Root

س ح ج

2 verbs · 4 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 14 entries
  • سَحَجَهُ Form I He abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer integument, or superficial part
    , (S, A, K, TA,) aor. , (K, TA,) inf. n. سَحْجٌ, (TA,) He abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer integument, or superficial part; (S, A, K, TA;) relating to one's skin: (S, 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. (S.) And أَصَابَهُ شَىْءٌ فَسَحَجَ وَجْهَهُ [A thing hit him, and abraded the cuticle of his face]. (S.) 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, (S, K, 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.) ― -b2- 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 so ↓ سحّجهُ, [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.) ― -b3- also signifies The combing gently upon the skin of the head: (K, 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.) ― -b4- And The going quickly [as though paring the surface of the earth with the feet, or making marks upon it]. (O, K.) You say, مَرَّ يَسْحَجُ He passed along going quickly: and [so] يَسْحَجُ السَّيْرَ. (O, TA.) ― -b5- And A running of beasts falling short of such as is vehement. (K.) ― -b6- And [hence, app.,] سَحَجَ الأَيْمَانَ, (TA,) aor. as above, (K, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He made the oaths to follow one another with little, or no, interruption. (K, * TA.) -A2- See also 7.
  • سحّجهُ Form II He abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer integument, or superficial part, much, or often
    , (S, K,) 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. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also 1. An ex. of the latter inf. n. occurs in the following hemistich of the “ Jeemeeyeh ” of El-'Ajjáj: " 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 AHát from the mouth of AZ, and thus recited by the former to As, 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 AHát had adduced other exs. [of similar inf. ns.], and among them the saying in the Kur [xxxiv. 18], وَ مَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ: Az says that مسحّجا is here made an inf. n., like تَسْحِيجًا. (TA)
  • تسحّج Form V It had its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed, much, or often
    It had its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed, much, or often: (S, K:) said of the skin [&c.]. (S.)
  • انسحج Form VII It had its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed
    It had its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed: (S, K:) said of the skin: (S:) [and it seems from the phrase سَحَجُ الفَخِذَيْنِ occurring in the O and K 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 Dysentery, or the like
    inf. n. of سَحَجَ. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence, Dysentery, or the like; because attended by abrasion, or excoriation, of the colon;] a certain disease of the bowels; (PS;) an abrading disease in the belly. (TA.) You say, بِهِ سَحْجٌ (S) i. e. In him is the disease above mentioned. (PS.)
  • سَحُوجٌ Open entry
    : see سَحَّاجٌ.
  • سَحِيجٌ Having its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed
    Having its outer integument, or superficial part, abraded, or otherwise removed; as also ↓ مَسْحُوجٌ. (TA.)
  • سَحَّاجٌ that pares the surface of the ground with his foot
    A camel that pares the surface of the ground with his foot, (S, * K, * TA,) so that he is not slow in becoming attenuated and abraded in the sole. (TA.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A man who makes oaths to follow one another with little, or no, interruption: (TA:) and so ↓ مِسْحَاجٌ and ↓ سَحُوجٌ applied to a woman. (K, * TA.) And حَلِفٌ سَحَّاجٌ (assumed tropical:) A swearing in which the oaths are made so to follow one another. (TA.)
  • سَاحِجٌ Winds paring, or that pare, the surface of the earth, removing the dust and pebbles
    [ act. part. n. of سَحَجَ: fem. with ة: 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
    [ A place of abrasion, &c.: pl. مَسَاحِجُ. ― -b2- 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 instrument called
    The [instrument called] مِبْرَاة with which one pares, or shapes, wood. (O, K.) ― -b2- [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.] ― -b3- Also, and ↓ مِسْحَاجٌ, (O, K, 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. K.)
  • مُسَحَّجٌ much bitten
    An ass [i. e. a wild ass] much bitten. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- [See also 2.]
  • مِسْحَاجٌ Open entry
    : see مِسْحَجٌ: ― -b2- and see also سَحَّاجٌ.
  • مَسْحُوجٌ Open entry
    : see سَحِيجٌ.

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