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وجى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns pain, suffering, and a related sense of weariness or despair. It also extends to meanings of stinginess or withholding.

Derived headwords

وَجِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be in painboth

    To experience pain or suffering, particularly in the hoof of a horse.

وَجْءnoun
  1. 1.
    painclassical

    Pain or suffering, specifically referring to a horse's hoof ailment.

وَجِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    painedclassical

    Describing a horse that is experiencing pain in its hoof.

وَجِيَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    pained (female)classical

    The feminine form of 'wajiyy', describing a female horse that is experiencing pain in its hoof.

أَوْجَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painboth

    To inflict pain or suffering upon something or someone.

تَوَجَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to suffer painboth

    To experience pain or suffering, often used reflexively.

أَوْجَىverb
  1. 1.
    to despair ofclassical

    To become hopeless or to give up on something or someone.

أَوْجَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyclassical

    To act in a stingy or miserly manner, to withhold.

Parallel reading

وجى الفرس بالسكر
The horse suffered from pain in its hoof.
وهو أن يجد وجعا في حافره
And that is when it finds pain in its hoof.
فهو وج والأنثى وجياء
So it is 'waj' (male) and 'wajiyā'' (female).
وأوجيته أنا
And I caused it pain.
وإنه ليتوجى
And indeed, it suffers pain.
تركته وما في قلبي منه أوجى
I left it, and in my heart, there was no longer any despair of it.
أي يئست منه
Meaning, I despaired of it.
وسألته فأوجى على
And I asked him, and he was stingy towards me.
أي بخل
Meaning, he was stingy.