجَّزَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to recite a poem to someoneclassical

    To recite a Rajaz poem to someone.

رَجَزُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to recite a poemclassical

    To recite a Rajaz poem.

الأُرْجُوزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    poem in Rajaz meterboth

    A long poem composed in the Rajaz meter.

أراجيزnoun
  1. 1.
    poems in Rajaz meterboth

    Plural of Urujoza, referring to multiple poems in the Rajaz meter.

أَرْجَزadjective
  1. 1.
    diseased (camels)classical

    Describes a disease that affects the hindquarters of camels.

رَجْزَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    diseased (camels)classical

    Feminine form describing a disease that affects the hindquarters of camels.

الرَّجَّازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small howdahclassical

    A small version of a howdah (a seat carried on the back of an elephant or camel).

  2. 2.
    saddle accessoryclassical

    A piece of cloth containing stones, hair, or wool, attached to a howdah.

المُرْتَجِزname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), named for its fine neighing.

تَرَجَّزَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a sound (thunder)classical

    Used to describe the sound of thunder.

تَحَرَّكَ بِبُطْءٍverb
  1. 1.
    to move slowly (clouds)classical

    Describes clouds moving slowly due to their heavy water content.

حَدَا بِرِجْزِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to urge on with Rajazclassical

    The camel driver urged the camels on by reciting Rajaz poetry.

تَرَاجَزُواverb
  1. 1.
    to compete in reciting Rajazclassical

    They competed with each other in reciting Rajaz poetry.

Parallel reading

الرَّجَزُ، بالكَسْرِ والضَّمِّ: القَذَرُ
Al-rajaz, with kasra and damma: filth.
وعِبَادَةُ الأَوْثَانِ، والعَذَابُ، والشِّرْكُ
And the worship of idols, and punishment, and polytheism.
وبِالتَّحْرِيكِ: ضَرْبٌ مِنْ شِعْرٍ، وَزْنُهُ: مُسْتَفْعِلُنْ سِتَّ مَرَّاتٍ
And with haraka: a type of poetry, its meter is: mustaf'ilun six times.
وسُمِّيَ لِتَقَارُبِ أَجْزَائِهِ، وقِلَّةِ حُرُوفِهِ
And it was named so due to the closeness of its parts and its few letters.
والأُرْجُوزَةُ: القَصِيدَةُ مِنْهُ ج: أَرَاجِيزُ
And al-urjoza: the long poem of it, plural: arageez.
وقَدْ رَجَزَ وارْتَجَزَ ورَجَّزَ بِهِ ورَجَزَهُ: أَنْشَدَهُ أُرْجُوزَةً
And he recited Rajaz, and recited Rajaz, and recited Rajaz to him, and he recited his Rajaz: he recited an urjoza to him.
وداءٌ يُصِيبُ الإِبِلَ فِي أَعَجَازِهَا، وهُوَ أَرْجَزُ، وهِيَ رَجْزَاءُ
And a disease that afflicts camels in their hindquarters, and it is arjaz (masculine), and she is rajzaa (feminine).
وكَشَدَّادٍ ورُمَّانٍ: وَادٍ
And like shaddad and rumman: a valley.
والرَّجَّازَةُ، بالكَسْرِ: أَصْغَرُ مِنَ الهَوْدَجِ، أَوْ كِسَاءٌ فِيهِ حَجَرٌ أَوْ شَعَرٌ أَوْ صُوفٌ يُعَلَّقُ عَلَى الهَوْدَجِ
And al-rajaza, with kasra: smaller than the howdah, or a cloth containing a stone or hair or wool that is attached to the howdah.
وتَرَجَّزَ الرَّعْدُ: صَاتَ، كَارْتَجَزَ
And the thunder made a sound: it roared, like it made a sound.
والسَّحَابُ: تَحَرَّكَ بُطَيْئًا لِكَثْرَةِ مَائِهِ
And the clouds: moved slowly due to their abundance of water.
والحَادِي: حَدَا بِرِجْزِهِ
And the camel driver: urged on with his Rajaz.
وتَرَاجَزُوا: تَنَازَعُوا الرَّجَزَ بَيْنَهُمْ
And they competed in reciting Rajaz: they competed in Rajaz among themselves.