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رجن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of staying or remaining in a place, often with connotations of being accustomed or settled. It also extends to meanings related to holding back, confining, or causing something to become weak or unhealthy through poor treatment, and can describe a state of confusion or mixture.

Derived headwords

رَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, remainboth

    To reside or stay in a place for a period of time.

رَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to confine, hold backclassical

    To hold back animals, such as camels, for feeding and not letting them graze freely.

رَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to confine and mistreatclassical

    To confine an animal and feed it poorly, causing it to become weak or emaciated.

رَجُنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be confinedclassical

    The state of being confined or held back, used for camels.

رُجُونnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingclassical

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

رُجُونnoun
  1. 1.
    confinement, poor feedingclassical

    The act of confining an animal and feeding it poorly, leading to weakness.

رَاجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to confine, hold backclassical

    To cause animals to be confined for feeding, similar to 'حبسها لتعلفها'.

أَرْجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to confine, hold backclassical

    To cause animals to be confined for feeding, similar to 'حبسها لتعلفها'.

رَاجِنadjective
  1. 1.
    accustomed, tameboth

    Accustomed to a place or situation; tame, like a domestic animal.

دَاجِنadjective
  1. 1.
    tame, domesticboth

    Tame or domesticated, often used for animals kept in households or farms.

رَاجِنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    confined, held backclassical

    Describing camels that are confined for feeding.

رَاجِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    confined animalclassical

    A female animal that is confined and poorly fed, becoming weak.

ارْتَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become mixed, confusedclassical

    For a matter or affair to become mixed up or confused for a group of people.

ارْتَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be cooked improperlyclassical

    For butter or clarified fat to be cooked but not become clear, resulting in spoilage.

Parallel reading

أقام به
He stayed in it.
والراجن: الآلف
And the accustomed one: the tame one.
مثل الداجن
Like the tame (animal).
رجنت الإبل
The camels were confined.
ورجنت أيضا بالكسر
And they were confined (also with kasra).
وهي راجنة
And they are confined.
وقد رجنتها أنا وأرجنتها
And I have confined them and caused them to be confined.
إذا حبستها لتعلفها ولم تسرحها
If you confine them to feed them and do not let them graze.
ورجن فلان دابته رجنا
And so-and-so confined his mount, a confinement.
حبسها وأساء علفها حتى تهزل
He confined it and mistreated its fodder until it became emaciated.
ورجنت هي بنفسها رجونا
And it became emaciated by itself, a state of emaciation.
فهى شاة راجن
So it is a sheep that is emaciated.
وارتجن على القوم أمرهم
And their affair became confused for the people.
وارتجن الزبد: طبخ فلم يصف وفسد
And the butter became spoiled: it was cooked but did not clarify and went bad.