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سجع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns rhyming or patterned speech, often with a pleasing or harmonious sound. It extends to the sounds of animals like doves and camels, and metaphorically to a sense of purpose or direction in movement.

Derived headwords

سَجْعnoun
  1. 1.
    He spoke in rhymed prose (verb form).both

    He spoke in rhymed prose (verb form).

  2. 2.
    He made it rhymed prose.both

    He made it rhymed prose.

أسْجَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of saj'.both

    Plural of saj'.

أسَاجِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of saj'.both

    Plural of saj'.

سَجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    He spoke in rhymed prose (verb form).both

    He spoke in rhymed prose (verb form).

  2. 2.
    He made it rhymed prose.both

    He made it rhymed prose.

سَجْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymingboth

    The act or instance of speaking in a rhyming manner.

تَسْجِيعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymingboth

    The act of making speech rhyme; the process of producing rhyming utterances.

مُسَجَّعadjective
  1. 1.
    Rhymed speech.both

    Rhymed speech.

أسْجُوعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymed utteranceboth

    A single instance or piece of rhymed speech.

سَجَعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    The dove cooed.both

    The dove cooed.

  2. 2.
    The she-camel prolonged her moaning in one direction.both

    The she-camel prolonged her moaning in one direction.

سَاجِعadjective
  1. 1.
    purposefulclassical

    Intending or aiming for a specific goal or direction.

  2. 2.
    straightclassical

    Moving in a direct or intended path, not deviating.

Parallel reading

الكلام المقفى
Rhymed speech
والجمع أسجاع وأساجيع
And the plural is asjā' and asājī'.
وقد سجع الرجل سجعا وتسجيعا
And a man may speak in rhyme, with a rhyming (saj'an) and a rhyming (tasjī'an).
وكلام مسجع
And rhymed speech
وبينهم أسجوعة
And between them is a rhymed utterance.
وسجعت الحمامة، أي هدرت
And the dove cooed, meaning it murmured.
وسجعت الناقة، أي مدت حنينها على جهة واحدة
And the she-camel moaned, meaning she extended her lament in one direction.
الساجع: القاصد
The purposeful one: the one who intends.
قطعت بها أرضا ترى وجه ركبها * إذا ما علوها مكفأ غير ساجع
I traversed land with it, you see the face of its riders * when they ascend it, deviating, not purposeful.
أي جائرا غير قاصد
Meaning deviating, not intending.