سَجِيسٌ
Root: سجس
Full Definition
سَجِيسٌ
Water that is altered, changed in odour, or stinking; syn. مُتَغَيِّرٌ: turbid, thick, or muddy: as also
سَجِسٌ , and
سَجْسٌ : or corrupted, and stirred up; as also
مُسَجَّسٌ : or the last signifies made turbid, thick, or muddy, and stirred up: the [only] form mentioned in the S is
سَجَسٌ : but Aboo-Sahl says that
سَجِسٌ is the form learned by him in reading under Aboo-Usámeh in the Musannaf; and as to
سَجَسٌ , it is only an Verbal.Noun
2 Hence the saying, لَا آتِيكَ سَجِيسَ ٱللَّيَالِى I will not come to thee to the end of nights: or ever; as also سَجِيسَ اللَّيَالِىِ وَ الأَيَّامِ, and سجِيسَ الأَوْجَسِ, and سَجِيسَ الأَوْجُسِ, and سَجِيسَ عُجَيْسٍ: or while time lasts; as also سَجِيسَ الدَّهْرِ, and سَجِيسَ الأَوْجَسِ: it is from سَجِيسٌ meaning “ turbid, ” because water thus termed is the last that remains: عُجَيْس is a corroborative; and عَجْسُ اللَّيْلِ signifies “ the last part of the night: ” or سَجِيسَ اللَّيَالِى means while the nights glide along continuously.
2 Hence the saying, لَا آتِيكَ سَجِيسَ ٱللَّيَالِى I will not come to thee to the end of nights: or ever; as also سَجِيسَ اللَّيَالِىِ وَ الأَيَّامِ, and سجِيسَ الأَوْجَسِ, and سَجِيسَ الأَوْجُسِ, and سَجِيسَ عُجَيْسٍ: or while time lasts; as also سَجِيسَ الدَّهْرِ, and سَجِيسَ الأَوْجَسِ: it is from سَجِيسٌ meaning “ turbid, ” because water thus termed is the last that remains: عُجَيْس is a corroborative; and عَجْسُ اللَّيْلِ signifies “ the last part of the night: ” or سَجِيسَ اللَّيَالِى means while the nights glide along continuously.
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