Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

مُدَجِّجٌ

Root: دج

Full Definition

مُدَجِّجٌ and مُدَجَّجٌ A man completely armed: and so A 'Obeyd explains مُدَجْدَجٌ : he is so called because he walks slowly by reason of the weight of his arms; or because he covers himself therewith, from دَجَّجَتِ السَّمَآءُ.
2 Also The hedgehog; syn. قُنْفُذٌ: or a large قُنْفُذٌ: app. so called because of its spines.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more