Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

سَحَجَهُ, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ, TA,) aor. ـَ {يَسْحَجُ}, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. سَحْجٌ, (TA,) He abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer integument, or superficial part; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ, TA;) relating to one's skin: (Ṣ, A, TA:) and he scratched him; or wounded him in the outer skin: also he rubbed it, namely, a thing, with another thing, so as to abrade, or remove, its superficial part: and it, namely, a thing, hitting another thing, abraded from it a little of its superficial part; as when a thing hits the solid hoof previously to [that state of attenuation and abrasion which is termed] الوَجَى. (TA.) You say, سَحَجْتُ جِلْدَهُ I abraded, or removed, the outer integument [i. e. the cuticle] of his skin. (Ṣ.) And أَصَابَهُ شَىْءٌ فَسَحَجَ وَجْهَهُ [A thing hit him, and abraded the cuticle of his face]. (Ṣ.) And سَحَجَ العُودَ بِالمِبْرَدِ He abraded the outer part of the wood, or piece of wood, or stick, with the file. (TA.) And يَسْحَجُ الأَرْضَ بِخُفِّهِ, referring to a camel, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) He pares the surface of the ground with his foot, so that he is not slow in becoming attenuated and abraded in the sole. (TA.) And سَحَجَتِ الرِّيَاحُ الأَرْضَ [The winds pared the surface of the earth, removing the dust and pebbles: like سَهَجَت]. (A.)

Also He bit him so as to make a mark, or marks, upon him; [or so as to lacerate his skin;] used especially in relation to wild asses; and soسحّجهُ↓, [but in an intensive sense, i. e. he so bit him much, or many times, (see مُسَحَّجٌ,)] inf. n. تَسْحِيجٌ and مُسَحَّجٌ [of which latter see an ex. in the next paragraph]. (TA.)

also signifies The combing gently upon the skin of the head: (Ḳ, TA:) [combing the hair with a gentle pressure upon the skin of the head:] one says, سَحَجَ شَعَرَهُ بِالمُشْطِ, inf. n. سَحْجٌ, He combed his hair [pressing the comb] gently [upon the skin of his head]. (TA.)

And The going quickly [as though paring the surface of the earth with the feet, or making marks upon it]. (O, Ḳ.) You say, مَرَّ يَسْحَجُ He passed along going quickly: and [so] يَسْحَجُ السَّيْرَ. (O, TA.)

And A running of beasts falling short of such as is vehement. (Ḳ.)

And [hence, app.,] سَحَجَ الأَيْمَانَ, (TA,) aor. as above, (Ḳ, TA,) † He made the oaths to follow one another with little, or no, interruption. (Ḳ,* TA.)

See also 7.

سحّجهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَسْحِيجٌ and مُسَحَّجٌ, [of which latter, see an ex. in what follows,] (TA,) He abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer integument, or superficial part, much, or often. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

See also 1. An ex. of the latter inf. n. occurs in the following hemistich of the “Jeemeeyeh” of El-ʼAjjáj:

* جَأْبَا تَرَى بِلِيِتِهِ مُسَحَّجَا *

[A bulky, or strong, wild ass, in the side of whose neck thou seest much biting, or lacerating of the skin, that has made marks upon it]: thus heard by AḤát from the mouth of AZ, and thus recited by the former to Aṣ, who disallowed it, and said, تَلِيلَهُ [i. e. whose neck, or cheek, thou seest to be much bitten, &c., instead of بِلِيِتِهِ], but abstained from objecting after AḤát had adduced other exs. [of similar inf. ns.], and among them the saying in the Ḳur [xxxiv. 18], وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ: Az says that مسحّجا is here made an inf. n., like تَسْحِيجًا. (TA)

تسحّج It had its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed, much, or often: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) said of the skin [&c.]. (Ṣ.)

انسحج It had its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) said of the skin: (Ṣ:) [and it seems from the phrase سَحَجُ الفَخِذَيْنِ occurring in the O and Ḳ in art. بذح, that سَحِجَ↓, inf. n. سَحَجٌ, may signify the same: but سَحَجُ may there be a mistranscription for سَحْجُ.] One says, اِنْسَحَجَ جِلْدُهُ مِنْ شَىْءٍ مَرَّ بِهِ His skin had its cuticle abraded in consequence of a thing that passed by him. (TA.)

سَحْجٌ inf. n. of سَحَجَ. (TA.)

And [hence, Dysentery, or the like; because attended by abrasion, or excoriation, of the colon;] a certain disease of the bowels; (PṢ;) an abrading disease in the belly. (TA.) You say, بِهِ سَحْجٌ (Ṣ) i. e. In him is the disease above mentioned. (PṢ.)

سَحِيجٌ Having its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed; as alsoمَسْحُوجٌ↓. (TA.)

سَحَّاجٌ A camel that pares the surface of the ground with his foot, (Ṣ,* Ḳ,* TA,) so that he is not slow in becoming attenuated and abraded in the sole. (TA.)

Also † A man who makes oaths to follow one another with little, or no, interruption: (TA:) and soمِسْحَاجٌ↓ andسَحُوجٌ↓ applied to a woman. (Ḳ,* TA.) And حَلِفٌ سَحَّاجٌ † A swearing in which the oaths are made so to follow one another. (TA.)

[سَاحِجٌ act. part. n. of سَحَجَ: fem. with ة {سَاحِجَةٌ}: pl. of the fem. سَوَاحِجُ. Hence,] رِيَاحٌ سَوَاحِجُ [Winds paring, or that pare, the surface of the earth, removing the dust and pebbles]. (A, TA.)

[مَسْحَجٌ A place of abrasion,, &c.: pl. مَسَاحِجُ.]

[Hence,] one says, of an ass, (A,) i. e. a wild ass, (TA,) عَلَيْهِ المَسَاحِجُ Upon him are the marks, or scars, of the biting of other asses. (A, TA.)

مِسْحَجٌ The [instrument called] مِبْرَاة with which one pares, or shapes, wood. (O, Ḳ.)

[And hence, app., A rain that is as though it pared the surface of the earth. Accord. to Freytag, مَسْحَجٌ occurs in this sense in the Deewán of Jereer: pl. مَسَاحِجُ: but the correct word is evidently مِسْحَجٌ.]

Also, andمِسْحَاجٌ↓, (O, Ḳ, TA,) A wild ass that bites [other asses] much, or frequently: (TA:) [or each signifies, though not so expl. in the TA,] an ass [i. e. a wild ass] that runs a pace falling short of such as is vehement. (O. Ḳ.)

مُسَحَّجٌ An ass [i. e. a wild ass] much bitten. (Ṣ, A, Ḳ.)

[See also 2.]