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محج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of peeling or stripping something, such as the bark from a tree or the skin from meat. It also extends to the idea of rubbing or working something to soften it, and metaphorically to sexual intercourse or deception.

Derived headwords

مَحَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to peelboth

    To remove the skin or bark from something, such as meat or a tree trunk.

  2. 2.
    to rubboth

    To rub or work something, like a rope, to make it soft and pliable.

  3. 3.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

  4. 4.
    to deceiveclassical

    To lie or deceive someone.

مَحْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    peelingboth

    The act of peeling or stripping the skin or bark.

  2. 2.
    rubbingboth

    The act of rubbing or working something to soften it.

  3. 3.
    intercourseclassical

    Sexual intercourse.

  4. 4.
    deceptionclassical

    Lying or deception.

يمحجهverb
  1. 1.
    he peels itboth

    He removes the skin or bark from it.

  2. 2.
    he rubs itboth

    He rubs or works it to soften it.

  3. 3.
    he has intercourse with herclassical

    He has sexual intercourse with her.

  4. 4.
    he deceives himclassical

    He lies to him or deceives him.

الْأَدِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    skinboth

    The outer covering of an animal or fruit; hide or leather.

الْعودnoun
  1. 1.
    branchboth

    A woody part of a tree or shrub, typically branching from the trunk or a larger branch.

الْحبلnoun
  1. 1.
    ropeboth

    A length of strong cord made by twisting together strands of natural or synthetic fibers.

Parallel reading

محج اللحم، كمنع، يمحجه محجا
Meat is peeled, like in منع, he peels it, peeling it.
وكذالك العود: (قشره.
And likewise a branch: its bark.
محج (الحبل) الأولى: الأديم،
To peel (a rope) first: the skin,
كما في سائر الأمهات يمحجه محجا (دلكه ليلين) ويمرن.
As in other mother entries, he rubs it, rubbing it (to soften it) and make it pliable.
محج، عند ابن الأعرابي، له معنيان:
Mahj, according to Ibn al-A'rabi, has two meanings:
أحدهما محج بمعنى (جامع،
One is mahj meaning (to have intercourse),
و) الآخر محج بمعنى (كذب).
And the other mahj meaning (to lie).
يقال: محج المرأة يمحجها محجا: نكحها،
It is said: he has intercourse with the woman, he has intercourse with her, having intercourse with her: he married her,
وكذالك
And likewise