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عُنْجُوجٌ

Root: عنج

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عُنْجُوجٌ sing. of عَنَاجِيجُ, which signifies Fleet, or swift, and excellent, horses and camels; sometimes applied to the latter: or horses that excite the admiration and approval of the beholder: and عَنَاجٍ occurs in a verse cited by IAar, as some relate it; and as others relate it; the former for عَنَاجِج, and the latter for عَنَاجِيج: or long-necked horses and camels: or tall, or long, horses. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce رُبَّ.]
2 اِسْتَقَامَ عُنْجُوجُ القَوْمِ means The way or course (سَنَن) [of the people, or party, was, or became, direct, or undeviating].
3 And عَنَاجِيجُ الشَّبَابِ signifies The first part of youth.
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