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دَاجَةٌ

Root: دوج

Full Definition

دَاجَةٌ . [as pl. of دَائِجٌ, agreeably with analogy,] The followers of an army.

def.2 Also A small want: or a want [absolutely]; i. q. حَاجَةٌ, as some say: or it is an imitative sequent to حَاجَةٌ. (K, and S in art. دج. [See دَاجٌّ in that art.]) It is said in a trad., مَا تَرَكْتُ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ وَ لَا دَاجَةٍ [I left not a want nor a small want: or a want of any kind: or] this means I left not any act of disobedience to which I was enticed. (TA voce حَاجَةٌ.)
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