Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

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.


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