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ثجو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of silence and causing silence. It also has a secondary meaning related to scattering or dispersing possessions.

Derived headwords

ثَجَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be silentclassical

    To refrain from speaking; to be quiet.

ثَجْواًnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceclassical

    The state of being silent or quiet.

أَثْجَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make silentclassical

    To cause someone or something to be silent; to silence.

ثَجَا متاعهverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter his possessionsclassical

    To disperse or spread out one's belongings.

فَرَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter, disperseboth

    To divide into parts or spread out over an area.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan neglected it.
وفي التكملة عن ابن الأعرابي: أي (سكت.
And in Al-Takmilah, from Ibn Al-A'rabi: meaning (he was silent).
وأثجاه غيره
And others made him silent.
أسكته.
He silenced him.
ثجا متاعه وفرقه
He scattered his possessions and dispersed them.
ولو قال: ومتاعه فرقه كان أخصر.
And if he had said: 'and his possessions, he dispersed them,' it would have been more concise.