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مهج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of blood, specifically the blood of the heart, and by extension, life or soul. It also extends to meanings related to thinness or rarity, applied to liquids like milk or fat.

Derived headwords

الْمَهْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bloodboth

    Refers to blood in general.

  2. 2.
    heart's bloodboth

    Specifically denotes the blood of the heart.

  3. 3.
    soul, lifeboth

    Used metaphorically to mean the soul or life, especially when it departs.

مَهْجَتَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning his soul.both

    meaning his soul.

شَحْمٌ مُهَجٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    thin fatclassical

    Describes fat that is thin or not dense.

أُمُهَجٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    thin, wateryclassical

    Describes something, particularly fat, as being thin or watery.

الْأَمْهَجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    thin milkclassical

    Refers to milk that is thin or watery.

مَاهِجadjective
  1. 1.
    thin, wateryclassical

    Describes milk or a similar liquid as being thin or watery.

Parallel reading

المهجة: الدم.
Al-mahjah: blood.
دفنت مهجته، أي دمه.
He buried his blood, meaning his blood.
ويقال: المهجة دم القلب خاصة.
And it is said: Al-mahjah is specifically the blood of the heart.
ويقال: خرجت مهجته، إذا خرجت روحه.
And it is said: His soul departed, if his spirit left.
وشحم أمهج بالضم، أي رقيق.
And fat is amhaj (with damma), meaning thin.
والامهجان بالضم: اللبن الرقيق.
And al-amhajān (with damma): thin milk.
ولبن ماهج، إذا رق.
And milk is māhij, if it becomes thin.