Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُجَاجٌ

Root: مج

Full Definition

مُجَاجٌ and مُجَاجَةٌ Spittle, or saliva, that one casts forth from his mouth: or the latter, [and so, app., , see مَجَّاجَةٌ] a portion of such; a gob of spittle.
2 مُجَاجٌ فَمِ الجَارِيَةِ Girl's saliva, or spittle.
3 Also مُجَاجٌ, and مُجَاجُ النَّحْلِ [The ejected spittle of the bees], honey.
4 مُجَاجُ الجَرَادِ The slaver of locusts.
5 مُجَاجُ الدَّبَى The slaver of little locusts.
6 مُجَاجُ المُزْنِ [The ejected spittle of the clouds; i. e.,] rain.
7 مُجَاجة also signifies The expressed juice of a thing.
8 مُجَاجُ العِنَبِ What flows of the expressed juice of grapes.

def.2 See مَجٌّ.


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