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عبج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a person who is disliked, contemptible, and lacking in intelligence or good qualities. It focuses on negative attributes and undesirable characteristics.

Derived headwords

العَبَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    contemptible personclassical

    A disliked and base person, characterized by a lack of understanding and worthlessness.

العَبَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    worthless personclassical

    A person who does not comprehend what they say and possesses no good qualities.

Parallel reading

العَبْجَةُ: الرَّجُلُ (البَغِيضُ الطَّغَامُ)
Al-'abajah: the disliked, base man.
بالفتح والغين المعجمة
with the vowel fath and the letter ghayn with dots.
وفي نسخة: الطَّغَامَةُ، بِزِيَادَةِ الهَاءِ
And in one copy: al-ṭaghāmah, with the addition of the haa'.
الَّذِي لَا يَعِي مَا يَقُولُ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ
who does not comprehend what he says and has no good in him.
وقال مدرك الجعفري: هو العبجة؛ جاء بهما في باب الكاف والجيم.
And Mudrik al-Ja'fari said: it is al-'abajah; he brought both in the chapter of the kaf and the jim.