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ض ج م

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root ض ج م (ḍ-j-m) primarily describes crookedness or deviation, particularly in facial features like the mouth, lips, chin, and nose, but also extends to other physical attributes like the neck and shoulders. It can also metaphorically refer to deviations in wells, surgical wounds, and disagreements between people.

Derived headwords

الضَّجَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    crookedness in the mouthboth

    A deviation or crookedness in the mouth.

  2. 2.
    crookedness in the cheekboth

    A deviation or crookedness in the cheek.

  3. 3.
    crookedness in the lipboth

    A deviation or crookedness in the lip.

  4. 4.
    crookedness in the chinboth

    A deviation or crookedness in the chin.

  5. 5.
    crookedness in the neckboth

    A deviation or crookedness in the neck.

  6. 6.
    crookedness in a wellclassical

    A deviation or crookedness in the side of a well, used metaphorically.

  7. 7.
    crookedness in a woundclassical

    A deviation or crookedness in a surgical wound, used metaphorically.

  8. 8.
    crookedness in the noseboth

    A deviation or crookedness in the nose, leaning to one side.

  9. 9.
    crookedness in the jawboth

    A crookedness in one of the shoulders.

  10. 10.
    crookedness in the snout of an ostrichclassical

    A deviation or crookedness in the snout of a male ostrich, sometimes also referring to the nose and mouth.

ضَجِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedboth

    To be crooked or deviated, used to describe facial features or other physical attributes.

أَضْجَمُadjective
  1. 1.
    crooked-mouthedboth

    Having a crooked mouth.

  2. 2.
    crooked wellclassical

    A well that is crooked or uneven in its construction.

  3. 3.
    a tribe

    A name of a tribe.

  4. 4.
    a nickname

    A nickname for a person, specifically for the individual named Dhubay'ah.

التَّضَاجُمُnoun
  1. 1.
    disagreementclassical

    The state of being different or in disagreement.

المُتَضَاجِمُadjective
  1. 1.
    crooked-mouthedclassical

    One who has a crooked mouth.

الضَّجْمَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    foul-smelling insectclassical

    A small, foul-smelling insect that stings.

الضَّجْمُ (بالضم)noun
  1. 1.
    heavy eaterclassical

    A man who eats excessively; also called al-jarāmiḍah and al-jarāḍhimah.

Parallel reading

الضجم محركة: عوج في الفم
Al-ḍajamu (vowelized with fatha): crookedness in the mouth.
و ميل في الشدق
And a deviation in the cheek.
وقد يكون عوجا في الشفة والذقن والعنق إلى أحد شدقيه
And it may be a crookedness in the lip, chin, and neck towards one of its cheeks.
وكذا في البئر وهو مجاز
And likewise in a well, and this is metaphorical.
وكذا في الجراحة وهو مجاز أيضا
And likewise in a surgical wound, and this is also metaphorical.
إذا الطبيب بمحرافيه عالجها ... زادت على النفر أو تحريكه ضجما
If the physician treated it with his probes... it increased in swelling or its movement caused crookedness.
وقيل: خروج الدم، وقد ضجم كفرح فهو أضجم
And it was said: bleeding, and he became crooked (ḍajima ka-fariḥa), so he is crooked (aḍjam).
وقال الليث: الضجم: عوج في الأنف يميل إلى أحد شقيه.
And Al-Layth said: Al-ḍajamu: crookedness in the nose leaning to one of its sides.
وفي الصحاح: أن يميل الأنف إلى أحد جانبي الوجه.
And in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: that the nose leans to one side of the face.
وأيضا: اعوجاج أحد المنكبين.
And also: crookedness of one of the shoulders.
وفي المحكم: الضجم: عوج في خطم الظليم، وربما كان مع الأنف أيضا في الفم، وفي العنق ميل.
And in Al-Muḥkam: Al-ḍajamu: crookedness in the snout of the ostrich, and it might be with the nose, also in the mouth, and a deviation in the neck.
وقليب أضجم من قلب ضجم: إذا كان في جالها عوج.
And a crooked well (aḍjam) is more so than a crooked well (ḍajm): if there is crookedness in its side.
عن قلب ضجم توري من سبر ...
From a crooked well (ḍajm) that yields from probing...
التضاجم: الاختلاف
Al-taḍājumu: disagreement.
يقال: تضاجم الأمر بينهم إذا اختلف
It is said: the matter disagreed among them if it differed.
ومننه قولهم: الأسماء تضاجم أي: تختلف.
And from it is their saying: the names disagree (tataḍājamu), meaning: they differ.
والمتضاجم: المعوج الفم
And Al-mutaḍājim: the crooked-mouthed.
جزى الله عنا الأعورين ملامة ... وفروة ثفر الثورة المتضاجم
May God reward the two one-eyed men for blaming us... and Furwah, the protector of the crooked-mouthed one.
وضبيعة أضجم: قبيلة.
And Dhubay'ah Aḍjam: a tribe.
وأضجم: لقب ضبيعة
And Aḍjam: the nickname of Dhubay'ah.
والضجمة بالضم: دويبة منتنة الرائحة تلسع.
And Al-ḍajmah (with dammah): a foul-smelling insect that stings.
الضجم بالضم من الرجال: الكثيرو الأكل، وهم الجرامضة والجراضمة أيضا، عن ابن الأعرابي.
Al-ḍajamu (with dammah) from men: the excessive eaters, and they are also Al-jarāmiḍah and Al-jarāḍhimah, according to Ibn Al-A'rābī.