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ءمج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense heat and thirst, often associated with severe summer conditions. It conveys a sense of oppressive dryness and burning.

Derived headwords

أَمِجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hot and dryboth

    To experience extreme heat and dryness, particularly during summer.

  2. 2.
    to be thirstyclassical

    To suffer from thirst due to heat and dryness.

أَمَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heatboth

    A state of severe and oppressive heat.

  2. 2.
    thirstclassical

    The sensation of needing to drink, often caused by heat.

أَمِجّadjective
  1. 1.
    scorchingboth

    Describing a day or season characterized by intense, burning heat.

  2. 2.
    thirstyclassical

    Suffering from thirst.

صَيْفٌ أَمِجٌphrase
  1. 1.
    scorching summerboth

    A summer season marked by extreme heat and dryness.

Parallel reading

الأمج: حر وعطش.
Al-amaj: heat and thirst.
يقال: صيف أمج، أي شديد الحر.
It is said: 'ṣayfun amijun', meaning intensely hot.
حتى إذا ما الصيف صار أمجا
Until when the summer became intensely hot
وفرغا من رعى ما تزلجا
And they finished grazing what they had grazed