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سجع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns rhyming, patterned, or melodious speech, often characterized by matching endings. It extends to the sound of birds, particularly doves, and metaphorically to a consistent, straight course or sound.

Derived headwords

السَّجْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    rhyming speechboth

    Speech that is rhymed or patterned, with matching endings similar to poetry, but without meter.

  2. 2.
    patterned speechclassical

    The act of speaking in a patterned or rhyming manner.

سَجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak rhythmicallyboth

    To utter speech with pauses and rhyming endings, like poetry but without meter.

  2. 2.
    to cooboth

    The sound a dove makes when repeating its call or singing melodiously.

  3. 3.
    to be straightclassical

    To be straight, even, or consistent; to resemble something else.

سَجَّاعَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    skilled in rhymingclassical

    One who speaks in a rhyming or patterned manner, characterized by the root's meaning of straightness and resemblance.

مَسْجُوعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rhymedboth

    Speech that has been uttered in a rhyming or patterned manner.

سَاجِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rhymingboth

    One who speaks in a rhyming or patterned manner.

  2. 2.
    straightclassical

    Not deviating from the intended course or path; direct.

  3. 3.
    melodious (camel)classical

    A camel that extends its lament or call in a single, consistent tone.

أَسْجَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymesboth

    Plural of 'saj' (سجع), referring to instances of rhymed or patterned speech.

أُسْجُوعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymed utteranceboth

    A piece of rhymed or patterned speech; a saying.

أَسْجَاعِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymed utterancesboth

    Plural of 'usju'ah' (أسجوعة), referring to multiple instances of rhymed or patterned speech.

سَجَعَ الحَمَامُverb
  1. 1.
    the dove cooedboth

    The sound a dove makes, characterized by repetition and a melodious tone.

سَجْعُ الكِهَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    soothsayers' rhymingclassical

    The patterned, rhyming speech used by soothsayers, often considered artificial or imitative.

سَجَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak rhythmically (intensive)classical

    An intensive form of 'saja'a' (سجع), meaning to speak in a highly patterned or rhyming manner.

السُّجَاعِيَّةُname
  1. 1.
    Al-Suj'iyyahclassical

    A village or place name in Egypt.

Parallel reading

السجع: الكلام المقفى
Al-Saj': Rhymed speech.
أو هو موالاة الكلام على روي واحد
Or it is the continuous flow of speech on a single rhyme.
فهو سجاعة بالتشديد
So he is a 'sajja'ah' (skilled in rhyming) with the shaddah.
لأن كل كلمة تشبه صاحبتها
Because each word resembles its counterpart.
سمي سجعا لاشتباه أواخره
It is called 'saj' (rhyme) because of the resemblance of its endings.
وحكى أيضا: سجع الكلام فهو مسجوع
And he also narrated: The speech was rhymed, so it is 'masju'' (rhymed).
فهو ساجع
So he is a 'saji'' (speaker of rhymed speech).
والأسجوعة: ما سجع به
And 'al-usju'ah' is that with which one rhymes.
أسجع كسجع الكهان
Rhyming like the rhyming of soothsayers.
إياكم وسجع الكهان
Beware of the rhyming of soothsayers.
إنما كره السجع في الكلام والدعاء لمشاكلة كلام الكهنة
Rhyming in speech and supplication was disliked only because it resembled the speech of soothsayers.
سجعت الحمامة، إذا رددت صوتها
The dove cooed, if it repeated its sound.
سجعت الحمامة: موالاة صوتها على طريق واحد
The cooing of the dove: its continuous sound in one manner.
إذا سجعت حمامة بطن وج
When a dove cooed in the belly of Wajj.
فإن سجعت أهدى لك الشوق سجعها
If it cooed, its cooing will guide your longing to you.
ترنم النحل أبا لا يهجع
The buzzing of the bee, O father, does not cease.
لا آتيك ما سجع الحمام
I will not come to you as long as the doves coo (meaning: never).