وجب

Root entry · 43 derived lemmas

The root وجب primarily signifies obligation, necessity, and inevitability. It extends to concepts of falling, collapsing, and ceasing, as well as the cessation of life (death). Metaphorically, it can refer to the heart beating or a person eating a single meal.

Derived headwords

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وُجُوبًاverb

1.
to be necessaryboth
To be obligatory, incumbent, or required.
2.
to fallboth
To fall down, collapse, or descend.
3.
to setboth
Used for the sun, meaning to set or disappear below the horizon.
4.
to beatboth
Used for the heart, meaning to palpitate or beat rapidly.
5.
to dieboth
To pass away, to cease living.

وَجْبَةnoun

1.
mealboth
A single meal eaten in a day or night.
2.
fallboth
A fall, a collapse, or the sound of something falling.

وُجُوبnoun

1.
necessityboth
The state of being necessary, obligatory, or incumbent.
2.
firmnessclassical
The state of being fixed, established, or firm.

أَوْجَبَverb

1.
to make obligatoryboth
To render something necessary or obligatory.
2.
to cause to fallboth
To make something fall or collapse.
3.
to make validboth
To cause a sale or contract to become binding or effective.
4.
to bring aboutboth
To cause or bring about a certain outcome, often a sin or a reward.
5.
to eat one mealboth
To eat a single meal in a day.

وَاجَبَverb

1.
to obligateclassical
To make something obligatory or binding upon someone.
2.
to make fallclassical
To cause something to fall.

مُوَاجَبَةnoun

1.
obligationclassical
The act of making something obligatory.
2.
causing to fallclassical
The act of causing something to fall.

وُجَابnoun

1.
water sourcesclassical
Pools or depressions that hold water.
2.
cowardclassical
A timid or fearful person.

اِسْتَوْجَبَverb

1.
to deserveboth
To merit or be worthy of something, whether good or bad.
2.
to necessitateboth
To require or call for something.

مُسْتَوْجِبadjective

1.
deservingboth
One who merits or deserves something.
2.
worthyboth
Possessing qualities that warrant a particular outcome.

وَجِيبَةnoun

1.
dutyclassical
A fixed or regular duty or payment.
2.
sound of fallingclassical
The noise made by something falling.

تَوْجِيبnoun

1.
exhaustionclassical
The state of being weary or exhausted.
2.
milk formationclassical
The formation of milk in the udder of a camel.

مُوجِبَةnoun

1.
major sinboth
A grave sin that incurs severe punishment.
2.
cause of reward/punishmentboth
An action that leads to reward (paradise) or punishment (hell).

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وَجْبَةverb

1.
to fallboth
To fall down, especially used for walls or buildings.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وَجَبًاverb

1.
to setboth
Used for the sun, meaning to set.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وَجَبًاverb

1.
to sinkboth
Used for the eye, meaning to become sunken or hollow.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وَجَبًاverb

1.
to repelclassical
To turn away or deter someone from something.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وَجَبًاverb

1.
to palpitateboth
Used for the heart, meaning to beat or throb.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وَجَبَانًاverb

1.
to palpitateboth
Used for the heart, meaning to beat or throb.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وُجُوبًاverb

1.
to eat one mealboth
To eat a single meal in a day.

وَجَبَ، يَجِبُ، وُجُوبًاverb

1.
to dieboth
To pass away, to cease living.

وَجَبَ، وَجَبَ، وَجْبَةverb

1.
to fallboth
To fall down, especially used for walls or buildings.

وَجَبَ، وَجَبَ، وَجَبًاverb

1.
to fallboth
To fall down, especially used for walls or buildings.

وَجَبَ نَفْسَهُverb

1.
to accustom oneself to one mealclassical
To habituate oneself to eating only one meal a day.

وَجَبَ عِيَالَهُverb

1.
to accustom his family to one mealclassical
To habituate one's family to eating only one meal a day.

تَوْجِيبnoun

1.
accustoming to one mealclassical
The act of making one's family eat only one meal a day.

وَجَبَ النَّاقَةَverb

1.
to milk onceclassical
To milk a she-camel only once in a day and night.

وَجَبٌnoun

1.
she-camel with colostrumclassical
A she-camel whose colostrum has formed in its udder.
2.
foolclassical
An unintelligent or foolish person.
3.
cowardclassical
A timid or fearful person.

مُوجِبnoun

1.
she-camel with colostrumclassical
A she-camel whose colostrum has formed in its udder.
2.
one who eats one mealclassical
A person who eats only one meal per day.

وَجَبٌnoun

1.
large waterskinclassical
A large waterskin made from a goat's hide.

وَجَّابnoun

1.
large waterskinclassical
A large waterskin made from a goat's hide.

وَجَّابadjective

1.
cowardlyclassical
Timid or fearful.

وَجُوبَةnoun

1.
cowardiceclassical
The state of being timid or fearful.

وَجَبٌnoun

1.
stakeclassical
A stake or prize in a competition or bet.

وَجَابnoun

1.
stakeclassical
A stake or prize in a competition or bet.

تَوَاجَبُواverb

1.
to betclassical
To make bets or wagers against each other.

وَجَبَةnoun

1.
sound of fallingclassical
The sound of something falling with a thud.

مُوجِبname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location situated between Al-Quds and Al-Balqa.
2.
name of Muharramclassical
A name for the month of Muharram.

مَوْجِبnoun

1.
deathclassical
The cessation of life; death.

مَوَاجِبnoun

1.
places of deathclassical
The places where one meets their death; battlefields.

وَجَبَتِ الإِبِلُverb

1.
camels could barely riseclassical
Camels that could barely get up from their resting places.

وَجَبَ تَوْجِيبًاverb

1.
camel lay down heavilyclassical
A camel that lies down and throws itself to the ground.

مُوجِبadjective

1.
skittish animalclassical
An animal, especially a mount, that is easily frightened.

مُوجِبnoun

1.
infertile she-camelclassical
A she-camel that does not become pregnant or produce milk.

Parallel reading

وجب الشيء وجوبا بالضم

The thing became necessary, with the damma on the 'waw'.

وجبة كعدة

Wajbah, like 'iddah' (a period of waiting).

الوجوب في اللغة، إنما هو الثبوت

Obligation in language is essentially firmness.

غسل الجمعة واجب على كل محتلم

Washing on Friday is obligatory for every adult male.

معناه: وجوب الاختيار والاستحباب دون وجوب الفرض واللزوم

Its meaning is the necessity of choosing and recommending, rather than the necessity of obligation and binding.

وجب الشيء وجوبا: إذا ثبت ولزم

A thing becomes obligatory (wajaba) when it is established and binding.

والواجب والفرض، عند الشافعي، سواء

And 'al-wajib' and 'al-fard' are the same, according to Al-Shafi'i.

فالفرض عنده آكد من الواجب

For him, 'al-fard' is more emphatic than 'al-wajib'.

وأوجبه هو، ووجبه مضعفا

And he made it obligatory (awjabahu), and he made it binding (wajabahu).

وجب البيع يجب جبة

The sale becomes binding, it becomes binding.

أوجبت البيع فوجب

I made the sale binding, and it became binding.

أوجب لك البيع، أو أوجبه هو! إيجابا

The sale became binding for you, or he made it binding! Making it binding.

وواجبه البيع، مواجبة، ووجابا

And the sale binds him, a binding, and a binding.

أوجبه الله، واستوجبه: استحقه

Allah made it obligatory (awjabahu), and he deserved it (istawjabahu): he merited it.

وهو مستوجب الحمد، أي: وليه، ومستحقه

And he is deserving of praise, meaning: his guardian, and his rightful recipient.

والوجيبة: الوظيفة

And 'al-wajibah': the duty.

الوجيبة: أن توجب البيع، ثم تأخذه أولا فأولا

Al-wajibah: to make the sale binding, then to take it gradually.

إذا كان البيع عن خيار فقد وجب

If the sale was subject to option, it has become binding.

والموجبة: الكبيرة من الذنوب التي يستوجب بها العذاب

And 'al-mujibah': the major sins by which punishment is deserved.

وهي التي توجب النار، أو الجنة

And it is that which necessitates hell, or paradise.

اللهم، إني أسألك موجبات رحمتك

O Allah, I ask You for the things that necessitate Your mercy.

أوجب الرجل: أتى بها

The man brought it about: he performed it.

من فعل كذا وكذا، فقد! أوجب

Whoever does such and such, has indeed! brought it about.

أوجب ذو الثلاثة والاثنين

He who has three or two (children) has brought about (paradise).

إن صاحبا لنا أوجب

Indeed, a companion of ours has committed (a sin).

أي: ركب خطيئة استوجب بها النار

Meaning: he committed a sin for which he deserved hell.

ووجب الحائط، يجب، وجبة، ووجبا: سقط

And the wall fell, it falls, a fall, and a fall: it collapsed.

لولا أصوات السافرة لسمعتم وجبة الشمس

Were it not for the sounds of the veiled ones, you would hear the falling of the sun.

فإذا بوجبة وهي صوت السقوط

And behold, a thud, which is the sound of falling.

فإذا وجبت جنوبها

And when their sides fall.

ووجبت الشمس، وجبا، ووجوبا: غابت

And the sun set, it set, and it set: it disappeared.

ووجبت العين: غارت

And the eye sank: it became hollow.

وجبته عن كذا، ووكبته: إذا رددته عنه

I turned him away from it, and deterred him: if I repelled him from it.

سمعت لها وجبة قلبه

I heard the beating of his heart.

إنا نحذرك يوما تجب فيه القلوب

We warn you of a day when hearts will palpitate.

أوجب الله تعالى قلبه

Allah Almighty made his heart palpitate.

وجب الرجل: أكل أكلة واحدة في النهار

The man ate: he ate one meal in the day.

وجب الرجل، وجوبا: مات

The man died, he died: he passed away.

حتى كان أول واجب أي: أول ميت

Until he was the first to die, meaning: the first deceased.

فإذا وجب، فلا تبكين باكية

And when he dies, let no one weep.

ما الوجوب؟ قال: إذا مات

What is 'al-wujub'? He said: When one dies.

فإذا وجب ونصب عمره

And when he died and his life was established.

ويقال للقتيل: واجب

And the slain is called: wajib.

عودهم أكلة واحدة في النهار

He accustomed them to one meal in the day.

إذا جعل قوتهم كل يوم وجبة

If he made their sustenance one meal each day.

لم يحلبها في اليوم والليلة إلا مرة واحدة

She was milked only once in the day and night.

الناقة التي ينعقد اللبأ في ضرعها

The she-camel whose colostrum has formed in its udder.

وجبت الإبل: إذا أيبست

The camels became stiff: if they became immobile.

الجبان ولا وجب

A coward and not timid.

وليس بناكل جبان ولا وجب الجنان ثقيل

Not eating, a coward, nor is the heavy-hearted timid.

ووجابة يحتمي أن يجيبا

And a coward who refrains from responding.

وقد وجب الرجل، ككرم، وجوبة بالضم

And the man became cowardly, like karuma, with wujubah (damma).

الذي يناضل عليه

Which is competed for.

وقد وجب الوجب، وجبا

And the stake was won, a winning.

تواجبوا: تراهنوا، كأن بعضهم أوجب على بعض شيئا

They competed: they bet, as if some of them obligated something upon others.

الوجبة: السقطة مع الهدة

Al-wajbah: the fall with a thud.

لولا أصوات السافرة، لسمعتم وجبة الشمس

Were it not for the sounds of the veiled ones, you would hear the falling of the sun.

فإذا بوجبة وهي صوت السقوط

And behold, a thud, which is the sound of falling.

كنت آكل الوجبة، وأنجو الوقعة

I used to eat the meal, and escape the fall.

يطعم عشرة مساكين وجبة واحدة

He feeds ten poor people one meal.

من أجاب وجبة ختان غفر له

Whoever attends a circumcision feast is forgiven.

موجب، كموسر: د، بين القدس والبلقاء

Mujib, like musir: a place, between Al-Quds and Al-Balqa.

وهو: ما يبقى فيه الماء، ولذالك فسر بالجمع كما لا يخفى

And it is: what water remains in it, and therefore it is interpreted as plural, as is clear.

فقلت له لا تبك عينك إنه بكفي ما لاقيت إذ حان موجبي

So I said to him, 'Do not let your eye weep, for in my hands is what you have met, when my end has come.'

أراد بالموجب موته

He meant by 'al-mujib' his death.

يقال: وجب موجبا: إذا مات

It is said: he died a 'mujiban': when he died.

خرج القوم إلى مواجبهم، أي: مصارعهم

The people went out to their places of death, meaning: their battlefields.

إذا برك وضرب بنفسه الأرض: قد وجب توجيبا

When he kneels and throws himself to the ground: he has fallen heavily (wajaba tawjiban).

الموجب: الذي يفزع من كل شيء

Al-mujib: one who is frightened by everything.