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ءجز

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific posture of sitting or leaning, particularly when resting on a cushion. It describes a way of bending or inclining oneself without fully reclining, often associated with Arab customs of resting.

Derived headwords

أَجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to lean onclassical

    To bend or lean oneself upon something, such as a cushion, without fully reclining.

آجَزَname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A name mentioned in the Lisan al-Arab, which was omitted by Al-Jauhari and Al-Sagani.

اسْتَأْجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to lean on a cushionclassical

    To bend oneself over a cushion for support without fully reclining, a practice of the Arabs.

واستأجز على الوسادة: تحنى عليها ولم يتكئ — And he leaned on the cushion: bending over it without reclining.
الإِجَازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    leaning postureclassical

    The practice of Arabs to sit or lean on a cushion, bending over it without fully reclining.

الإجازة ارتفاق العرب — The ijaza is the resting practice of the Arabs.
الإِجْزَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    leaning posture (alternative)classical

    An alternative term for 'ijaza', referring to the practice of bending over a cushion for support.

وفي كتاب الليث: الإجزاء بدل الإجاز — And in Al-Layth's book: Al-ijza' is instead of Al-ijaz.

Parallel reading

وآجز اسم، وقد أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني.
And 'Ajaz is a name, which Al-Jauhari and Al-Sagani omitted.
واستأجز على الوسادة: تحنى عليها ولم يتكئ.
And he leaned on the cushion: bending over it without reclining.
وكانت العرب تستأجز ولا تتكئ.
And the Arabs used to lean (on cushions) and not recline.
الإجازة ارتفاق العرب، كانت تحتبئ وتستأجز على وسادة ولا تتكئ على يمين ولا شمال.
The ijaza is the resting practice of the Arabs, where they would sit cross-legged and lean on a cushion, without reclining to the right or left.
قال الليث: الاجاز ارتفاع العرب كانت تحتبي أو تستأجر أي تنحني على وسادة ولا تتكى على اليمين ولا شمال
Al-Layth said: Al-ijaz is the resting posture of the Arabs, where they would sit cross-legged or lean, meaning bending over a cushion and not reclining to the right or left.
وفي كتاب الليث: الإجزاء بدل الإجاز فيكون من غير هذا التركيب.
And in Al-Layth's book: Al-ijza' is instead of Al-ijaz, so it would be from a different root.