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الوجم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns silence, often stemming from suppressed emotion like grief or anger. It also extends to meanings related to harshness, badness, and specific physical objects or conditions.

Derived headwords

الوجمnoun
  1. 1.
    silent griefclassical

    A state of silent contemplation due to intense sadness.

  2. 2.
    pile of stonesclassical

    A pile of stones on hills, larger and taller than 'arūm, attributed to the craftsmanship of 'Ad. It can also refer to landmarks in deserts.

  3. 3.
    stingy personclassical

    A person characterized by stinginess.

  4. 4.
    mean personclassical

    A person who is physically slight and morally base.

وجمverb
  1. 1.
    to be silent from angerclassical

    To remain silent out of suppressed anger or resentment.

  2. 2.
    to dislikeclassical

    To dislike or detest something.

  3. 3.
    to punchclassical

    To punch someone.

وجماnoun
  1. 1.
    silence from angerclassical

    The act of being silent due to suppressed anger.

وجوماnoun
  1. 1.
    silence from angerclassical

    The act of being silent due to suppressed anger.

يوم وجيمadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely hot dayclassical

    A day characterized by extreme heat.

الجمةnoun
  1. 1.
    single mealclassical

    A single serving of food or a single meal.

  2. 2.
    insultclassical

    A verbal insult or reproach.

وجيمadjective
  1. 1.
    bad personclassical

    A person of bad character or disposition.

رجل وجمadjective
  1. 1.
    bad manclassical

    A man of bad character.

وجم سوءnoun
  1. 1.
    evil personclassical

    A person of evil character.

أوجامnoun
  1. 1.
    piles of stonesclassical

    Plural of 'wajm', referring to piles of stones on hills or landmarks in deserts.

أوجمverb
  1. 1.
    to be the majority of sandclassical

    To constitute the greater part of the sand.

الميجمةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A type of plant known as 'kadhīn'.

الوجيمةnoun
  1. 1.
    harmful foodclassical

    Food or fodder that is harmful or causes distress.

لم أجم عننهverb
  1. 1.
    did not remain silent from fearclassical

    I did not remain silent out of fear or apprehension.

Parallel reading

العبوس المطرق لشدة الحزن.
Silent contemplation due to intense sadness.
سكت على غيظ
He remained silent out of anger.
كره الشيء
He disliked the thing.
لكزه فلانا
He punched the person.
يوم وجيم: شديد الحر.
An intensely hot day.
الأكلة الواحدة
A single meal.
المسبة
The insult.
رجل وجم: رديء.
A man who is bad.
رجل سوء
An evil person.
حجارة مركومة على الآكام أغلظ وأطول من الأروم
Piles of stones on hills, thicker and taller than 'arūm.
أبنية يهتدى بها في الصحارى
Structures used for guidance in the deserts.
أوجم الرمل: معظمه.
The majority of the sand.
الميجمة، بالكسر: الكذين.
The 'mayjama', with kasra: the 'kadhīn'.
الوجيمة من العلف والطعام: المؤوفة.
The 'wajīma' of fodder and food: the harmful one.
لم أجم عننه: لم أسكت عنه فزعا.
I did not remain silent from it: I did not stop out of fear.