سجح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns qualities of ease, gentleness, and moderation, applied to physical features, character, movement, and even abstract concepts like paths and destiny. It also extends to meanings of proportion, air, and direction.

Derived headwords

سَجُحَverb

1.
to be easy and gentleboth
Describing a cheek that is smooth, soft, long, and slender with little flesh, yet wide. It also describes a person's character or disposition as mild and easygoing.

سَجْحٌadjective

1.
easy, gentleboth
Describing something as mild, easy, and smooth, often applied to character, movement, or the path of a road.
2.
moderate, balancedboth
Referring to a balanced and well-proportioned state, such as a road's main path or a consistent measure.

وامشوا إلى الموت مشية سجحا — And walk to death with an easy gait.

سَجِيحٌadjective

1.
gentle, mildboth
Characterized by gentleness and ease, often used to describe disposition, character, or movement.

وخلق سجيح: لين سهل — And a gentle disposition: mild and easy.

سَجْحَةٌnoun

1.
easy gaitboth
A smooth, easy, and balanced way of walking, without swaggering or ostentation.

دعوا التخاجؤ وامشوا مشية سجحا — Leave the limping and walk with an easy gait.

السَّجْحُnoun

1.
main path of a roadboth
The clear, easy, and central part of a road, its well-trodden track.
2.
proportion, measureboth
A consistent or uniform measure, used to describe things built to the same size or standard.

تنح عن سجح الطريق — Move away from the main path of the road.

السَّجْحُ (بالضم)noun

1.
gentle, easyclassical
Referring to something that is mild and easy, similar to 'sajih'.

السَّجِيحَةُnoun

1.
disposition, natureboth
One's inherent character or temperament; one's natural way of being.
2.
proportion, measureboth
A uniform size or standard, similar to 'sajh'.

ركب فلان سجيحة رأسه — So-and-so followed his own opinion.

السَّجَاحُnoun

1.
air, atmosphereclassical
The ambient air or atmosphere.

السَّجَاحُ (ككتاب)noun

1.
facing, directionclassical
The act of facing or being in front of something; the direction towards.

الأَسْجَحُadjective

1.
handsome, well-proportionedboth
Describing a person, particularly their face or build, as being handsome, well-balanced, and moderate in features.

وجه أسجح بين السجح — A handsome, well-proportioned face.

السَّجِيَّةُnoun

1.
disposition, natureboth
A person's innate character, temperament, or habit.

المَسْجُوحُ الخُلُقِadjective

1.
of moderate characterclassical
Possessing a disposition that is mild, easy, and well-balanced.

السَّجْحَاءُadjective

1.
tall and strong (camel)classical
Describing a female camel that is complete in height and bone structure, or long-backed.

سَجَحَ (الحمامة)verb

1.
to coo, to murmurclassical
The sound made by a dove or pigeon, similar to 'saja'at'.

سَجَحَ (له بكلام)verb

1.
to present, to offerclassical
To present or offer words or ideas, meaning to bring them forth or make them appear.

سَجَّحَverb

1.
to present, to offerclassical
An intensified form of 'sajaha', meaning to present or offer something, especially words or ideas.

اِنْسَجَحَverb

1.
to be presented, to appearclassical
To become clear or apparent to someone; to be presented or offered.

انسجح لي فلان بكذا — So-and-so presented such-and-such to me.

الإِسْجَاحُnoun

1.
generous forgivenessclassical
The act of forgiving generously, especially when one has the power to punish or retaliate.

ملكت فأسجح — You have power, so forgive generously.

مَسْجَحٌname

1.
Masjah
A male given name.

سَجَاحٌname

1.
Sajah
A female given name, notably associated with a woman who claimed prophethood.

المَسْجُوحُnoun

1.
direction, sideclassical
A direction or a side; the way something faces.

Parallel reading

سجح الخد، كفرح، سجحا وسجاحة: سهل ولان وطال في اعتذال وقل لحمه

The cheek was smooth, like 'faraha', with a smooth, soft, long, and slender quality, having little flesh.

مع وسع، وهو أسجع الخدين.

Along with width, and he is of the two with the most well-proportioned cheeks.

والسجح، بضمتين: اللين السهل كالسجيح

And 'al-sajh', with two dammah: the mild and easy, like 'al-sajih'.

وخلق سجيح: لين سهل.

And a gentle disposition: mild and easy.

وكذلك المشية، يقال مشى فلان مشيا سجحا وسجيحا ومشية سجح، أي سهلة.

And likewise the gait; it is said so-and-so walked with an easy gait, and a gentle gait, and an easy walk, meaning easy.

وامشوا إلى الموت مشية سجحا

And walk to death with an easy gait.

دعوا التخاجؤ وامشوا مشية سجحا

Leave the limping and walk with an easy gait.

إن الرجال ذوو عصب وتذكير

Indeed, men possess strength and masculinity.

هو أن يعتدل في مشيه ولا يتمايل فيه تكبرا.

It is to be balanced in one's walk and not to sway in it out of arrogance.

والسجح، المحجة من الطريق، كالسجح بالضم، يقال: تنح عن سجح الطريق، وهو سننه وجادته، لسهولتها.

And 'al-sajh', the main path of the road, like 'al-sajh' with dammah; it is said: move away from the main path of the road, which is its track and its main way, due to its ease.

من طلب بالحق ومشى في سجحه، أوصله الله إلى نجحه.

Whoever seeks the truth and walks in its path, Allah will lead him to his success.

والسجح: القدر، كالسجيحة.

And 'al-sajh': the measure, like 'al-sajihah'.

بنوا بيوتهم على سجح واحد، أي على قدر واحد

They built their houses to one measure, meaning to one size.

وكذا سجيحة واحدة، وغرار واحد.

And likewise one disposition, and one uniform measure.

والسجاح كغراب: الهواء.

And 'al-sajah' like 'ghurab': the air.

والسجاح ككتاب: التجاه، أي المواجهة.

And 'al-sajah' like 'kitab': the facing, meaning the confrontation.

والأسجح من الرجال: الحسن المعتدل.

And 'al-asjah' among men: the handsome, the moderate.

الأسجح الخلق: المعتدل الحسن.

The one with a moderate disposition: balanced and handsome.

ووجه أسجح بين السجح، أي حسن معتدل.

And a handsome face, balanced, meaning handsome and moderate.

لها أذن حشر وذفرى أسيلة ووجه كمرآة الغريبة أسجح

She has a close-set ear, a slender nape, and a face like a stranger's mirror, handsome.

والسجح، والسجيحة: السجية والطبيعة؛ قاله أبو عبيد.

And 'al-sajh', and 'al-sajihah': the disposition and the nature; Abu Ubaid said this.

ركب فلان سجيحة رأسه: وهو ما اختاره لنفسه من الرأي فركبه.

So-and-so followed the disposition of his own mind: which is what he chose for himself from opinion and followed it.

والمسجوحة والمسجوح الخلق، بضمتين، وأنشد: هنا وهنا وعلى المسجوح

And 'al-masjuhah' and 'al-masjuh al-khalq', with two dammah, and he recited: here and here, and upon the one of moderate disposition.

هو كالميسور والمعسور، وإن لم يكن له فعل، أي من المصادر التي جاءت على مثال مفعول.

It is like the easy and the difficult, even if it does not have a verb form, meaning from the masdars that came on the pattern of 'maf'ul'.

والسجحاء من الإبل: التامة طولا وعظما، وهي أيضا الطويلة الظهر

And 'al-sajha'' among camels: the complete in length and bone, and she is also the long-backed.

سجحت الحمامة وسجعت: بمعنى واحد.

The dove cooed, and 'saja'at': meaning one and the same.

ربما قالوا: مزجح، في مسجح، في مسجح، كالأسد والأزد.

Sometimes they say: 'muzjah', for 'masjah', for 'masjah', like 'al-Asad' and 'al-Azd'.

يقال: سجح له بكلام، إذا عرض بمعنى من المعاني، كسجح مشددا، وسرح وسرح، وسنح وسنح؛ كل ذالك بمعنى واحد.

It is said: 'sajaha' for him with words, if it means to present one of the meanings, like 'sajjaha' with shaddah, and 'saraha' and 'saraha', and 'sanaha' and 'sanaha'; all of that is in one meaning.

انسجح لي فلان بكذا: انسمح.

So-and-so presented such-and-such to me: meaning 'insamah'.

والإسجاح: حسن العفو، ومنه المثل السائر في العفو عند المقدرة: ملكت فأسجح

And 'al-isjah': good forgiveness, and from it is the famous proverb about forgiving when able: You have power, so forgive generously.

ملكت فأسجح، أي ظفرت فأحسن، وقدرت فسهل وأحسن العفو.

You have power, so forgive generously, meaning you have won, so be good, and you are able, so be lenient and forgive well.

جهزها عند ذالك بأحسن الجهاز إلى المدينة.

He prepared her at that time with the best provisions for Medina.

وقالها أيضا ابن الأكوع في غزوة ذي قرد: إذا ملكت فأسجح

Ibn al-Akwa' also said it in the Ghazwa of Dhi Qard: If you have power, then forgive generously.

ويقال: إذا سألت فأسجح، أي سهل ألفاظك وارفق.

And it is said: If you ask, then be lenient, meaning make your words easy and be gentle.

مسجح كمنبر، اسم رجل.

Masjah like 'manbar', a man's name.

سجاح كقطام، هاكذا بخط أبي زكريا: امرأة من بني يربوع، ثم من بني تميم تنبأت، أي ادعت النبوة، وخطبها مسيلمة الكذاب وتزوجته، ولهما حديث مشهور.

Sajah like Qatama, thus in the handwriting of Abu Zakariya: a woman from Banu Yarbu', then from Banu Tamim, who claimed prophethood, and Musaylimah the Liar proposed to her and married her, and they have a famous story.

والمسجوح: الجهة.

And 'al-masjuh': the direction.