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عجا

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of feeding a young animal, particularly with milk. It extends to describe an animal that is orphaned and raised by another, specifically on milk.

Derived headwords

عَجَاverb
  1. 1.
    to feed milkboth

    To give milk to a young animal, especially a lamb or kid.

عَجْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    feeding milkclassical

    The act of feeding a young animal with milk.

العَجِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    orphaned animalclassical

    An animal whose mother has died and is subsequently raised by another, specifically by being fed milk from a different source.

عَجِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    female orphaned animalclassical

    The feminine form of العَجِيّ, referring to a female animal that is orphaned and raised on milk from another.

Parallel reading

عجت الأم ولدها تعجوه عجوا، إذا سقته اللبن.
The mother fed her young one, giving it milk, when she gave it milk.
والعجي: الذي تموت أمه فيربيه صاحبه بلبن غيرها، والانثى عجية.
And the 'ajiyy is one whose mother dies and its caretaker raises it with milk from another; and the female is 'ajiyyah.