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وجع

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pain, both physical and emotional. It encompasses the state of being in pain, causing pain, and expressing or experiencing suffering. The root also extends to related concepts like illness and affliction.

Derived headwords

الوجعnoun
  1. 1.
    painful illnessboth

    A general term for a painful sickness or ailment.

  2. 2.
    painboth

    The sensation of physical suffering or discomfort.

أوجاعnoun
  1. 1.
    painsboth

    Plural of 'waja', referring to multiple instances or types of pain or illness.

وجاعnoun
  1. 1.
    painful illnessboth

    A collective noun for painful illnesses, similar to 'waja'.

  2. 2.
    painboth

    A state of significant pain or suffering.

وجعverb
  1. 1.
    to be in painboth

    To experience physical pain or suffering.

  2. 2.
    to be illboth

    To suffer from a sickness or ailment.

يوجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painboth

    To inflict pain or suffering upon someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to hurtboth

    To cause physical discomfort or injury.

ويجعverb
  1. 1.
    to be in painclassical

    A less common dialectal form of the verb 'to be in pain'.

ييجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painclassical

    A dialectal pronunciation, particularly among Banu Asad, for 'to cause pain'.

ياجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painclassical

    A dialectal pronunciation where the initial 'waw' is replaced by 'alif', meaning 'to cause pain'.

إيجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painclassical

    A first-person form, 'I cause pain', with a specific pronunciation.

تيجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painclassical

    A second-person form, 'you cause pain', with a specific pronunciation.

وجعونnoun
  1. 1.
    sick peopleboth

    Plural of 'waji'', referring to people who are ill or in pain.

وجعىnoun
  1. 1.
    painboth

    A state of pain or illness, often used in a collective sense.

وجاعيnoun
  1. 1.
    painful illnessesboth

    Plural of 'waja'i', referring to various painful ailments.

وجعاتnoun
  1. 1.
    illnessesboth

    Plural of 'waja'ah', referring to instances of sickness or pain.

يوجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause pain to (head)both

    To cause pain to someone's head, often used idiomatically.

أيجعverb
  1. 1.
    to cause pain to (my head)both

    First-person form, 'my head causes pain' or 'I cause pain to my head'.

يوجعنيverb
  1. 1.
    it pains meboth

    It causes me pain; a common expression for experiencing pain.

وجعتverb
  1. 1.
    my stomach hurtboth

    To experience pain in one's stomach; used idiomatically.

وجيعadjective
  1. 1.
    painfulboth

    Describing something that causes pain or is intensely painful.

  2. 2.
    afflictedboth

    Suffering from pain or hardship.

موجعadjective
  1. 1.
    painfulboth

    Causing pain or suffering.

  2. 2.
    afflictedboth

    One who is suffering from pain or a wound, especially one needing to pay blood money.

الوجعاءnoun
  1. 1.
    painful placeclassical

    A place associated with pain or suffering.

  2. 2.
    lower part of the bodyclassical

    A euphemism for the female genitalia or the lower posterior part of the body.

وجعاواتnoun
  1. 1.
    painful placesclassical

    Plural of 'waja'a', referring to multiple painful areas or the lower parts of the body.

موجعnoun
  1. 1.
    one who needs blood moneyclassical

    Someone who has suffered a fatal injury and whose family is owed blood money (diya).

أم وجع الكبدnoun
  1. 1.
    liver pain herbclassical

    A type of small herb believed to be a remedy for liver pain.

الجعةnoun
  1. 1.
    barley beerboth

    A beverage made from fermented barley; beer.

أوجعهverb
  1. 1.
    it pained himboth

    It caused him pain or suffering.

توجعverb
  1. 1.
    to complain of painboth

    To express suffering or pain, either physically or emotionally.

  2. 2.
    to grieveboth

    To mourn or feel sorrow for someone's misfortune.

أوجعverb
  1. 1.
    to inflict painboth

    To cause significant pain or suffering.

  2. 2.
    to inflict heavy damageclassical

    To cause severe harm or damage, especially in combat.

Parallel reading

الوجع، محركة: المرض المؤلم، اسم جامع له، ج: أوجاع
Al-waja', with harakah: the painful illness, a general noun for it, plural: awja'.
وجع، كسمع هذه اللغة الفصحى
Waja'a, like sama'a, this is the eloquent form.
وييجع بقلب الواو ياء
And yeeja' by قلبing the waw to yaa.
وبنو أسد يقولون: ييجع بكسر أوله
And Banu Asad say: yeeja' with a kasrah on the first letter.
قال الجوهري: وأنا أيجع رأسي، ويوجعني رأسي، ولا تقل يوجعني
Al-Jawhari said: And I ayja'u ra'si, and yuwji'uni ra'si, and do not say yuwji'uni.
يقال للرجل: وجعت بطنك، مثل: سفهت رأيك، ورشدت أمرك
It is said to a man: waja'ta batnak, like: safihata ra'yaka, and rashadta amraka.
ضرب وجيع: موجع
A painful strike: muji' (causing pain).
وقيل: ضرب وجيع وأليم: ذو وجع وألم
And it was said: a painful and aching strike: possessing pain and ache.
والوجعاء: السافلة، وهي ممدودة
And al-waja'a: the lower part, and it is elongated.
وفي الحديث: لا تحل المسألة إلا لذي دم موجع
And in the Hadith: begging is not permissible except for one who has a painful wound (i.e., is owed blood money).
أم وجع الكبد: بقلة من دق البقل، يحبها الضأن
Umm waja' al-kabid: a herb from the small herbs, which sheep love.
والجعة، كعدة: نبيذ الشعير عن أبي عبيد
And al-ji'ah, like 'iddah: barley wine according to Abu Ubayd.
وأوجعه: آلمه فهو موجع
And awja'ahu: it pained him, so he is muji' (in pain).
وتوجع الرجل: تفجع، أو تشكى الوجع
And the man tuwaja'a: he grieved, or he complained of pain.
أمن المنون وريبه تتوجع
Do you grieve from fate and its calamities?
أوجع في العدو: أثخن
Awja'a in the enemy: he inflicted heavy damage.