Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and Al Mawrid — All in One Search

سَاجِدٌ

Root: سجد

Full Definition

سَاجِدٌ act. part. n. of سَجَدَ: [Being lowly, humble, or submissive: bending himself down towards the ground: &c.: and hence, prostrating himself in prayer; putting his forehead on the ground: &c.:] pl. سُجَّدٌ and سُجُودٌ.
2 وَ ٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا, in the Kur [ii. 55 and vii. 161], means And enter ye the gate bending down your heads: it was a narrow [or low] gate.
3 And سُجَّدًا لِلّٰهِ, in the Kur xvi. 50, means Humbling themselves to God, with subserviency.
4 You say also شَجَرَةٌ سَاجِدَةٌ, and شَجَرٌ سَاجِدٌ and سَوَاجِدُ, [this last word being pl. of سَاجِدَةٌ,] A tree, and trees, bending, or inclining: and نَخْلٌ سَوَاجِدُ palm-trees bending, or inclining: and نَجْلَةٌ سَاجِدَةٌ a palm-tree bent by its fruit. [But it is said that] عُلْبٌ سَوَاجِدُ, occurring in a verse of Lebeed, means Firmly-rooted [tall] palm-trees.
5 And فُلَانٌ سَاجِدُ المَنْخِرِ Such a one is object, low, humble, or submissive.
6 And عَيْنٌ سَاجِدَةٌ A languid, or languishing, eye.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mawrid

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Free

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more