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خلج

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root 'خلج' primarily deals with the concept of pulling, snatching, or drawing something away. This extends to meanings of distraction, sudden movement, and even physical ailments or actions like winking. It also encompasses derived terms for geographical features, tools, and specific types of ships or people.

Derived headwords

خَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, snatchboth

    To pull, snatch, or draw something away forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to distractboth

    To occupy one's attention or distract them, often with worldly matters.

يَخْلِجُverb
  1. 1.
    pulls, snatchesboth

    Present tense of 'خلج', meaning to pull, snatch, or draw away.

  2. 2.
    distractsboth

    Present tense of 'خلج', meaning to distract or occupy.

خَلْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling, snatchingboth

    The act of pulling, snatching, or drawing away.

  2. 2.
    distractionboth

    The act of being distracted or occupied.

اخْتَلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to snatch awayboth

    To snatch something away or pull it out.

  2. 2.
    to dart (eyes)both

    Said of the eye when it moves quickly or darts.

مُخَرْفَجًاadjective
  1. 1.
    changed, alteredclassical

    Describing a state or condition that has been changed, altered, or replaced.

عَيْنُهُ تَخْلُجُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye dartsboth

    Said of the eye when it moves quickly, flutters, or darts.

تَخْلُجُverb
  1. 1.
    darts (eye)both

    The eye moves quickly, flutters, or darts.

  2. 2.
    is distractedboth

    To be occupied or distracted.

خَلَجَ عَيْنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to wink at himboth

    To make a sign to someone with the eye, such as a wink or a glance.

خَلَجَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    occupied meboth

    Something occupied my attention or distracted me.

الْخَلَجُnoun
  1. 1.
    bone painclassical

    A condition where a person complains of pain in their bones, often due to exertion or long travel.

خَلِجَverb
  1. 1.
    complained of bone painclassical

    To complain of pain in the bones.

تَخَلَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to falter, staggerboth

    Said of a paralyzed person's gait; to falter, stagger, or move unevenly.

  2. 2.
    to be doubtfulboth

    To have doubt or suspicion about something.

تَخَالُجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    doubt, suspicionboth

    The state of having doubt or suspicion.

الْخَلُوجُadjective
  1. 1.
    weaned (camel)classical

    A female camel whose offspring has been weaned, resulting in reduced milk.

خَلَجَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    weaned her offspringclassical

    To wean the offspring of a female camel.

الْخَلِيجُnoun
  1. 1.
    gulf, inletboth

    A part or inlet of the sea; a gulf or bay.

  2. 2.
    riverboth

    A river or stream.

  3. 3.
    ropeclassical

    A rope, because it pulls what it is tied to.

  4. 4.
    large platterclassical

    A large platter or dish.

خَلِيْجَاهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its sidesboth

    The sides of a river or stream.

خَلَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plattersclassical

    Plural of 'خليج', referring to large platters or dishes.

الْخُلْجُnoun
  1. 1.
    small shipsclassical

    Small ships, smaller than 'al-'adūlī.

  2. 2.
    a tribeclassical

    A group of Arabs from the tribe of 'Adwān, later affiliated with another tribe.

مَحْلُوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thrust (wound)classical

    A thrusting wound, either to the right or left.

  2. 2.
    sound opinionclassical

    A correct or sound opinion.

خَلَجْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I thrust himclassical

    To thrust or stab someone.

الْخَلَنْجُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A type of tree, of Persian origin.

الْخِلَانِجُnoun
  1. 1.
    trees (plural)classical

    Plural of 'الخلنج', referring to the trees.

Parallel reading

فإن يكن هذا الزمان خلجا فقد لبسنا عيشه المخرفجا
If this time has been a snatching away, then we have indeed lived its changed life.
يعنى: قد خلج حالا وانتزعها وبدلها بغيرها
Meaning: it has snatched away a state and replaced it with another.
وخلجت عينه تخلج وتخلج خلوجا، واختلجت، إذا طارت
And his eye darted, it darts and darts with darting, and it darted, meaning it moved quickly.
خلجه بعينه، أي غمزه
He signaled to him with his eye, meaning he winked at him.
قد خلجت بحاجب وعين
She signaled with her eyebrow and eye.
يا قوم خلوا بينها وبيني
O people, leave between her and me.
خلجني كذا، أي شغلني
Such-and-such occupied me, meaning it distracted me.
يقال: خلجته أمور الدنيا
It is said: the matters of this world occupied him.
والخلج، بالتحريك: أن يشتكي الرجل عظامه من عمل أو من طول مشي وتعب
And 'al-khalaj', with vowelization: is when a man complains of pain in his bones from work or from long walking and fatigue.
وتخلج المفلوج في مشيته، أي تفكك وتمايل
And the paralyzed person falters in his gait, meaning he staggers and sways.
وتخالج في صدري منه شئ، وذلك إذا شككت
And something stirred in my chest concerning him, and that is when you doubt.
والخلوج من النوق: التي اختلج عنها ولدها فقل لذلك لبنها
And 'al-khalūj' from the she-camels: is one whose offspring has been taken away, so her milk becomes less.
والخليج من البحر: شرم منه
And 'al-khalīj' from the sea: is an inlet from it.
ويقال: جانباه خليجاه
And it is said: its sides are its inlets.
والخليج: الحبل، قال ابن السكيت: لأنه يجذب ما شد به
And 'al-khalīj': the rope, Ibn al-Sikkit said: because it pulls what it is tied to.
وبَاتَ يُغَنِّي فِي الْخَلِيجِ كَأَنَّهُ كُمَيْتٌ مُدْمَىً نَاصِعُ اللَّوْنِ أَقْرَحُ
And he spent the night singing by the rope, as if he were a dark-red horse, blood-red, bright in color, with a white star on his forehead.
والخليج: الجفنة، والجمع خلج
And 'al-khalīj': the platter, and the plural is 'khulj'.
ويكللون إذا الرياح تناوحت خلجا تمد شوارعها أيتامها
And they adorn themselves when the winds blow, with platters whose orphans they extend.
والخلج أيضا: سفن صغار دون العدولى، قاله أبو عبيد
And 'al-khulj' also: small ships, smaller than al-'adūlī, said Abu Ubayd.
والمخلوجة: الطعنة ذات اليمين وذات الشمال
And 'al-makhlūjah': the thrust, to the right and to the left.
نطعنهم سلكى ومخلوجة
We stab them with a thrust and a side thrust.
وقد خلجته، إذا طعنته
And I have thrust him, meaning I have stabbed him.
والمخلوجة: الرأي المصيب
And 'al-makhlūjah': the correct opinion.
وكنت إذا دارت رحى الحرب رعته بمخلوجة فيها من العجز مضرف
And I would, when the millstone of war turned, guide it with a sound opinion that had in it a turning away from weakness.
والخلنج: شجر، فارسي معرب
And 'al-khalanj': a tree, of Persian origin, Arabized.
لبن البخت في قصاع الخلنج
The milk of the Bactrian camel in the platters of 'al-khalanj'.
والجمع الخلانج
And the plural is 'al-khilānj'.
حتى إذا ما قضت الحوائجا وملات حلابها الخلانجا
Until when they had fulfilled their needs and filled their milk-skins with 'al-khilānj'.
منها وثموا الاوطب النواشجا
From them, and then they prepared the milk-skins.