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علج

Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

The root علج primarily relates to concepts of strength, robustness, and intensity, often applied to animals, people, and even abstract actions. It extends to meanings of handling, treating, or overcoming something, and also encompasses specific plants and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

العِلْجnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild assclassical

    A wild ass, specifically when it is fat and strong.

  2. 2.
    Donkeyboth

    A donkey in general.

  3. 3.
    Strong, robust personclassical

    A strong and robust man, particularly a non-Muslim foreigner, due to his sturdy and coarse nature.

  4. 4.
    Loaf of breadclassical

    A loaf of bread, as reported by Abu al-Qasim al-Arabi.

  5. 5.
    Strong, tough thingboth

    Anything that is solid and strong.

  6. 6.
    Strong fighterclassical

    A strong man in fighting and wrestling.

عَلَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Strong female animalclassical

    A strong female camel, often described as having much meat.

عُلُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    Foreignersclassical

    Plural of العلج, referring to strong foreign men, particularly non-Muslims.

أَعْلاَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Foreignersclassical

    Plural of العلج, referring to strong foreign men, particularly non-Muslims.

مَعْلُوجِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of foreignerclassical

    A term for a group of foreigners, used as a singular adjective according to Sibawayh.

مَعْلُوجَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of foreignerclassical

    A term for a group of foreigners, used as a singular adjective according to Sibawayh.

مُعَلَّجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of treesclassical

    A collective noun for trees, similar to 'مشايخة' for elders.

عَالَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To handle, manageboth

    To handle, manage, or engage with something, often implying effort or practice.

  2. 2.
    To treat, cureboth

    To treat a patient or an animal, to provide medical care.

  3. 3.
    To overcomeclassical

    To overcome or defeat someone in a contest or treatment.

عِلَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Treatment, therapyboth

    The act of treating or curing a patient or an ailment; medical treatment.

  2. 2.
    Handling, practiceboth

    The act of handling, practicing, or engaging with something.

  3. 3.
    Remedyboth

    Something used for treatment or cure.

مُعَالَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Treatment, therapyboth

    The act of treating or curing a patient or an ailment; medical treatment.

  2. 2.
    Handling, practiceboth

    The act of handling, practicing, or engaging with something.

عَلِجَverb
  1. 1.
    To overcomeclassical

    To overcome someone in a treatment or contest.

اِسْتَعْلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To become thick/toughclassical

    For skin to become thick and tough; for a person to become robust and strong.

  2. 2.
    To grow beardclassical

    For a young man's beard to grow and his body to become strong.

مُسْتَعْلِجadjective
  1. 1.
    Robustly builtclassical

    Having a robust, strong, and thick build.

رَجُلٌ عَلِجadjective
  1. 1.
    Strong, robust manclassical

    A strong and robust man, particularly one skilled in fighting or wrestling.

العُلْجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Young palm shootsclassical

    The young, small shoots of palm trees.

  2. 2.
    Group of thorny shrubsclassical

    A group of thorny shrubs (Acacia species).

  3. 3.
    Plant ( العلجان)classical

    A known plant, described as a leafless, thorny shrub whose greenness is dusty, eaten by donkeys, causing their teeth to yellow.

العُلْجَان (بالتحريك)noun
  1. 1.
    Camel's restlessnessclassical

    The restlessness or agitation of a female camel.

عَلَجَانname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a location with sand dunes.

نَاقَةٌ عَلِجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Strong female camelclassical

    A strong female camel, particularly one with abundant flesh.

العَالِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel grazingclassical

    A camel that grazes on the plant 'al-jān'.

  2. 2.
    Sand duneclassical

    A sand dune, or a place known for sand dunes.

عَالِجname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name in the desert, associated with sand dunes.

عَوَالِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Accumulated sandclassical

    Plural of عالج, referring to accumulated sand dunes where one part enters another.

العِلْجِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat female camelclassical

    A female camel that is fat and has accumulated flesh.

  2. 2.
    Wanton womanclassical

    A woman who is promiscuous or behaves wantonly.

اِعْتَلَجُواverb
  1. 1.
    To wrestle, fightclassical

    To engage in wrestling or fighting; to struggle against each other.

اِعْتَلَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To grow tall (plants)classical

    For plants to grow tall, dense, and intertwined.

  2. 2.
    To crash together (waves)classical

    For waves to crash against each other.

  3. 3.
    To surge (thoughts)classical

    For thoughts or worries to surge within one's chest.

مُعْتَلِجَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Dense, intertwined (vegetation)classical

    Describing land where vegetation has grown tall, dense, and intertwined.

العُلُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    Edible thingsclassical

    Things that are eaten, used interchangeably with 'aluk'.

العُلُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    Edible thingsclassical

    Things that are eaten, used interchangeably with 'uluj'.

تَعَلَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    To chewclassical

    To chew or masticate something.

  2. 2.
    To graze onclassical

    For animals to graze on the plant 'al-jān'.

اِسْتَعْلَجَ الرَّجُلُverb
  1. 1.
    To grow beardclassical

    For a young man's beard to grow and his body to become strong and robust.

العِلَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Defense, resistanceclassical

    The act of warding off or resisting.

اِعْتَلَجَتِ الْوَحْشُverb
  1. 1.
    To fight, wrestle (animals)classical

    For wild animals to fight or wrestle with each other.

تَعَلَّجَ الرَّمْلُverb
  1. 1.
    To accumulate (sand)classical

    For sand to accumulate or gather.

العَلْجَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Soil clumpclassical

    A clump of soil gathered by the wind at the base of a tree.

عَلْجَانَةname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly the same as 'علجان'.

Parallel reading

العلج، بالكسر: العير الوحشي إذا سمن وقوي.
Al-'ilj, with a kasra: the wild ass when it is fat and strong.
ويقال: هو حمار الوحش السمين القوي، لاستعلاج خلقه وغلظه.
And it is said: it is the fat and strong wild ass, due to the robustness of its creation and its coarseness.
وكل صلب شديد: علج.
And everything solid and strong: 'ilj.
والعلج: الرجل من كفار العجم، والقوي الضخم منهم.
And al-'ilj: a man from the non-Arab infidels, and the strong and large among them.
وعالجه أي الشيء، علاجا ومعالجة: زاوله ومارسه.
And he handled the thing, 'ilajan and mu'alajatan: he engaged with it and practiced it.
إني صاحب ظهر أعالجه.
I am the owner of a beast of burden that I manage.
عالجت امرأة فأصبت منها.
I dealt with a woman and obtained from her.
من كسبه وعلاجه.
From his earnings and his dealings.
إنكما علجان فعالجا عن دينكما.
You two are strong men, so deal with your religion.
عالجا: أي مارسا العمل الذي نعدبتكما إليه واعملا به وزاولاه.
They dealt with it: meaning, they practiced the work to which We assigned you and worked with it and engaged in it.
عالجه فغلبه فيها، أي في المعالجة.
He dealt with it and overcame him in it, meaning in the treatment.
استعلج جلده: أي غلظ، فهو مستعلج الخلق.
His skin became tough: meaning, it thickened, so he is of robust creation.
ورجل علج، ككتف، وصرد، وخلر.
And a man 'ilj, like 'katif, and 'sard, and 'khalar.
ومعناه شديد العلاج صريع، معالج للأمور.
And its meaning is one who struggles intensely, is overcome, and deals with matters.
العلج: الشديد من الرجال قتالا ونطاحا.
Al-'ilj: the strong man among men in fighting and wrestling.
العلجان، بالضم: جماعة العضاه.
Al-'aljan, with damma: a group of thorny shrubs.
والعلجان بالتحريك: اضطراب الناقة، وقد علجت تعلج.
And al-'aljan, with haraka: the restlessness of the she-camel, and she became restless, she becomes restless.
والعلج والعلجان نبت م أي معروف.
And al-'ilj and al-'aljan are a known plant.
فقيل للأقلح: كأن فاه فم حمار أكل علجانا.
So it was said to the one with yellow teeth: his mouth is like the mouth of a donkey that ate 'aljan.
وناقة علجة بكسر اللام أي شديدة.
And a she-camel 'alija, with kasra on the lam, meaning strong.
تعلج الرمل: اعتلج.
The sand became agitated: it became agitated.
وما تحويه عوالج الرمال.
And what the accumulated sand dunes contain.
والمرأة الماجنة.
And the wanton woman.
وبنو العليج، كزبير، وبنو العلاج، بالكسر: بطنان.
And Banu al-'ulaj, like Zubayr, and Banu al-'ilaj, with kasra: two clans.
إن الدعاء ليلقى البلاء فيعتلجان.
Indeed, prayer encounters affliction, and they wrestle.
اعتلجت الأرض: طال نباتها.
The land became dense: its vegetation grew tall.
اعتلجت الأمواج: التطمت.
The waves crashed: they met forcefully.
وكذالك اعتلج الهم في صدره، على المثل.
And likewise, worry surged in his chest, by way of analogy.
ونفى معتلج الريب:
And it dispels the surging doubt:
هذا علوج صدق وعلوك صدق وألوك صدق بالفتح في الكل: لما يؤكل، بمعنى واحد.
This is 'uluj of truth, and 'ulook of truth, and 'alook of truth, with fatha on all of them: for what is eaten, with one meaning.