ضوج

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a valley's bend or curve, and by extension, a wide or expansive space. It also extends to the idea of deviating or inclining, and metaphorically, to an abundance of speech.

Derived headwords

الضوجnoun

1.
valley bendboth
A bend or curve in a valley.

أضواجnoun

1.
valley bendsboth
The plural of 'ضوج', referring to multiple bends or curves in a valley.

أضوجnoun

1.
valley bendsclassical
An alternative, less common plural for 'ضوج', referring to multiple bends or curves in a valley.

تضوجverb

1.
to have many bendsboth
The valley has many bends or curves.
2.
to widenboth
To become wide or expansive.
3.
to inclineclassical
To deviate or incline.

ضاجverb

1.
to widenboth
To become wide or expansive.
2.
to inclineclassical
To deviate or incline.

يضوجverb

1.
to widenboth
He/it widens or becomes expansive.
2.
to inclineclassical
He/it inclines or deviates.

ضوجاnoun

1.
wideningboth
The act of becoming wide or expansive.
2.
inclinationclassical
The act of deviating or inclining.

كانضاجverb

1.
to widenboth
To become wide or expansive, similar to 'ضاج'.

انضاجverb

1.
to widenboth
To become wide or expansive, especially when passing through a narrow space that then opens up.

انضوجverb

1.
to widenboth
To become wide or expansive, especially when passing through a narrow space that then opens up.

ضوجانnoun

1.
abundance of speechclassical
A large amount or abundance of speech.

ضوجانةnoun

1.
abundance of speechclassical
A large amount or abundance of speech.

Parallel reading

الضوج: منعطف الوادي

Al-dawj: a bend of the valley.

والجمع أضواج وأضوج، الأخيرة نادرة.

And the plural is 'adwaj' and 'adwaj', the latter being rare.

وقتلى من الحي في معرك أصيبوا جميعا بذي الأضوج

And slain from the tribe in a battle, all struck in Dhu al-Adwaj.

وقد تضوج الوادي: كثر أضواجه

And the valley may have many bends: its bends are numerous.

وقد تضوج وضاج يضوج ضوجا: مال، واتسع، كانضاج

And 'tadawaja' and 'daja' 'yadoju' 'dawjan': it inclined, and it widened, like 'kanḍāj'.

المحفوظ أن تضوج وضاج واويان بمعنى اتسع، وأما ضاج بمعنى مال، فيائي، وسيأتي.

What is preserved is that 'tadawaja' and 'daja' are waw-ending verbs meaning 'to widen', but 'daja' meaning 'to incline' is ya-ending, and will be mentioned later.

ولقينا ضوج من أضواج الأودية، فانضوج فيه وانضوجت على إثره.

And we encountered a bend from the bends of the valleys, so we entered into it, and it widened for us in its wake.

وقيل: هو إذا كنت بين جبلين متضايقين ثم اتسع، فقد انضاج لك.

And it was said: it is when you are between two narrow mountains and then it widens, it has widened for you.

وركبني زيد بأضواج من الكلام يعموج علي بها.

And Zayd burdened me with abundant speech, with which he overwhelmed me.

والضوجان والضوجانة بمعنى الصوجان، بالصاد المهملة، عن الليث، وقد تقدم بتفصيله.

And 'al-dawjan' and 'al-dawjana' mean 'al-sawjan', with the unpointed sad, from Al-Layth, and it has been previously detailed.