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عجنه

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pressing, kneading, or relying on something with a gathered hand. It extends to concepts of dependence, physical actions like striking the ground, and descriptions of animals and people, often related to their physical state or temperament.

Derived headwords

عَجَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to kneadboth

    To press and mix something, like dough, with a gathered hand.

  2. 2.
    to rely onclassical

    To depend on someone or something by gathering one's hand and pressing.

يَعْجِنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he kneadsboth

    The present tense of the verb 'to knead'.

  2. 2.
    he relies onclassical

    The present tense of the verb 'to rely on'.

اِعْتَجَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to rely onclassical

    To depend on someone or something, similar to 'ajnahu'.

مَعْجُونadjective
  1. 1.
    kneadedboth

    Something that has been kneaded, especially dough.

عَجِينnoun
  1. 1.
    doughboth

    Kneaded flour and water mixture, ready for baking.

  2. 2.
    effeminate manclassical

    A man who is soft, weak, or effeminate.

عَجِينَةnoun
  1. 1.
    doughboth

    A portion of dough.

  2. 2.
    foolish personclassical

    A foolish or stupid person.

  3. 3.
    group of soft peopleclassical

    A group of soft or effeminate men and women.

عَجَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    An alternative term for a foolish or stupid person.

مُتَعَجِّنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of soft peopleclassical

    A large group of soft or effeminate people.

أُمُّ عَجِينَةname
  1. 1.
    vultureclassical

    A name for a vulture.

أَبُو عَجِينَةname
  1. 1.
    Hadith narratorclassical

    A name of a Hadith narrator.

اِبْنُ أَبِي عَجِينَةname
  1. 1.
    Hadith narratorclassical

    A name of a Hadith narrator.

عَجْنَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    low-milk camelclassical

    A female camel that produces little milk.

  2. 2.
    very fat camelclassical

    A female camel that has reached the peak of fatness.

  3. 3.
    camel with prolapsed uterusclassical

    A female camel whose uterus protrudes, or has a swelling in its vulva preventing conception.

عَجْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    swollen vulvaclassical

    A swelling in the vulva of a female animal that prevents conception.

كِتَابnoun
  1. 1.
    neckclassical

    The neck of a person or animal.

  2. 2.
    groinclassical

    The area of the groin.

  3. 3.
    under the chinclassical

    The area beneath the chin.

  4. 4.
    penisclassical

    The extended shaft of the penis from the testicle to the anus.

عَاجِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    middle of a placeclassical

    The central part or heart of a location.

أَعْجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to ride a fat camelclassical

    To ride a female camel that is very fat.

  2. 2.
    to have a swollen neckclassical

    To have a swollen neck, referring to a camel.

مُتَعَجِّنnoun
  1. 1.
    plump camelclassical

    A camel that is plump and fat.

عَجْنnoun
  1. 1.
    plump camelclassical

    A camel that is plump and fat.

نَاقَةٌ عَاجِنٌadjective
  1. 1.
    camel that doesn't conceiveclassical

    A female camel that does not retain a fetus.

Parallel reading

اعتمد عليه بجمع كفه يغمزه
He relied on him by gathering his hand and pressing him.
كاعتجنه
Like relying on him.
وضرب عجانه
And he struck its neck.
والناقة: ضربت الأرض بيديها في سيرها
And the female camel: she struck the ground with her forelegs while running.
وفلان: نهض معتمدا على الأرض كبرا
And so-and-so: he rose, relying on the ground out of arrogance.
والعجين: المخنث، كالعجينة
And 'ajeen: the effeminate man, like 'ajeenah.
أوهم أهل الرخاوة من الرجال والنساء
Or they meant the soft ones among men and women.
والعجينة: الأحمق، كالعجان
And 'ajeenah: the fool, like 'ajjaan.
والجماعة، كالمتعجنة، أو الكثيرة منها
And the group, like muta'ajjinah, or a large number of them.
وأم عجينة: الرخمة
And Umm 'ajeenah: the vulture.
وأبو عجينة، وابن أبي عجينة: محدثان
And Abu 'ajeenah, and Ibn Abi 'ajeenah: were Hadith narrators.
والعجناء: الناقة القليلة اللبن، والمنتهية في السمن، كالمتعجنة
And al-'aj'naa': the female camel with little milk, and the one at the peak of fatness, like al-muta'ajjinah.
أو التي تدلى ضرتها، وتلحق أطباؤها، فيرتفع في أعالي الضرة
Or she whose uterus prolapses, and her labia meet, so it rises high in the upper part of the labia.
والتي في حيائها ورم يمنع اللقاح، كالعجنة، كفرحة، وقد عجنت، كفرح
And she who has a swelling in her vulva that prevents conception, like 'ajnah, as in 'afrihah, and she has conceived, as in 'afrihah.
وككتاب: العنق، والاست، وتحت الذقن، والقضيب الممدود من الخصية إلى الدبر
And like kitāb: the neck, the groin, under the chin, and the extended shaft from the testicle to the anus.
وعاجنة المكان: وسطه
And 'aajinat al-makaan: its center.
وأعجن: ركب السمينة، وورم عجانه
And 'a'jana: he rode the fat one, and his neck swelled.
والمتعجن والعجن، ككتف: البعير المكتنز سمنا
And al-muta'ajjin and al-'ajin, like 'akif: the camel that is plump with fat.
وناقة عاجن: لا يقر الولد في بطنها
And a female camel 'aajin: the offspring does not settle in her womb.