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سَجِيسٌ

Root: سجس

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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.
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