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ضَجَّ

Root: ضج

Form: 1

Full Definition

ضَجَّI , Present.T ضَجِجَ Verbal.Noun ضَجِيجٌ and ضَجٌّ and ضَجَاجٌ and ضُجَاجٌ, the last on the authority of Lh, [and the last but one is said in one place in the L and TA to be a subst. from ضَاجَّهُ,] He cried out, or vociferated: or he cried out, or vociferated, calling for aid, or succour: or he cried out, or vociferated, and raised a clamour, or confused cries or shouts or noises, being frightened at a thing: or ضَجِيجٌ signifies the crying out, or vociferating, on the occasion of some disagreeable occurrence, and in difficulty, or distress, and inability to bear what has befallen one, or impatience: or , Verbal.Noun إِضْجَاجٌ, signifies they cried out, or vociferated, and raised a clamour, or confused cries or shouts or noises: and ضَجُّوا, Present.T ضَجِجَ Verbal.Noun ضَجِيجٌ, [as meaning they did so] when unable to bear a thing that had befallen them, or impatient, and overcome, and frightened. And one says also, ضَجَّ البَعِيرُ, Verbal.Noun ضجِيجٌ, [The camel uttered a cry, i. e. grumbled,] مِنَ الحِمْلِ [in consequence of the load]. (A. [See 1 in art. رغو.]) And إِنْ ضَجَّ فَزِدْهُ وِقْرًا [If he grumble, add to him a load]: a prov. The poet El-Kanánee uses the phrase فَضَجَّضَّجَّةً for فَضَجَّتْ ضَجَّةً; and it is cited by Sb as an ex. of the incorporation of ت into ض.
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