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عجرد

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of being bare, stripped, or unadorned, and by extension, can describe a person who is uninhibited or sharp-tongued. It also has a historical association with a specific group.

Derived headwords

العَجَرْدnoun
  1. 1.
    lightweightboth

    Describing something as light or unburdened.

المُعَجْرَدadjective
  1. 1.
    naked, bareclassical

    Describing someone or something as naked, stripped of clothing or covering.

عَجْرَدname
  1. 1.
    name of a personclassical

    A proper name, possibly the origin of the term 'Mu'ajarrad'.

العَجَارِدَةname
  1. 1.
    a sect of Khawarijclassical

    A specific group of Khawarij followers, associated with Abd al-Karim ibn al-'Ajarrad.

العِنْجِرْدnoun
  1. 1.
    sharp-tongued womanclassical

    A woman who is verbally aggressive, sharp-tongued, or insolent.

Parallel reading

العجرد: الخفيف.
Al-'ajrad: the light.
المعجرد: العريان.
Al-mu'ajarrad: the naked.
وكأن اسم عجرد مأخوذ منه.
And it is as if the name 'Ajarrad was taken from it.
والعجاردة: صنف من الخوارج أصحاب عبد الكريم بن العجرد.
And al-'Ajarradah: a sect of the Khawarij, followers of Abd al-Karim ibn al-'Ajarrad.
والعنجرد من النساء: السليطة.
And al-'injarrad among women: the sharp-tongued.
عنجرد تحلف حين أحلف
A sharp-tongued woman swears when I swear
كمثل شيطان الحماط أعرف
I know her like the devil of al-Himāṭ.