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عثج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes a group or gathering, particularly of people or animals. It also extends to concepts of time, such as a portion of the night, and actions related to persistent drinking or rapid movement.

Derived headwords

العَثْجnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleboth

    A gathering or assembly of people, especially when traveling.

  2. 2.
    group of camelsclassical

    A collection of camels gathered together at a watering place or pasture.

  3. 3.
    portion of nightclassical

    A segment or part of the night.

الثَّعَجnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A gathering or assembly of people, especially when traveling. This is a variant pronunciation of العثج.

العَثْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleboth

    A gathering or assembly of people, especially when traveling. It is similar in meaning to العثج.

عَثَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink persistentlyboth

    To drink something gradually or little by little over a period of time.

عَثْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    persistent drinkingboth

    The act of drinking gradually or little by little.

عَثَجٍnoun
  1. 1.
    persistent drinkingboth

    The act of drinking gradually or little by little. This is a variant vocalization of the masdar.

العَثْجَجnoun
  1. 1.
    large gatheringclassical

    A very large assembly or multitude of people.

العَثَوْثَجnoun
  1. 1.
    fast, large camelclassical

    A camel that is fast, large, and well-built.

العَثْنَجَّجnoun
  1. 1.
    fast, large camelclassical

    A camel that is fast, large, and well-built. This is a variant form of العثوثج.

العُثُوجَّجnoun
  1. 1.
    fast, large camelclassical

    A camel that is fast, large, and well-built. This is a variant form of العثوثج.

اعْثَوْثَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to move fastclassical

    To move or travel quickly.

اعْثِيثَاجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rapid movementclassical

    The act of moving or traveling quickly.

اعْثَوْجَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to move fastclassical

    To move or travel quickly. This is a variant form of اعثوثج.

اثَعْنْجَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow rapidlyclassical

    To flow quickly, used for water or tears.

Parallel reading

هو الجماعة من الناس في السفر
It is a group of people on a journey.
كالعثجة، بالضم
Like al-'athjah, with dammah.
لاهم لولا أن بكرا دونكا يعبدك الناس ويفجرونكا ما زال منا عثج يأتونكا
O Allah, were it not that Bakr worships you and seeks rain from you, there would still be groups from us coming to you.
رأيت عثجا وعثجا من الناس: أي جماعة
I saw a group and another group of people: meaning an assembly.
ويقال للجماعة من الإبل تجتمع في المرعى: عثج
And a group of camels gathering at the pasture is called 'athj.
بنات لبونه عثج إليه يسفن الليت منه والقذالا
Their young she-camels are a gathering towards him, grooming his forelock and mane from him.
والعثج والعثج: القطعة من الليل
And al-'athj and al-'athaj: a portion of the night.
يقال: مر عثج من الليل وعثج، أي قطعة
It is said: a portion of the night passed, meaning a segment.
وعثج يعثج عثجا وعثج بالكسر كلاهما: أدام الشرب شيئا بعد شيء
And 'athaja yu'athiju 'athjan and 'athijin, both: he persisted in drinking little by little.
والعثجج: الجمع الكثير
And al-'athajj: a large gathering.
والعثوثج: البعير السريع الضخم المجتمع الخلق
And al-'athawthaj: the fast, large camel of well-formed build.
كالعثنجج، والعثوجج
Like al-'athnajaj, and al-'uthawjaj.
قد اعثوثج اعثيثاجا واعثوجج: إذا أسرع
He became fast, with 'athithajan and 'uthajjajan: if he moved quickly.
واثعنجج الماء، والدمع: سالا
And the water, and the tears, flowed rapidly.