بِالمِسْوَجَةِ
Root: سوج
Form: 1
Full Definition
بِالمِسْوَجَةِI
, said of a weaver, He passed the
مِسْوَجَة, i. e. the sprinkling instrument, to and fro over his web [to dress the warps with the preparation termed
سَوْج].
2 [Hence, app., unless the reverse be the case, the Verbal.Noun] سَوَجَانٌ signifies The act of going and coming: asserted by some to be سَوْجَانٌ, [and thus it is in the CK,] but this is a mistake. You say, سَاجَ, Present.T يَسُوجُ, Verbal.Noun سَوْجٌ [and سَوَجَانٌ], He, or it, went and came.
3 And ساج, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سَوْجٌ and سُوَاجٌ and سَوَجَانٌ, He went along gently, softly, or in a leisurely manner. IAar cites the following [as an ex. of an epithet hence derived]:
2 [Hence, app., unless the reverse be the case, the Verbal.Noun] سَوَجَانٌ signifies The act of going and coming: asserted by some to be سَوْجَانٌ, [and thus it is in the CK,] but this is a mistake. You say, سَاجَ, Present.T يَسُوجُ, Verbal.Noun سَوْجٌ [and سَوَجَانٌ], He, or it, went and came.
3 And ساج, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سَوْجٌ and سُوَاجٌ and سَوَجَانٌ, He went along gently, softly, or in a leisurely manner. IAar cites the following [as an ex. of an epithet hence derived]:
[A female fair in face: she is not the ugly old woman that goes along gently, or softly, by reason of decrepitude].غَرَّآءَ لَيْسَتْ الجِلْبِحِ
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