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شجي

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something obstructing or causing distress, particularly in the throat. It extends to feelings of sadness and being preoccupied or burdened.

Derived headwords

الشَّجَاnoun
  1. 1.
    obstruction in the throatboth

    Something that lodges in the throat, such as a bone or similar object, affecting both humans and animals.

شَجِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be obstructed (throat)both

    To have something lodged in the throat, causing difficulty.

  2. 2.
    to be sadboth

    To be filled with sorrow or grief.

شَجَاverb
  1. 1.
    to obstruct (throat)both

    To cause something to lodge in the throat.

  2. 2.
    to saddenboth

    To cause someone to become sad or distressed.

شَجِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    sadboth

    A person who is sad or sorrowful.

  2. 2.
    preoccupiedboth

    Someone burdened by a concern or problem, unable to be free.

شَجِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    sad (female)both

    A female person who is sad or sorrowful.

شَجِيِّنَاadjective
  1. 1.
    sad (poetic)classical

    A poetic form referring to sadness or being burdened.

Parallel reading

والشجا مقصورا: ما اعترض في الحلق من عظم ونحوه يكون في الإنسان وفي الدابة
And al-shaja, shortened, is what obstructs the throat, like a bone or similar, found in humans and animals.
وتراني كالشجا في حلقه عسرا مخرجه ما ينتزع
And you see me like an obstruction in his throat, difficult to remove what is extracted.
وقد شجي به، كرضي، شجا
And he was obstructed by it, like he was pleased, he was obstructed.
ويقال: عليك بالكظم ولو شجيت بالعظم
And it is said: You must restrain yourself, even if you were obstructed by a bone.
لا تنكروا القتل وقد سبينا في حلقكم عظم وقد شجينا
Do not deny the killing, for we have taken captives, and a bone is in your throats, and we have been obstructed.
رجل شج: أي حزين
A man is shajj: meaning sad.
وامرأة شجية، على فعلة
And a woman is shajiyyah, following the pattern of 'f'ilah'.
ويل للشجي من الخلي
Woe to the preoccupied from the carefree.
الشجي، بتخفيف الياء: المشغول
Al-shajiyy, with a lightened 'ya': the preoccupied.
والخلي: الفارغ
And al-khaliyy: the carefree.
وهذا المشغول يحتمل أن يكون شجي بعظم يغص به حلقه أو بهم فلم يجد مخرجا منه
And this preoccupation could be due to a bone that obstructs his throat, or a worry from which he finds no escape.
وحكى صاحب العين تشديد الياء؛ والأول أعرف
And the author of Al-'Ayn narrated it with a stressed 'ya'; but the first is more known.
وروي مشددا بمعنى المشجو، وعزي للأصمعي رحمه الله تعالى
And it was narrated with a stressed 'ya' meaning 'obstructed', attributed to Al-Asma'i, may God have mercy on him.
ياء الخلي مشددة، وياء الشجي مخففة
The 'ya' of al-khaliyy is stressed, and the 'ya' of al-shajiyy is lightened.
نام الخليون عن ليل الشجيينا
The carefree slept through the night of the sad ones.