رجع

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

The root 'رجَع' (raja'a) primarily denotes returning, going back, or coming back. It extends to concepts of response, repetition, and reversal, encompassing physical movement, verbal replies, and even cyclical events like rain or life after death.

Derived headwords

رَجَعَverb

1.
the thing returned by itself (from the verb class of جلس)both
the thing returned by itself (from the verb class of جلس)
2.
someone else returned it (from the verb class of قطع)both
someone else returned it (from the verb class of قطع)
3.
he repeated (the call to prayer)both
he repeated (the call to prayer)

رُجُوعًاnoun

1.
returningboth
The act of going back or coming back.

رَجْعًاnoun

1.
returning (of others)classical
The act of causing someone or something to return.

أَرْجَعَverb

1.
someone else returned it (with the alif)both
someone else returned it (with the alif)
2.
the man returned (his dung)both
the man returned (his dung)

الرُّجْعَىnoun

1.
the returnboth
the return

رِجْعَىnoun

1.
return (of a message)classical
The reply or outcome of a message sent.

المَرْجِعnoun

1.
the returnboth
the return

الرَّجْعَةnoun

1.
meaning, returning to the world after deathboth
meaning, returning to the world after death

مَرْجُوعnoun

1.
returnedboth
returned

رَاجِعَةadjective

1.
returning (female animal)classical
A female animal (like a camel or ewe) that appears pregnant but is not.

رَجِيعَةadjective

1.
returning (female animal)classical
A female animal (like a camel or ewe) that appears pregnant but is not.

ارْتَجَعَverb

1.
to buy backboth
To purchase something that was previously sold.
2.
to recoverboth
To regain something lost or spent.

تَرَجَّعَverb

1.
to buy backclassical
To purchase something that was previously sold.

رَاجِعadjective

1.
he reviewed the speech with himboth
he reviewed the speech with him
2.
he took his wife backboth
he took his wife back

رَجَّاعnoun

1.
return (of birds)classical
The return of birds after a period of absence.

الرَّاجِعnoun

1.
a woman whose husband dies and she returns to her familyboth
a woman whose husband dies and she returns to her family

الرَّجْعnoun

1.
rainboth
rain
2.
that which has benefitboth
that which has benefit

رَجَعَانnoun

1.
return (of rain)classical
The falling of rain.
2.
responseclassical
The reply or answer to a communication.

رَجَعَ الدابةverb

1.
to pace (animal)classical
The way a horse or other animal moves its legs while walking.

رَجَعَ الواشمةverb

1.
to draw (tattoo)classical
The act of drawing or applying a tattoo.

الرَّجِيعnoun

1.
dungboth
dung
2.
that which has a belly (i.e., stomach contents)both
that which has a belly (i.e., stomach contents)

أَرْجَعَ الرجلverb

1.
to reach backclassical
To reach one's hand backward to grasp something.

مُرْجَعnoun

1.
returnableclassical
Something that has a return or reply.

أَرْبَحَ اللهُ بَيْعَتَهُphrase

1.
May God bless your saleclassical
A wish for a profitable transaction, analogous to 'May God return your sale'.

أَرْجَعَت الإبلverb

1.
to recover (camels)classical
Camels that became thin and then regained their strength and fatness.

المُرَاجَعَةnoun

1.
repetition, returning toboth
repetition, returning to

رَاجَعَverb

1.
he reviewed the speech with himboth
he reviewed the speech with him
2.
he took his wife backboth
he took his wife back

تَرَاجَعَverb

1.
the thing returned backwardboth
the thing returned backward

اسْتَرْجَعَverb

1.
he took back from him what he had given himboth
he took back from him what he had given him
2.
he said 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return' (upon a calamity)both
he said 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return' (upon a calamity)

التَّرْجِيعnoun

1.
known in the call to prayerboth
known in the call to prayer
2.
repeating the voice in the throat, like the recitation of those who sing melodiesboth
repeating the voice in the throat, like the recitation of those who sing melodies

رُجْع الكَتِفnoun

1.
shoulder bladeclassical
The lower part of the shoulder blade.

مَرْجِع الكَتِفnoun

1.
shoulder bladeclassical
The lower part of the shoulder blade.

Parallel reading

رجع بنفسه رجوعا

He returned by himself, a return.

ورجعة غيره رجعا

And the return of another (caused by him) was a return.

وهذيل تقول: أرجعه غيره

And the tribe of Hudhayl says: another made him return.

يرجع بعضهم إلى بعض القول

Some of them blame each other.

فما جاءني رجعى رسالتي

So no reply to my message came to me.

ثم إلى ربكم مرجعكم

Then to your Lord is your return.

وفلان يؤمن بالرجعة

And so-and-so believes in the return (to life).

هل جاء رجعة كتابك

Has the reply to your letter come?

وله على امرأته رجعة ورجعة أيضا

And he has the right of return over his wife, and another return.

ما كان من مرجوع فلان عليك

What was returned or replied by so-and-so to you.

فالثانية راجعة ورجيعة

So the second is a return (animal) and a returned one.

باع فلان إبله فارتجع منها رجعة صالحة بالكسر

So-and-so sold his camels and recovered from it a good return (by reinvesting the price).

إذا وجبت على رب المال أسنان فأخذ المصدق مكانها أسنانا فوقها أو دونها

If specific ages (of livestock) became due from the owner, and the tax collector took in their place animals of higher or lower age.

وأتان راجع وناقة راجع، إذا كانت تشول بذنبها وتجمع قطريها وتوزع ببولها، فيظن أن بها حملا، ثم تخلف

And a female donkey and a female camel are 'rajia' if she lifts her tail and gathers her flanks and urinates sparingly, so it is thought she is pregnant, then she turns out not to be.

وقد رجعت ترجع رجاعا

And she became 'rajia', returning (falsely pregnant) repeatedly.

والرجاع أيضا: رجوع الطير بعد قطاعها

And 'ar-rujaa'' is also the return of birds after their departure.

والراجع: المرأة يموت زوجها فترجع إلى أهلها

And 'ar-raaji'' is the woman whose husband dies and she returns to her family.

والسماء ذات الرجع

And the sky possessing the rain.

أبيض كالرجع رسوب إذا * ما ناخ في محتفل يختلي

White like a pool of water, sinking when it rests in a gathering place that is cleared.

ورجعان الكتاب أيضا: جوابه

And the 'ruj'aan' of a book is also its reply.

رجع إلي الجواب يرجع رجعا ورجعانا

The reply came back to me, returning a return and a returning.

ورجع الدابة يديها في السير: خطوها

And the 'raj' of a beast's legs in its gait is its stride.

أو رجع واشمة أسف نؤورها * كففا تعرض فوقهن وشامها

Or the tattoo of a sorrowful woman, its dye, hands displaying above them her tattoos.

والرجيع من الدواب: ما رجعته من سفر إلى سفر، وهو الكال، والأنثى رجيعة، والجمع الرجائع

And 'ar-raji'' from beasts is what you return with from one journey to another, and it is the worn-out one; the female is 'raji'a', and the plural is 'rajaa'i''.

وهذا رجيع السبع ورجعه أيضا

And this is the prey of a predator and its return as well.

وربما سموا الجرة رجيعا

And sometimes they call a waterskin 'raji''.

وفلاة كأنها ظهر ترس * ليس فيها إلا الرجيع علاق

And a desert like the back of a shield, in which there is nothing but the return (of the waterskin's contents).

فعيث في الكنانة يرجع

So he rummaged in the quiver, reaching back.

هذا متاع مرجع

This is a returnable commodity.

أرجع الله بيعة فلان، كما يقال: أربح الله بيعته

May Allah make so-and-so's sale profitable (i.e., return profit), just as it is said: May Allah bless his sale.

إذا هزلت ثم سمنت

If they became thin and then grew fat.

وراجعه امرأته

And he returned to his wife.

وتراجع الشئ إلى خلف

And a thing retreated backward.

إذا قلت: إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، فأنا مسترجع

If you say: 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return,' then you are one who has recited the statement of return.

ورجعت من عرفان دار كأنها * بقية وشم في متون الأشاجع

And I returned from recognizing a dwelling as if it were the remnant of a tattoo on the forearms.

وترجيع الصوت: ترديده في الحلق، كقراءة أصحاب الألحان

And 'tarji'' of the voice is its repetition in the throat, like the recitation of those who use melodies.

وترجيع الدابة يديها في السير، وترجيع الواشمة وشمها

And the 'tarji'' of a beast's legs in its gait, and the 'tarji'' of a tattoo artist her tattoo.

رجع الكتف ومرجعها: أسفلها

The 'raj' of the shoulder blade and its 'marji'' is its lower part.