سَجَا

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سَجَاI , Present.T يَسْجُو, Verbal.Noun سُجُوٌّ and سَجْوٌ, said of the night, &c., It was, or became, silent, quiet, or still: and dark: or its darkness became extended: or it covered, or concealed, by its darkness. وَ ٱللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَا, in the Kur [xciii. 2], means And the night when it becomes still, silent, or quiet: or when it covers with its darkness: or when its people become silent: or when its darkness becomes still: from سَجَا البَحْرُ, Verbal.Noun سُجُوٌّ, The sea became calm. And one says, سَجَتِ الرِّيحُ The wind became still.
2 سَجَتِ النَّاقَةُ The she-camel prolonged her حَنِين [or cry of yearning towards her young one].
3 See also 2.

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