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ذءج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of swallowing or drinking something forcefully and rapidly. It also extends to the idea of piercing or tearing something, particularly a waterskin, and the resulting state of being torn.

Derived headwords

ذَأَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow forcefullyboth

    To drink something in large, rapid gulps, swallowing it forcefully.

ذَأْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful swallowingboth

    The act of swallowing something forcefully and rapidly.

ذَأَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierceclassical

    To pierce or make a hole in something, specifically a waterskin.

ذَأَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to inflateclassical

    To blow into something, such as a waterskin, causing it to stretch or potentially tear.

انْذَأَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be tornclassical

    To become torn or pierced, referring to a waterskin.

Parallel reading

ذأج الماء يذأجه ذأجا، إذا جرعه جرعا شديدا.
Water is swallowed forcefully (yudha'ijuhu dha'jan) if it is gulped down severely.
يشربن برد الماء شربا ذأجا
They drink the coolness of the water with a forceful gulp.
لا يتعيفن الأجاج المأجا
They do not find the salty, forcefully swallowed water repulsive.
ذأجت السقاء: خرقته
Al-Asma'i said: 'Dha'aja the waterskin means to pierce it.'
وكذلك إذا نفخت فيه تخرق أو لم يتخرق.
And likewise, if you blow into it, whether it tears or not.
وانذأجت القربة: تخرقت.
And the waterskin became torn (indha'ajat): it was pierced.