← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

الرجم

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root الرجم primarily relates to the act of throwing stones, often with connotations of killing, cursing, or driving away. It extends to meanings of conjecture, marking, and even specific geographical features or structures.

Derived headwords

رَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to stoneboth

    To throw stones at someone or something, often with the intent to kill or harm.

  2. 2.
    to curseclassical

    To condemn or denounce someone, often verbally.

  3. 3.
    to conjectureclassical

    To guess or surmise something without certain knowledge.

  4. 4.
    to drive awayclassical

    To expel or banish someone or something.

الرَّجْمnoun
  1. 1.
    stoningboth

    The act of throwing stones, often as a form of punishment or attack.

  2. 2.
    killingclassical

    The act of causing death, often through stoning.

  3. 3.
    cursingclassical

    Verbal condemnation or denunciation.

  4. 4.
    conjectureclassical

    Guesswork or speculation.

  5. 5.
    distanceclassical

    A far-off place, often associated with throwing stones.

رُجُومnoun
  1. 1.
    stones for stoningboth

    Stones used for throwing, especially for the purpose of stoning.

  2. 2.
    things that are stonedclassical

    Objects or beings that are subjected to stoning.

رَجْمnoun
  1. 1.
    wellclassical

    A water well.

  2. 2.
    ovenclassical

    A type of oven, possibly for baking.

  3. 3.
    pitclassical

    A small pit or hollow in the ground.

  4. 4.
    mountainclassical

    A specific mountain, possibly named Ajā.

  5. 5.
    graveclassical

    A burial place.

رَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    grave markerboth

    Stones or markers placed on a grave.

  2. 2.
    den of a hyenaclassical

    The lair or den of a hyena.

  3. 3.
    date palm supportclassical

    A support structure used for a fertile date palm tree.

رُجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    grave markerboth

    Stones or markers placed on a grave.

  2. 2.
    stars that are shotclassical

    Meteors or shooting stars.

الرِّجَالnoun
  1. 1.
    brothersclassical

    Companions or close friends, referred to as brothers.

مَرَاجِمnoun
  1. 1.
    abusive speechclassical

    Foul or offensive language.

رَاجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to fight backboth

    To defend oneself or retaliate, especially in combat.

  2. 2.
    to engage intenselyclassical

    To engage deeply or intensely in conversation, conflict, or war.

مَرْجُومadjective
  1. 1.
    stonedclassical

    One who has been subjected to stoning.

  2. 2.
    cursedclassical

    One who is reviled or condemned.

ارْتَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pile upclassical

    For things to stack or pile on top of each other.

الأَرْجَامnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain, possibly a specific one.

رَجْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a town or area near the Khabur river.

مِرْجَامnoun
  1. 1.
    camelclassical

    A camel that stretches its neck while walking, or one that walks fast.

  2. 2.
    stone throwerclassical

    Something used to throw stones.

مَرْجَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    well structureclassical

    A structure built over a well, often with a beam for the bucket.

  2. 2.
    bucket attachmentclassical

    A device attached to the end of a bucket's rope to help it descend faster.

رَجَّامnoun
  1. 1.
    well structureclassical

    Two wooden beams set up over a well, supporting the pulley system.

رَجِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    cursedboth

    One who is reviled, condemned, or driven away.

  2. 2.
    stonedclassical

    Subjected to stoning.

مَرْجَمadjective
  1. 1.
    strongclassical

    A strong person, as if capable of stoning an enemy.

مُرَجَّمadjective
  1. 1.
    unclearclassical

    A saying or statement whose truth or meaning is uncertain.

مُرَجِّمnoun
  1. 1.
    narratorclassical

    A narrator or traditionist, specifically Marājim bin al-ʿAwwām.

Parallel reading

الرجم: القتل، والقذف، والغيب، والظن، والخليل، والنديم، واللعن، والشتم، والهجران، والطرد ورمي بالحجارة
Al-rajm: killing, and casting, and the unseen, and conjecture, and the intimate friend, and the companion, and cursing, and reviling, and abandonment, and expulsion, and throwing with stones.
واسم ما يرجم به ج: رجوم
And the name of what is used for stoning, plural: rujūm.
وبالتحريك: البئر، والتنور، والجفرة بالجيم، وجبل بأجأ، والقبر، كالرجمة، بالفتح والضم
And with harakat (vowels): the well, and the oven, and al-jafrā (with jīm), and a mountain in Ajā, and the grave, like al-raghma, with fatḥ and ḍamm.
والرجمة، بالضم: وجار الضبع، والتي ترجب النخلة الكريمة بها
And al-rughma, with ḍamm: the den of the hyena, and that by which the noble palm tree is supported.
والمراجم: قبيح الكلام
And al-marājim: ugly speech.
وراجِم عنه: ناضل
And rājama ʿanhu: he fought back.
وفي الكلام والعدو والحرب: بالغ بأشد مساجلة
And in speech, enmity, and war: he went to extremes in intense exchange.
ومر وهو يضطرم في عدوه
And he passed by while he was raging against his enemy.
فقال له: قد رجمتك بالشرف
And he said to him: I have honored you with nobility.
وارتجم الشيء: ركب بعضه بعضا
And the thing artajama: it piled up, one part on another.
والمرجام من الإبل: الماد عنقه في السير، أو الشديد السير
And al-mirjām from camels: one that stretches its neck in its gait, or one that is strong in its gait.
ورجل مرجم، كمنبر: شديد كأنه يرجم به عدوه
And a rajum man, like minbar: strong, as if he were stoning his enemy with him.
وفرس مرجم: يرجم الأرض بحوافره
And a marjam horse: it strikes the ground with its hooves.
وحديث مرجم، كمعظم: لا يوقف على حقيقته
And a marjam hadith, like muʿaẓẓam: its reality cannot be ascertained.
وكتاب: المرجاس، وربما شد بطرف عرقوة الدلو ليكون أسرع لانحدارها، وما يبنى على البئر، ثم تعرض عليه الخشبة للدلو
And like kitāb: al-mirjās, and it might be tied to the end of the bucket's rope to make its descent faster, and what is built over the well, to which the beam for the bucket is then attached.
والرجامان: خشبتان تنصبان على البئر، ينصب عليهما القعو
And al-rajjāmān: two wooden beams set up over the well, on which the pulley is placed.