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أَجَّةٌ

Root: اج

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أَجَّةٌ Intenseness of heat, and its fierce burning; as also أَجِيحٌ [Verbal.Noun of 1], and أَجَاجٌ , and [inf. N. of 8]: pl. إِجَاجٌ. You say, جَآتْ أَجَّةٌ الصَّيْفِ The intense heat, or fierce burning, of summer came.
2 The sound of fire; as also أَجِيحٌ .
3 The sound, or noise, and commotion, of an ostrich running, and of people walking or passing along. You say, أَجَّ أَجَّةَ الظَلِيمِ [explained above: see 1].
4 Confusion: or, as also أَجِيحٌ , the confusion arising from the talking of a people, and the sound, or noise, of their walking or passing along. You say, القَوْمُ فِي أَجَّةٍ The people are in a state of confusion [&c.].


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