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ءمج
Root entry · 7 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns intense heat, thirst, and the associated suffering or exertion. It describes extreme conditions, particularly during summer, and the physical toll they take on humans and animals, as well as arduous travel.
Derived headwords
أَمَجٌnoun
- 1.intense heatboth
Extreme heat, often associated with summer.
- 2.thirstboth
A state of intense thirst.
- 3.suffering/exertionclassical
The feeling of being overwhelmed or strained by heat and thirst.
أَمِجٌّadjective
- 1.intensely hotboth
Describing a day or period of extreme heat.
أَمَجَverb
- 1.to be intensely hotclassical
To experience extreme heat.
- 2.to be thirstyclassical
To suffer from intense thirst.
أَمِجَverb
- 1.to be thirstyboth
To suffer from thirst.
تَأَمَّجَverb
- 1.to suffer from heat or thirstclassical
To experience intense heat or thirst, particularly used for camels.
أَمْجًاnoun
- 1.thirstclassical
The state of being thirsty, often due to heat.
أَمَجَverb
- 1.to travel intenselyclassical
To journey with great effort or speed.
Parallel reading
صيف أمج
an intensely hot summer
الأمج: شدة الحر والعطش والأخذ بالنفس
Al-amaj: the intensity of heat, thirst, and being overwhelmed.
الأمج: توهج الحر
Al-amaj: the shimmering heat.
حتى إذا ما الصيف كان أمجا وفرغا من رعي ما تلزجا
Until when the summer became intensely hot, and they finished grazing what was stuck.
حتى إذا كان بالكديد ما بين عسفان وأمج
Until he was in Al-Kudayd, between 'Usfan and Amaj.
فيه مزارع
It has farms.
حميد الذي أمج داره أخو الخمر ذو الشيبة الأصلع
Praised is he whose house is desolate/suffering from heat, the wine-drinker, the bald old man.
أمِجَت الإبل
The camels became thirsty.
تأمّج أمجًا
It suffered intensely from heat or thirst.
إذا سار سيرا شديدا
When he traveled an arduous journey.