Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَهَجَ, aor. ـَ {يَمْهَجُ}, (inf. n. مَهْجٌ, TA,) He sucked [the breast of his mother].

مَهَجَ Inivit ancillam suam. (Ḳ.)

مَهَجَ He became goodly in countenance after disease. (AA, Ḳ.)

أَمْتُهِجَ ‡ His soul was torn from him. (A, Ḳ.)

مُهْجَةٌ Blood: or the blood of the heart: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. مُهَجٌ. (A.) An Arab of the desert is related to have said, دَفَنْتُ مُهْجَتَهُ, meaning دَمَهُ: so in the Ṣ: but in a marginal note in a copy of that work, it is said that this is a mistake; and that the correct expression, as mentioned by IḲt and others, is دَفَقْتُ مُهْجَتَهُ I poured forth, or shed, his blood: and so it is in the copies of the A. (TA.) In like manner, دَفَقَ ٱللّٰهُ مُهْجَتَهُ ‡ May God destroy him! (A. [See also دَفقَ.])

Also, ‡ The soul, or spirit. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) Ex. خَرَجَتْ مُهْجَتُهُ ‡ His soul went forth, or departed. (Ṣ.) أُنْتُزِعَتْ مُهْجَتُهُ ‡ His soul was torn from him. (Ḳ.)

Also, ‡ One's self: the best of one's self, and one's powers, efforts, endeavours, or energy. (L.) Ex. بَذَلْتُ لَهُ مُهْجَتِى ‡ I gave, or gave up, myself, and the best of my powers, efforts, endeavours, or energy, to him, or it. (T.)

Also, ‡ The purest, choicest, or best, of anything. (L.)

Also, † The heart. (MF.)

أُمْهُجٌ (Ḳ) andأَمْهُجَانٌ↓ andمَاهِجٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) Thin milk: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or, the first and second, milk free from water: and, the second, milk of which the froth has become still, and which is clear, and not thick: and, the last, thin milk, of which the taste has not changed; as alsoأُمْهُوجٌ↓. (TA.)

Also, the first, Thin fat; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as also the second and third: (Ḳ:) or raw fat. (M.)

The first is an epithet of a form not mentioned by Sb. (TA.) It may be a contraction of أُمْهُوجٌ. (IJ.) [And the like may be said of أُمْلُدٌ.]

مَمْهُوجُ البَطْنِ Lax in the belly. (Ḳ.)