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دعج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense blackness, particularly in the eyes, but also extends to darkness in general, such as a dark night. It can also refer to madness and specific times of the lunar month.

Derived headwords

الدعجnoun
  1. 1.
    intense blacknessboth

    Intense blackness, especially of the eyes, referring to the deep black of the pupil and the stark white of the sclera.

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    General darkness, used metaphorically.

  3. 3.
    bluishness in whitenessclassical

    A slight bluish tint in the white part of the eye.

الدعجةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense blacknessboth

    Intense blackness, particularly of the eyes.

دعجverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely blackboth

    To be intensely black, used to describe eyes or other dark things.

أدعجadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackboth

    Describing something that is intensely black, especially eyes.

  2. 2.
    dark-skinnedboth

    A man who is dark-skinned.

دعجاءadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely black (eyes)both

    Describing eyes that are intensely black.

  2. 2.
    madclassical

    Suffering from madness or insanity.

  3. 3.
    late lunar monthclassical

    Referring to the twenty-eighth night of the lunar month, the beginning of the waning period.

  4. 4.
    dark nightclassical

    A very dark night.

  5. 5.
    dark lipsclassical

    Describing lips that are dark in color.

  6. 6.
    dark gumsclassical

    Describing gums that are dark in color.

أديعجadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    An alternative reading for 'أدعج', meaning intensely black.

الدعجاءnoun
  1. 1.
    madnessclassical

    Madness or insanity.

  2. 2.
    late lunar monthclassical

    The twenty-eighth night of the lunar month.

دعيجname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, given to a dark-skinned boy.

المدعوجadjective
  1. 1.
    madclassical

    One who is afflicted with madness.

دعجانname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name of a man or a horse.

الدعجانيname
  1. 1.
    nisba nameclassical

    A nisba indicating origin from a place or family associated with the root 'دعج'.

ليل أدعجother
  1. 1.
    very dark nightclassical

    A night characterized by extreme darkness.

تيس أدعج العينينother
  1. 1.
    goat with dark eyesclassical

    A male goat with intensely dark eyes.

Parallel reading

في عينيه دعج
His eyes had intense blackness.
عين دعجاء بينة الدعج
An eye that is clearly intensely black.
امرأة دعجاء
A woman with intensely black eyes.
رجل أدعج
A dark-skinned man.
إن جاءت به أدعج
If she gives birth to a dark-skinned child.
آيتهم رجل أدعج
Their sign is a dark-skinned man.
الدعجاء: الجنون
Al-Da'jā': Madness.
ليل أدعج
A very dark night.
بلغنا دعجاء الشهر ودهماءه
We reached the twenty-eighth night of the month and its darkest part.
وهي ليلة ثمانية وعشرين
It is the twenty-eighth night.
لقيت في البادية غليما أسود كأنه حممة وكان يسمى بصيرا ويلقب دعيجا
I met in the desert a black boy, as if he were a piece of charcoal, whose name was Basir and he was nicknamed Du'aij.
أصابته الدعجاء
He was afflicted with madness.
شفة دعجاء
Dark lips.
تسور في أعجاز ليل أدعجا
It emerged in the latter parts of a very dark night.