Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

ضَرَجَهُ, (Ṣ, O, L, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَضْرِجُ}, (O,) or ـُ, (L,) inf. n. ضَرْجٌ, (O, L,) He split it, slit it, or rent it asunder or open; (Ṣ, O, L, Ḳ;) and soضرّجهُ↓ [but app. in an intensive sense, or said of a number of things, inf. n. تَضْرِيجٌ]; namely, a garment, &c. (L.) [Hence,] ضَرَجَ النَّارَ i. q. فَتَحَ لَهَا عَيْنًا [i. e. He made an opening in the live coals of the fire, in order that it might burn up well]. (AḤn, TA.)

And He smeared it, daubed it, or defiled it; (O, L, Ḳ;) and soضرّجهُ↓ [but app., in this case also, in an intensive sense, or said of a number of things]; namely, a garment, (A, L,), &c., (L,) with blood, (A, L,) or with something similar thereto, that was red, or with something yellow. (L.)

And He threw it, or threw it down. (Ḳ.)

ضَرَجَتْ بِجِرّتِهَا and جَرَضَتْ [signify the same, i. e. She was choked with her cud; or she swallowed her cud with difficulty; the former verb being app. formed by transposition from the latter; but جَرِضَتْ seems to be better known than جَرَضَتْ]; said of a camel. (O, TA.)

see above {1}, in two places.

One says also, ضرّج أَنْفَهَ بِدَمٍ, (Ṣ, O,) or بِالدَّمِ, (Ḳ,) He made his nose to bleed. (Ṣ, O, Ḳ.)

And ضرّج الثَّوْبَ, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَضْرِيجٌ, (Ṣ, O,) He dyed the garment, or piece of cloth, of a red colour, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) making it less fully dyed than that which is termed مُشْبَع, and more so than that which is termed مُوَرَّد. (Ṣ, O.)

[Hence,] ضرّج الكَلَامَ, (A, Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (O,) ‡ He embellished the speech, (A, O, Ḳ,) and amplified it, (A,) as one does in excuses, or pleas, (O,) with truth, or with falsehood. (A, O.)

ضرّجت جَيْبَهَا She (a woman) loosened her جَيْب [or opening at the neck and bosom of her shift or the like, so that the edges were not drawn together, or buttoned]. (O, Ḳ:* in the latter, ضرّج الجَيْبَ, inf. n. as above.)

ضرّجنا الإِبِلَ We urged on the camels, in making a hostile, or predatory, incursion. (O, Ḳ.*)

see 7, in four places.

تضرّج also signifies It (a garment, A, L) became smeared, daubed, or defiled, (Ṣ, A, O, L, Ḳ,) with blood, (Ṣ, A, O, L,) or with something similar thereto, that was red, or with something yellow. (L.)

And تضرّج الخَدُّ ‡ The cheek became red, (O, Ḳ, TA,) on an occasion of shame. (O.) You say, كَلَّمْتُهُ فَتَضَرَّجَ خَدَّاهُ ‡ I spoke to him and his cheeks became red. (A,* TA.)

And تضرّجت المَرْأَةُ ‡ The woman displayed her finery, or ornaments, and beauties of person or form or countenance, to men, (A, O, Ḳ, TA,) and embellished herself. (A, TA.)

انضرج It (a thing, or garment, &c., L) split, slit, or rent asunder or open; (Ṣ, O, L, Ḳ;) as also انضرج; (TA in art. ضرح;) and soتضرّج↓ [but app. in an intensive sense, or said of a number of things]: (L:) the latter is said of a garment in the former sense; (TA;) or as meaning it became much rent, or rent in several places. (L.) When the fruits of herbs, or leguminous plants, appear, one says, اِنْضَرَجَتْ عَنْهَا لَفَائِفُهَا and أَكْمَامُهَا [i. e. Their envelopes, or pericarps, and their calyxes, rent asunder or open, so as to disclose them]. (A, TA. [And the like is said in the Ṣ and O.]) And one says also,تَضَرَّجَتْ↓ عَنِ البَقْلِ لَفَائِفُهُ, meaning اِنْفَتَحَت [i. e. The envelopes, or pericarps, of the herbs, or leguminous plants, opened so as to disclose what was within them]. (Ṣ, O.) Andتضرّج↓ النَّوْرُ The blossoms opened. (Ḳ.) And انضرج الشَّجَرُ The buds of the trees burst open and the extremities of the leaves appeared. (L.) Andتضرّج↓ said of lightning means تَشَقَّقَ [i. e. It clave the clouds, and extended high, into the midst of the sky; or it was in a state of commotion in the clouds; or it spread wide and long]. (Ṣ, A, O, Ḳ.)

Also It was, or became, wide, or ample. (El-Muärrij, Ṣ, O, Ḳ.) You say, انضرجت لَنَا الطَّرِيقُ The road was, or became, wide to us. (TA.) And انضرج مَا بَيْنَ القَوْمِ The space between the people was, or became, far-extending: (Aṣ, Ṣ, O, Ḳ:*) and so انضرج. (Ṣ in art. ضرح.)

انضرجت العُقَابُ The eagle darted down upon the prey: (O, Ḳ:) or betook itself, or advanced, to it: (O:) or took a sidelong course to it. (O, Ḳ.*)

ضَرِجٌ A garment, or piece of cloth, smeared with a red, or yellow, colour; as alsoإِضْرِيجٌ↓: or this latter is only [applied to a garment, or piece of cloth,] of [the kind called] خَزّ. (TA.) [And ضَرِجُ الأَنَامِلِ means Having the ends of the fingers smeared, or defiled, by blood: see Ḥam p. 799.]

ضَرْجَةٌ and ضَرَجَةٌ A species of bird. (TA.)

عَدْوٌ ضَرِيجٌ A vehement running. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

إِضْرِيجٌ A yellow [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء; (Ḳ;) a yellow sort of أَكْسِيَة [pl. of كِسَآء]: (Ṣ, O:) or a كسآء made of excellent [down of the kind called] مِرْعِزَّى: (TA:) or أَكْسِيَة made of the best of مِرْعِزَّى: (Lth, O, TA:) and, (O, Ḳ,) accord. to Lḥ, (TA,) red [cloth of the kind called] خَزّ: (O, Ḳ, TA:) and أَكْسِيَةُ الإِضْرِيجِ signifies the اكسية of red خَزّ; (A, TA;) or of yellow خَزّ. (TA. See also ضَرِجٌ.) And ثَوْبٌ إِضْرِيجٌ A garment saturated with redness. (A.)

And A red dye: (O, Ḳ, TA:) so it is said to signify: and hence ثُوْبٌ مُضَرَّجٌ↓ [meaning A garment, or piece of cloth, dyed of a red colour in the manner expl. voce ضرّج]. (TA.)

And A horse that is swift and excellent; or swift, or excellent, in running; (AO, Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA;) vehement in running; (Ṣ, O, TA;) or having a large mane: (AO, TA:) or wide in the لَبَان [or breast, or middle of the breast]. (TA.)

مُضَرَّجٌ: see إِضْرِيجٌ.

مُضَرَّجُ الخَدَّيْنِ ‡ Having the cheeks made red. (A,* TA.)

المُضَرَّجُ, (so in the O,) orالمُضَرِّجُ↓, (so accord. to the Ḳ, there said to be like مُحَدِّث,) The lion. (O, Ḳ.)

عَيْنٌ مَضْرُوجَةٌ An eye wide in the fissure: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) a wide eye. (A.)

مَضَارِجُ i. q. مَشَاقُّ [i. e. Fissures; lit. places of slitting: pl. of مَشَقٌّ]. (O, Ḳ.) Himyán Ibn-Koháfeh Es-Saadee says, describing the tushes of a stallion-camel,

* أَوْسَعْنَ مِنْ أَشْدَاقِهِ المَضَارِجَا *

[That widened the fissures of the sides of his mouth]. (O.)

Also Old and worn-out garments, (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) that are used for service and work, like what are called مَعَاوِزُ: sing. مِضْرَجٌ↓. (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, O.)