لجج

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hollows, recesses, and indentations, particularly in geographical features like mountains and valleys. It also extends to describe the corner or recess of a house, the socket of the eye, and metaphorically, a hidden or mixed matter. The root can also denote confusion or mixing of speech.

Derived headwords

وَلَحَجname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name in Aden, Yemen, named after Lahj bin Wa'il.

اللَّحْجnoun

1.
Corner of a houseboth
The corner of a house.
2.
Eye socketboth
The socket of the eye, including its hollow and the place where the eyebrow grows.
3.
Mountain protrusionclassical
Any protruding part of a mountain where the area beneath it is lower.
4.
Hollow in the groundboth
A thing in a valley resembling a hole in a well or mountain, like a cavity or tunnel.

بخوصاوين في لحج كنين — with two palm leaves in a deep recess.

واللحج: كل ناتىء من الجبل ينخفض ما تحته — And al-lahj: every protrusion from the mountain where what is beneath it is lower.

واللحج: الشيء يكون في الوادي مثل الدحل في أسفل البئر والجبل، كأنه نقب — And al-lahj: a thing that is in the valley like a cave at the bottom of a well and a mountain, as if it were a tunnel.

أَلْحَاجnoun

1.
Plural of lahjboth
The plural of al-lahj, referring to the corners of a house, the sides and edges of a valley, or hollows.

ألحاج الوادي: نواحيه وأطرافه، واحدها لحج — The al-hajj of the valley: its sides and edges, its singular is lahj.

لزوايا البيت الألحاج والأدحال والجوازي والحراسم والأخصام والأكسار والمزويات — for the corners of the house al-ilhaj, al-adhal, al-jawazi, al-harasim, al-akhasam, al-aksar, and al-mazawiyat.

اللَّحْجnoun

1.
Eye afflictionclassical
A type of eruption or affliction of the eye, similar to al-lakhs, but from below and above.
2.
Eye dischargeclassical
The condition of having a discharge from the eye.

واللحج: الغمص — And al-lahj: the eye discharge.

وقد لحجت عينه — And his eye had a discharge.

لَحَجَتْverb

1.
To have eye dischargeclassical
The verb form indicating that the eye had a discharge or affliction.

وقد لحجت عينه — And his eye had a discharge.

لَحْجُوجَةnoun

1.
Mixing of speechclassical
A state of confusion or mixing of speech, where one says something other than what is in their heart.

لحوج عليه الخبر لحوجة — The news was confused for him, a confusion.

لَحْجُوجَةnoun

1.
Mixing of speechclassical
A state of confusion or mixing of speech, where one says something other than what is in their heart.

لحوج عليه الخبر لحوجة — The news was confused for him, a confusion.

لَحْجُجَverb

1.
To mix speechclassical
To mix up speech, causing someone to reveal something other than what they truly intend.

لحوج عليه الخبر لحوجة — The news was confused for him, a confusion.

تَلْحِيْجverb

1.
To reveal hidden thoughtsclassical
To cause someone to reveal what is in their heart, by mixing or confusing their speech.

ولحجه تلحيجا: أظهر غير ما في نفسه — And to confuse him with تلحيج: to reveal other than what is in his heart.

لَحِيْجَاءnoun

1.
Ambiguity in sale/oathclassical
An ambiguity or double meaning, especially in a sale or an oath, implying an unstated exception.

بيع أو يمين ما فيها لحيجاء — A sale or an oath that has no ambiguity (i.e., no hidden exception).

لَحِيْجَاءnoun

1.
Ambiguity in sale/oathclassical
An ambiguity or double meaning, especially in a sale or an oath, implying an unstated exception.

بيع أو يمين ما فيها لحيجاء — A sale or an oath that has no ambiguity (i.e., no hidden exception).

مُلْحَجadjective

1.
Crookedclassical
Crooked or bent.

لحي ألحج: معوج — A crooked thing: bent.

تَلَحَّجَverb

1.
To be confusedclassical
To be confused or mixed up, similar to لحوجه.

وتلحج عليه الأمر: مثل لحوجه — And the matter became confused for him: like its confusion.

مَلَاحِجnoun

1.
Cupping glassesclassical
Instruments used for cupping therapy (bloodletting).

الملاحج: المحاجم — Al-malahij: cupping glasses.

مُلْحُوجَةadjective

1.
Mixed and crookedclassical
Mixed and crooked, referring to a line or mark.

وخطة ملحوجة: مخلطة عوجاء — And a mulhujah line: mixed and crooked.

لَحَجَverb

1.
To be crookedclassical
To be crooked or bent.

وقد لحج لحجا — And it was crooked, with crookedness.

لَحَجَverb

1.
To stick inclassical
The ring of a seal sticking in a finger.

لحج الخاتم في الإصبع — The ring of the seal stuck in the finger.

اسْتَلْحَجَverb

1.
To get stuckclassical
A door getting stuck or jammed.

واستلحج الباب — And the door got stuck.

مُسْتَلْحِجadjective

1.
Jammedclassical
A lock that is jammed and cannot be opened.

وقفل مستلحج لم ينفتح — And a jammed lock that did not open.

Parallel reading

د، بعدن أبين، سمي بلحج بن وائل بن الغوث بن قطن بن عريب بن زهير بن أيمن بن الهميسع بن حمير بن سبإ؛ قاله ابن الأثير.

D., in Aden of Abyan, named after Lahj bin Wa'il bin Al-Ghawth bin Qatan bin Urayb bin Zuhayr bin Ayman bin Al-Hims'a bin Himyar bin Saba'; this is according to Ibn Al-Athir.

منه علي بن زياد الكناني، روى الحروف عن موسى بن طارق عن نافع، وعنه المفضل بن محمد الجندي؛ ذكره أبو عمر.

Among them was Ali bin Ziyad Al-Kinani, who narrated the letters from Musa bin Tariq from Nafi', and from him Al-Mufaddal bin Muhammad Al-Jundi; Abu Umar mentioned him.

واللحج: زاوية البيت. وكفة العين وهي غارها ووقبتها الذي نبت عليه الحاجب.

And al-lahj: the corner of the house. And the socket of the eye, which is its hollow and its cavity where the eyebrow grows.

وقال الشماخ: بخوصاوين في لحج كنين

And Al-Shammakh said: with two palm leaves in a deep recess,

واللحج: كل ناتىء من الجبل ينخفض ما تحته.

And al-lahj: every protrusion from the mountain where the area beneath it is lower.

واللحج: الشيء يكون في الوادي مثل الدحل في أسفل البئر والجبل، كأنه نقب.

And al-lahj: a thing that is in the valley like a cave at the bottom of a well and a mountain, as if it were a tunnel.

أي الجمع من كل ذالك ألحاج، لم يكسر على غير ذالك.

Meaning the plural of all of that is al-hajj, it is not broken down otherwise.

وفي (اللسان) ألحاج الوادي: نواحيه وأطرافه، واحدها لحج.

And in (Al-Lisan) al-hajj of the valley: its sides and edges, its singular is lahj.

ويقال لزوايا البيت الألحاج والأدحال والجوازي والحراسم والأخصام والأكسار والمزويات.

And for the corners of the house, they are called al-ilhaj, al-adhal, al-jawazi, al-harasim, al-akhasam, al-aksar, and al-mazawiyat.

واللحج: من بثور العين، شبه اللخص إلا أنه من تحت ومن فوق.

And al-lahj: from the eruptions of the eye, similar to al-lakhs, but it is from below and from above.

واللحج: الغمص.

And al-lahj: the eye discharge.

وقد لحجت عينه.

And his eye had a discharge.

ولحوج عليه الخبر لحوجة، ولحجه تلحيجا: خلطه عليه فأظهر غير ما في نفسه.

And the news was confused for him, a confusion, and he was confused with تلحيج: it was mixed for him, so he revealed other than what was in his heart.

وفرق الأزهري بينهما فقال: لحوجت عليه الخبر خلطته.

And Al-Azhari differentiated between them, saying: I confused the news for him, I mixed it.

ولحجه تلحيجا: أظهر غير ما في نفسه.

And to confuse him with تلحيج: to reveal other than what is in his heart.

وبيع أو يمين ما فيها لحيجاء، بالتصغير، أي ما فيها مثنوية أي استثناء.

And a sale or an oath that has no ambiguity (luhayjaa), with diminutization, meaning it has no double meaning, i.e., no exception.

لحي ألحج: معوج.

A crooked thing: bent.

وقد لحج لحجا.

And it was crooked, with crookedness.

وتلحج عليه الأمر: مثل لحوجه.

And the matter became confused for him: like its confusion.

والملاحج: المحاجم.

And al-malahij: cupping glasses.

وخطة ملحوجة: مخلطة عوجاء.

And a mulhujah line: mixed and crooked.

لحج الخاتم في الإصبع

The ring of the seal stuck in the finger

واستلحج الباب.

And the door got stuck.

وقفل مستلحج لم ينفتح.

And a jammed lock that did not open.