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بذج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a young sheep, specifically a ram lamb, akin to a young goat. It also encompasses related concepts like offspring and potentially a type of garment or covering.

Derived headwords

بِذْجnoun
  1. 1.
    ram lambclassical

    A young ram of the sheep species, comparable to a young male goat (عتود).

بِذْجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    ram lambsclassical

    The plural form of بِذْج, referring to multiple young rams of the sheep species.

Parallel reading

البذج من أولاد الضأن، بمنزلة العتود من أولاد المعز
The bidh is from the offspring of sheep, in the position of the 'atūd from the offspring of goats.
جمعه بذجان
Its plural is bidhān.
قد هلكت جارتنا من الهمج
Our neighbor has perished from the locusts.
وإن تجع تأكل عتودا أو بذج
And if she becomes hungry, she eats a young goat or a ram lamb.