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لجن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to processes of sticking, adhering, or becoming thick, often in the context of washing, processing materials, or movement. It also extends to the concept of heaviness and, metaphorically, to silver.

Derived headwords

تَلَجَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become stickyboth

    To become viscous or sticky, similar to adhering.

  2. 2.
    to remain dirtyclassical

    Used when washing one's head, meaning the dirt was not removed.

تَلْجِينverb
  1. 1.
    to thickenclassical

    To strike something like cotton or similar material to make it thicker or more compact.

اللَّجِينnoun
  1. 1.
    falling leavesclassical

    What falls from leaves when they are struck or processed.

  2. 2.
    silverclassical

    A diminutive form of silver, used metaphorically.

لَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavyclassical

    Describing a she-camel that is heavy in its gait or movement.

لَجُونadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy-gaitedclassical

    A she-camel that is slow and heavy in its movement.

لُجُونnoun
  1. 1.
    heavinessclassical

    The state of being heavy, specifically referring to the gait of a she-camel.

لَجَنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    heavinessclassical

    The state of being heavy, specifically referring to the gait of a she-camel.

Parallel reading

تلجن الشئ: تلزج.
Something becomes sticky: it becomes viscous.
وتلجن رأسه، إذا غسله فلم ينق وسخه.
And his head became sticky, if he washed it and its dirt was not removed.
ولجنت الخطمي ونحوه تلجينا، إذا ضربته ليثخن.
And you thicken cotton and the like by striking it to make it more compact.
واللجين: الخبط، عن ابن السكيت، وهو ما سقط من الورق عند الخبط.
And al-Lajin: the beating, according to Ibn al-Sikkit, and it is what falls from the leaves upon beating.
ويقال: تلجن القوم، إذا أخذوا الورق ودقوه وخلطوه بالنوى لتعلفه الإبل.
And it is said: the people processed the leaves, if they took the leaves, pounded them, and mixed them with date pits for the camels to feed on.
وناقة لجون: ثقيلة في السير.
And a heavy-gaited she-camel: heavy in its pace.
وقد لجنت تلجن لجونا ولجانا.
And she became heavy, she moves heavily, with heaviness and a heavy gait.
واللجين: الفضة جاء مصغرا، مثل الثريا والكميت.
And al-Lajin: silver, it came as a diminutive, like al-Thurayya and al-Kumayt.
عليه الطير كالورق اللجين
Upon it birds like falling leaves.