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السجع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns rhyming speech, prose that is metrically arranged, or speaking with a consistent rhythm and rhyme. It extends to the sound of a dove and can metaphorically describe something well-proportioned or a camel's gait.

Derived headwords

سَجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to rhymeboth

    To speak in rhyming prose or with a consistent rhythm and rhyme.

  2. 2.
    to cooclassical

    Said of a dove, to repeat its sound or coo.

السَّجْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    rhyming speechboth

    Rhyming speech, or speaking with a consistent rhythm and rhyme.

  2. 2.
    proseclassical

    Prose that is arranged with a consistent rhyme or meter.

أسْجَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymesboth

    Plural of السجع, referring to instances of rhyming speech.

أسْجُوعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rhyming phraseclassical

    A rhyming phrase or a segment of rhyming speech.

أساجِيعُnoun
  1. 1.
    rhyming passagesclassical

    Plural of أسجوعة, referring to longer passages of rhyming speech.

سَجَّاعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    eloquenceclassical

    The quality of speaking with rhyming prose or eloquent speech.

سَاجِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rhymingboth

    One who speaks with rhyming prose or in a rhythmic manner.

  2. 2.
    cooingclassical

    Said of a dove, one that coos or repeats its sound.

  3. 3.
    well-proportionedclassical

    Describing a face that is moderate, beautiful in form.

  4. 4.
    long-neckedclassical

    Said of a she-camel, one that is long-necked.

  5. 5.
    melodiousclassical

    Said of a she-camel, one that is melodious in its lament or cry.

  6. 6.
    purposefulclassical

    One who intends or aims for a particular purpose, in speech or otherwise.

سُجُوعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cooing soundsclassical

    Plural of سَجْع, referring to the cooing sounds of a dove.

سَوَاجِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    cooing dovesclassical

    Plural of سَاجِعَة, referring to doves that coo.

Parallel reading

السجع: الكلام المقفى، أو موالاة الكلام على روي
Rhyming speech: speech that is rhymed, or the continuous flow of speech on a rhyme.
ج: أسجاع، كالأسجوعة، بالضم، ج: أساجيع.
Plural: asjā', like asjū'ah, with dammah, plural: asājī'.
وكمنع: نطق بكلام له فواصل، فهو سجاعة وساجع
And like 'man'a': to utter speech with pauses, so he is one of eloquence and a rhymester.
و الحمامة: رددت صوتها، فهي ساجعة وسجوع، ج: سجع، كركع، وسواجع.
And the dove: it repeated its sound, so it is cooing and cooing sounds, plural: sijā', like rukkā', and sawāji'.
وسجع ذلك المسجع: قصد ذلك المسجد.
And that rhyming speech intended: it aimed for that purpose.
والساجع: القاصد في الكلام وغيره
And the rhymester: one who intends in speech and otherwise.
والناقة الطويلة، أو المطربة في حنينها
And the long-necked she-camel, or the melodious one in its lament.
والوجه المعتدل الحسن الخلقة.
And the moderate, well-formed face.