فيج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to spreading, expanding, and moving widely. It also encompasses geographical terms for open or low-lying land and describes a specific gait of a camel.

Derived headwords

الفَيْجnoun

1.
spreadingboth
The act of spreading out or becoming widespread.

الفِيجnoun

1.
spreadingboth
The act of spreading out or becoming widespread.

أفَاجَverb

1.
to spread outclassical
To spread out and disperse across the land.

أفاج القوم في الأرض: ذبوا وانتشروا — The people spread out in the land: they dispersed and spread.

الوَهْد المطمئن من الأرضnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
A depressed or settled area of the earth.

الفَوَائِجnoun

1.
expanse between elevationsclassical
The wide space between two elevated areas, such as hills or sand dunes.

فَائِجَةnoun

1.
expanseclassical
A single instance of a wide space between elevated areas.

الفَائِجnoun

1.
wide expanse of landclassical
A broad, open area of land.

فَاجَتِ الناقةُ بِرِجْلَيْهَاverb

1.
to kick backwardsclassical
A she-camel kicking backwards with her legs.

وفاجت الناقة برجليها تفيج: نفحت بهما من خلفها — And the she-camel kicked with her legs, tafiij: she struck with them from behind her.

تُفِيْجُverb

1.
to kick backwardsclassical
The act of kicking backwards with the legs, as performed by a she-camel.

وفاجت الناقة برجليها تفيج: نفحت بهما من خلفها — And the she-camel kicked with her legs, tafiij: she struck with them from behind her.

فَيَّاجَةadjective

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kicking backwardsclassical
Describing a she-camel that kicks backwards with her legs.

وناقة فياجة: تفيج برجليها — And a she-camel that kicks backwards: she kicks with her legs.

الفَيَّاجَةnoun

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wide expanseclassical
A wide expanse, possibly referring to land or an open space.

ويمنح الفياجة الرفودا — And grants the wide expanse the support.

فايجانname

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Fayjanclassical
A village in Isfahan, from which several scholars originated.

وفايجان: قرية بأصبهان منها أبو علي الحسن بن إبراهيم بن يسار، مولى قرش، ثقة مات سنة 301 — And Fayjan: a village in Isfahan, from which Abu Ali Al-Hasan bin Ibrahim bin Yasar, a freedman of Quraysh, trustworthy, died in 301, originated.

الفايجانيname

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Al-Fayjaniclassical
A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from Fayjan, used for scholars.

الفايجاني، محدثون — Al-Fayjani, hadith scholars.

Parallel reading

الفيج بالفتح، والفيج، بالكسر: الانتشار.

Al-Fayj (with fatha), and Al-Fij (with kasra): spreading.

وأفاج القوم في الأرض: ذبوا وانتشروا.

And the people spread out in the land: they dispersed and spread.

الوهد المطمئن من الأرض.

A low-lying, settled area of the earth.

الفوائج: متسع ما بين كل مرتفعين من غلط أو رمل، واحدتها فائجة.

Al-Fawaij: the expanse between every two elevated areas of rock or sand, its singular is Faijah.

الفائج: البساط الواسع من الأرض.

Al-Faij: the wide carpet of land.

إليك رب الناس ذي المعارج يخرجن من نخلة ذي المضارج من فائج أفيج بعد فائج

To you, Lord of the Ascents, they emerge from a palm tree of the high places, from a wide expanse, spacious, after a wide expanse.

وفاجت الناقة برجليها تفيج: نفحت بهما من خلفها.

And the she-camel kicked with her legs, tafiij: she struck with them from behind her.

وناقة فياجة: تفيج برجليها.

And a she-camel that kicks backwards: she kicks with her legs.

ويمنح الفياجة الرفودا

And grants the wide expanse the support.

وكل ذالك ينبغي أن يذكر في الياء.

And all of that should be mentioned under the letter Ya'.

وإذا قيل: إنها أعجمية، كما صرح به الجوالقي وغيره، فلا دليل على الأصالة التي ليست في اللفظ كما لا يخفى، محل تأمل، فإن الجواليقي إنما صرح كغيره بتعريب الفيج الذي هو بمعنى الساعي لا أن المادة كلها معربة، كما هو ظاهر.

And if it is said: that it is non-Arabic, as stated by Al-Jawaliqi and others, then there is no evidence for the originality that is not in the word, as is clear, a matter for contemplation. For Al-Jawaliqi, like others, only stated the Arabization of Al-Faij which means the one who strives, not that the entire root is Arabized, as is apparent.

وفايجان: قرية بأصبهان منها أبو علي الحسن بن إبراهيم بن يسار، مولى قرش، ثقة مات سنة 301، وأبو موسى عيسى بن إبراهيم بن صالح بن زياد العقيلي، وابن بنته أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الفايجاني، محدثون.

And Fayjan: a village in Isfahan, from which Abu Ali Al-Hasan bin Ibrahim bin Yasar, a freedman of Quraysh, trustworthy, died in 301, and Abu Musa Isa bin Ibrahim bin Salih bin Ziyad Al-Uqaili, and his grandson Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq Al-Fayjani, hadith scholars.