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عوج

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

The root عوج primarily relates to crookedness, bending, or deviation from a straight path. It extends to describe physical deformities, the act of bending or inclining, and metaphorically, the passage of time or difficult circumstances. It also appears in names of places, animals, and people.

Derived headwords

عَوِجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedboth

    To be bent, not straight, or deformed in shape.

  2. 2.
    to deviateclassical

    To turn aside or deviate from a course or a straight line.

عَوَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to bendboth

    To cause something to become crooked or bent.

  2. 2.
    to deviateclassical

    To cause someone or something to deviate from a path.

اعْوَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to bendboth

    To become bent or crooked.

  2. 2.
    to deviateclassical

    To deviate or turn aside from a straight path.

انْعَاجَverb
  1. 1.
    to bendclassical

    To bend or curve.

عِوَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crookednessboth

    The state of being crooked, bent, or deformed.

  2. 2.
    deviationclassical

    A deviation or turning away from a straight course.

عِوَجَاnoun
  1. 1.
    crookednessclassical

    A state of being crooked or bent.

عَوَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crookednessclassical

    The quality of being crooked or bent.

عَوَّاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crookednessclassical

    A state of being crooked or bent.

عَوِيجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    crookedboth

    Bent or not straight.

عَوْجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    legsclassical

    Refers to the legs or limbs of an animal, particularly horses.

عُوجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked legsclassical

    Bent or crooked legs.

عَوَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    daysclassical

    Refers to the passage of time or days.

أَعْوَجُadjective
  1. 1.
    crookedboth

    Very crooked or bent.

أَعْوَجُname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Adi ibn Ayub, and also associated with Ghani ibn Asr.

عَوَّجَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to bend itclassical

    To cause something to bend or deviate.

  2. 2.
    to afflict himclassical

    To cause someone pain or suffering.

  3. 3.
    to pass by itclassical

    To move past or traverse something.

عَوْجَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    crookedclassical

    A woman who is crooked or deformed.

  2. 2.
    bent overclassical

    Describing a woman who is bent over to nurse her child.

عَوِيجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of milletclassical

    A specific type of millet grain.

عَوَّجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    deviationclassical

    The act of deviating or causing deviation.

  2. 2.
    sidesteppingclassical

    The act of sidestepping or moving to the side, especially in horses.

عَوَّجَnoun
  1. 1.
    deviationclassical

    The act of deviating or causing deviation.

عَوَّجَnoun
  1. 1.
    deviationclassical

    The act of deviating or causing deviation.

عَوِيجname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    A place name, possibly a valley or settlement.

عَوِيجname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse.

عَوَّاجname
  1. 1.
    name of a personclassical

    A name of a person.

عَوَّجَname
  1. 1.
    name of a riverclassical

    The name of a river.

عَوَّجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    riverclassical

    The name of a river.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a mountainclassical

    The name of a mountain.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    The name of a place.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to a person due to their teeth.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse, associated with lineage and the battle of Dahis and Ghabra.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a Tabi'iclassical

    A Medinan follower of the Prophet's companions.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    ancestorclassical

    An ancestor mentioned in the lineage of the Prophet Muhammad.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    famous poetclassical

    A well-known poet, also known as 'Arwah al-Sa'alik (the vagabond).

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Urwah ibn al-Ward.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    a Pharaohclassical

    A legendary Pharaoh known for his immense height.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    a giantclassical

    A figure described as a giant, associated with a rock and Moses' army.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a settlement or area.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    The name of a place.

عَوَّجٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a poolclassical

    The name of a pool or water basin.

Parallel reading

عوج بن عوق: رجل من الفراعنة، كان يوصف من الطول بأمر شنيع.
Awaj ibn Awq: a man from the Pharaohs, who was described as being of a monstrous height.
إذا قام كان السحاب له مئزرا
When he stood, the clouds were like a loincloth for him.
والعويج: فرس عروة بن الورد المعروف بعروة الصعاليك.
And Al-Uwwayj: the horse of Urwah ibn al-Ward, known as Urwah al-Sa'alik.
والعوجان، محركة: نهر.
And Al-Uwjaan, movable: a river.
وجبلا عوج، بالضم: جبلان باليمن.
And Jabalayn 'Awj, with dammah: two mountains in Yemen.
ودارة عويج، كزبير، م.
And Darat 'Uwwayj, like Zubayr, feminine.
العوج: الانعطاف.
Al-'Awj: bending, curving.
وعجت إليه أعوج عياجا وعوجا
And I deviated towards him, I made him deviate, with deviation and crookedness.
قفا نسأل منازل آل ليلى متى عوج إليها وانثناء؟
Stop, let us ask the dwellings of the family of Layla, when did they bend towards them and curve?
وانعاج: انعطف.
And In'aaja: it bent, it curved.
ويقال: نخيل عوج: إذا مالت.
And it is said: crooked date palms: when they lean.
إذا اجتمعت وأحوذ جانبيها وأوردها على عوج طوال
When they gathered and enclosed its sides, and he brought them to long, crooked [things].
فقال بعضهم: أوردها على نخيل نابتة على الماء قد مالت فاعوجت لكثرة حملها.
And some said: he brought them to date palms growing by the water that had leaned and become crooked due to their heavy load.
وقيل: معنى قوله: على عوج أي على قوائمها العوج، ولذالك قيل للخيل عوج.
And it was said: the meaning of his saying: 'ala 'awj is 'ala qawa'imiha al-'awj (on its crooked legs), and that is why horses are called 'awj.
ويقال لقوائم الدابة: عوج.
And the legs of a beast are called 'awj.
والتعويج فيها: التجنيب، ويستحب ذالك فيها.
And al-ta'wij in them: sidestepping, and this is recommended for them.
وخيل عوج: مجنبة، وهو منه.
And 'awj horses: are those that sidestep, and this is from it.
وأعوج: فرس عدي بن أيوب.
And A'waj: the horse of Adi ibn Ayub.
وعاج به: مال وألم به ومر عليه.
And 'aaja bihi: it bent with him, it pained him, and it passed by him.
وامرأة عوجاء: إذا كان لها ولد تعوج إليه لترضعه.
And a crooked woman: if she has a child she bends towards to nurse it.
إذا المرغث العوجاء بات يعزها على ثديها ذو ودعتين لهوج
When the weakling, the crooked one, spent the night comforting her on her breast, a two-shelled creature, a swift one.
وماله على أصحابه تعويج ولا تعريج: أي إقامة.
And he has no deviation or sidestepping with his companions: meaning, steadfastness.
وناقة عائجة: لينة الانعطاف.
And a 'a'ijah she-camel: soft in its bending.
والعوج: الأيام.
And al-'awj: the days.
عهدنا بها لو تسعف العوج بالهوى رقاق الثنايا واضحات المعاصم
We knew her, if the days would accommodate desire, with delicate ridges and clear wrists.
من أمثالهم: (الأيام عوج رواجع)، يقال ذلك عند الشماتة، يقولها المشموت به، أو تقال عنه، وقد تقال عند الوعيد والتهدد.
Among their proverbs: (Days are crooked, returning), this is said when gloating, said by the one being gloated over, or said about him, and it may be said when threatening and warning.
عوج هنا: جمع أعوج، ويكون جمعا لعوجاء، كما يقال: أصور وصور، ويجوز أن يكون جمع عائج فكأنه قال عوج على فعل فخففه.
'Awj here: is a plural of A'waj, and it can be a plural of 'Awjaa', as it is said: Asawir and Sawir, and it is permissible for it to be a plural of 'A'ij, as if he said 'awj on the pattern of fa'al and lightened it.
دارة العوج: موضع.
Darat al-'Awj: a place.
وأعوج: اسم حوض.
And A'waj: the name of a pool.
إن تأتني وقد ملأت أعوجا أرسل فيها بازلا سفنجا
If you come to me and you have filled A'waj, I will send into it a leaping, soft [creature].
والعويجاء: نوع من الذرة.
And Al-Uwwayjaa': a type of millet.
وسفيان بن أبي العوجاء: مدني من التابعين.
And Sufyan ibn Abi al-'Awjaa': a Medinan from the Tabi'in.
وإسماعيل ذو الأعوج: في عمود نسبه صلى الله عليه وسلم ذكره السهيلي في (الروض)،
And Isma'il Dhu al-A'waj: in the lineage of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, mentioned by Al-Suhayli in (Al-Rawd),
والأعوج. فرسه، وأنه هو الذي ينسب إليه الخيل، وكان لغني بن أعصر، وهو جد داحس المذكور في حرب داحس والغبراء.
And Al-A'waj. His horse, and it is he to whom horses are attributed, and it belonged to Ghani ibn Asr, and he is the grandfather of Dahis mentioned in the battle of Dahis and Ghabra.
أبو العاج السلمي: كان عاملا على البصرة اسمه كثير بن عبد الله، قيل له: أبو العاج، لثناياه.
Abu al-'Aaj al-Sulami: was a governor of Basra, his name was Kathir ibn Abdullah, he was called: Abu al-'Aaj, because of his teeth.