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ءجن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of water becoming stagnant or altered in taste and color. It also extends to related concepts like a basin or pool of water, and metaphorically to something viscous or oily. Additionally, it has a distinct meaning related to the act of pounding or beating, specifically by a fuller.

Derived headwords

الآجنadjective
  1. 1.
    stagnantboth

    Water that has changed in taste and color, indicating stagnation.

أجنverb
  1. 1.
    water that has changed in taste and colorboth

    water that has changed in taste and color

  2. 2.
    the water changedboth

    the water changed

  3. 3.
    an adjective of the form faʿilboth

    an adjective of the form faʿil

  4. 4.
    The night covered himboth

    The night covered him

  5. 5.
    He hid itboth

    He hid it

يأجنverb
  1. 1.
    to become stagnantboth

    The water becomes stagnant, changing in taste and color.

أجناnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnationboth

    The state or process of water becoming stagnant, characterized by altered taste and color.

أجوناnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnationclassical

    The state or process of water becoming stagnant, characterized by altered taste and color.

الاجونnoun
  1. 1.
    stagnant waterclassical

    Water that is stagnant, often described as viscous or oily.

أجنadjective
  1. 1.
    water that has changed in taste and colorboth

    water that has changed in taste and color

  2. 2.
    the water changedboth

    the water changed

  3. 3.
    an adjective of the form faʿilboth

    an adjective of the form faʿil

  4. 4.
    The night covered himboth

    The night covered him

  5. 5.
    He hid itboth

    He hid it

الاجانةnoun
  1. 1.
    basin of stagnant waterclassical

    A single basin or pool of stagnant water.

الاجنةnoun
  1. 1.
    cheekclassical

    A variant pronunciation or form for 'wajnah' (cheek), referring to one of the cheeks.

أجنverb
  1. 1.
    water that has changed in taste and colorboth

    water that has changed in taste and color

  2. 2.
    the water changedboth

    the water changed

  3. 3.
    an adjective of the form faʿilboth

    an adjective of the form faʿil

  4. 4.
    The night covered himboth

    The night covered him

  5. 5.
    He hid itboth

    He hid it

Parallel reading

الماء المتغير الطعم واللون
Water that has changed in taste and color.
فأوردها ماء كأن جمامه من الأجن حناء معا وصبيب
And he brought them to water whose stagnant pools were like henna mixed with a flowing stream.
وقد أجن الماء يأجن ويأجن أجنا وأجونا
And the water became stagnant, it becomes stagnant, with stagnation and prolonged stagnation.
ومنهل فيه الغراب ميت
And a watering place in which a crow is dead.
كأنه من الاجون زيت
As if it were stagnant water like oil.
أجن الماء بالكسر يأجن أجنا، فهو أجن على فعل
The water became stagnant (with kasra), it becomes stagnant, with stagnation, so it is stagnant according to the pattern 'af'al'.
والاجانة: واحدة الاجاجين
And 'al-ajanah' is one of the basins of stagnant water.
ولا تقل إنجانة
And do not say 'injanah'.
والاجنة بالضم: لغة في الوجنة وهي واحدة الوجنات
And 'al-ajnah' (with dammah) is a dialectal variant for 'al-wajnah' (cheek), and it is one of the cheeks.
وأجن القصار الثوب، أي دقه
And the fuller pounded the garment, meaning he beat it.