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وجء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of striking, crushing, or damaging, often with a sharp object or through forceful impact. It extends to describe specific types of food preparations involving crushing and mixing, and metaphorically to the act of castration or hindering procreation.

Derived headwords

الوِجْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crushed locust dishclassical

    A dish made from locusts that are crushed and then mixed with ghee or oil and eaten.

الوِجِيْئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crushed date pasteclassical

    A preparation of dates that are crushed until their pits are removed, then moistened with milk and ghee until it becomes a dense paste.

وَجَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone or something, particularly with a knife or a sharp object.

  2. 2.
    to castrateclassical

    To castrate an animal, specifically a ram.

مَوْجُوءadjective
  1. 1.
    castratedboth

    Describing an animal that has been castrated.

الْوِجَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing the veins of the testicles until they burst, resembling castrationboth

    crushing the veins of the testicles until they burst, resembling castration

تَوَجَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone or something with one's hand.

Parallel reading

الوَجِيْئَة التمر يدق حتى يخرج نواه ثم يبل بلبن وسمن حتى يتدن ويلزم بعضه بعضا فيؤكل.
Al-Wajī'ah is dates that are crushed until their pits are removed, then moistened with milk and ghee until it becomes dense and sticks together, and is eaten.
وَجَأْتُهُ بالسكين: ضربته.
I struck him with the knife: I hit him.
وَجَى هو فهو مَوْجُوء.
He was struck, so he is struck.
الْوِجَاء بالكسر والمد: رض عروق البيضتين حتى تنفضخ فيكون شبيها بالخصاء.
Al-Wijā' (with kasra and madd) is the crushing of the veins of the two testicles until they burst, resulting in something similar to castration.
عليكم بالباءة فمن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاء.
You should marry, and whoever cannot, then he should fast, for it is a hindrance for him.
وجأت الكبش.
I castrated the ram.
ضحى بكبشين موجوءين.
He sacrificed two castrated rams.
وَجَأْتُ عنقه وجأ: ضربته.
I struck his neck with a strike: I hit him.
وقد توجأته بيدي.
And I struck him with my hand.