سحج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scraping, abrading, or peeling off a surface, often the skin. It extends to the resulting state of being scraped or worn down, and can describe an animal that scrapes the ground with its hooves.

Derived headwords

سَحَجَverb

1.
he scraped his skinboth
he scraped his skin
2.
on his face is a scrape, meaning a peelingboth
on his face is a scrape, meaning a peeling

اِنْسَحَجَverb

1.
it was scraped, meaning it peeled offboth
it was scraped, meaning it peeled off

سَحْجnoun

1.
he scraped his skinboth
he scraped his skin
2.
on his face is a scrape, meaning a peelingboth
on his face is a scrape, meaning a peeling

مَسْحُوجadjective

1.
scrapedboth
Having had a layer removed by scraping.

مِسْحَجnoun

1.
tool for scrapingclassical
An instrument used for scraping or abrading.

مِسْحَجadjective

1.
worn outclassical
Exhausted or worn down, often through hard work or exertion.

مُسَحَّجadjective

1.
worn downclassical
Describing something that has been worn down or abraded.

حِمَار مَسْحَجnoun

1.
hard-working donkeyclassical
A donkey that is constantly toiling and working hard.

بَعِير سَحَّاجnoun

1.
camel that scrapes the groundclassical
A camel whose hooves scrape the ground as it walks.

Parallel reading

سحجت جلده فانسحج

I scraped his skin and it became scraped off.

أي قشرته فانقشر

Meaning: I peeled it and it peeled off.

أصابه شئ فسحج وجهه

Something afflicted him and scraped his face.

وبه سحج

And he had an abrasion on him.

وسحجه فتسحج، شدد للكثرة

And he scraped it, and it became scraped off, intensified for abundance.

وحمار مسحج، أي معضض مكدح

And a donkey that is مسحج, meaning toiling and working hard.

وبعير سحاج: يسحج الارض بخفه

And a camel that is سحاج: it scrapes the ground with its hoof.