rajāʾ

hope

رَجاء

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Noun

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ر ج ج

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Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • رَجَّهُ Form I He put it in motion, or in a state of commotion or agitation
    , (S, A, Msb,) aor. , (S, Msb,) inf. n. رَجٌّ, (S, Msb, K,) He put it in motion, or in a state of commotion or agitation: (S, A, Msb, K:) he put it in a state of convulsion, or violent motion; or made it to shake, quake, or quiver: (S, A, TA:) as also ↓ رَجْرَجَهُ. (A.) Hence, in the Kur [lvi-4], إِذَا رُجَّتِ الأَرْضُ رَجًّا When the earth shall be convulsed with violent convulsion. (TA.) And رَجَّ البَابَ He shook the door violently. (TA from a trad.) -A2- See also 8.
  • أَرَجَّتْ Form IV She (a mare) was near to bringing forth, and the part on either side of her tail
    She (a mare) was near to bringing forth, and the part on either side of her tail (صَلَاهَا) quivered, or quaked; (K;) as also ↓ اِرْتَجَّتْ. (TA.) The part. n. applied to the mare in this case is ↓ مُرِجٌّ [without ة]. (K.)
  • ارتجّ Form VIII It was, or became, in a state of commotion or agitation
    , (S, A,. Msb,) inf. n. اِرْتِجَاجٌ, (K,) It was, or became, in a state of commotion or agitation; (S, A, Msb, * K;) or of convulsion, or violent motion; or it shook, quaked, or quivered; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ تَرَجْرَجَ; (A, K;) and ↓ رَجْرَجَ inf. n. رَجْرَجَةٌ; (S, K; but they mention only the inf. n. of this verb;) and so ↓ رَجَّ, inf. n. رَجٌّ: (K, * TA; but of this verb, also, only the inf. n. is mentioned:) ارتجّ is quasi-pass. of رَجَّهُ; (T, A, Msb;) and is said of the sea, as meaning it was, or became, in a state of commotion or agitation (S, Msb) with its waves; and in like manner of other things: (S:) and ↓ تَرَجْرَجَ signifies it (a thing) went to and fro; and is said of a woman's flesh; (S;) or [particularly] of her hinder part; (A;) or of both. (TA.) It is said in a trad. respecting the blowing of the horn [on the day of resurrection], فَتَرْتَجُّ الأَرْضُ بِأَهْلِهَا And the earth shall be in a state of commotion or agitation, with its inhabitants. (TA.) See also 4. ― -b2- [Hence,] ارتجّ الظَّلَامُ (assumed tropical:) The darkness became confused. (Msb.) ― -b3- And ارتجّ الكَلَامُ (assumed tropical:) The speech, or language, became confused; mentioned by ISd in this art: (TA:) or اِرْتَجَّ عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامُ (tropical:) the speech, or language, became conflicting and confused to him. (A.) [See also اُرْتُجَّ عَلَيْهِ in the first paragraph of art. رتج.]
  • رَجْرَجَ being fatigued, tired, weary, or jaded
    , inf. n. رَجْرَجَةٌ: see 1: -A2- and see also 8. ― -b2- رَجْرَجَةٌ also signifies The being fatigued, tired, weary, or jaded, (K, TA,) and weak [app. so as to shake, or totter]. (TA.)
  • تَرَجْرَجَ Open entry
    : see 8, in two places.
  • رَجَّةٌ A confused, or murmuring, or rumbling, sound
    [app. A confused, or murmuring, or rumbling, sound:] the confusion of the voices [or the confused voices] of a company of men: and the sound of thunder. (TA.) سُمِعَتْ رَجَّةُ صَدْرِهِ [app. meaning The rumbling of his chest was heard] occurs in a trad. as describing the result of [fright occasioned by] a cry, or shout. (TA.)
  • رُجَّةٌ A state of confusion
    A state of confusion: so in the phrase, وَقَعَ فِى رُجَّةٍ [He fell into a state of confusion]. (Mgh in art. رتج.)
  • رَجَجٌ A state of commotion, agitation, convulsion, shaking, quaking, or quivering
    A state of commotion, agitation, convulsion, shaking, quaking, or quivering. (TA.)
  • رَجَاجٌ Lean, or emaciated
    Lean, or emaciated, sheep or goats, (S, K,) and camels: (TA:) and نَعْجَةٌ رَجَاجَةٌ a lean, or an emaciated, ewe; (S, K;) or a weak ewe, that has no marrow in her bones. (As, TA.) And Weak men, and camels; (S, K;) and so ↓ رَجْرَاجٌ applied to the latter, and to men as meaning weak, without understanding, intellect, or intelligence. (TA.) Hence, it is said of men who have become weak by reason of travel, and whose camels upon which they are riding have also become weak, " فَهُمْ رَجَاجٌ وَعَلَى رَجَاجِ " [And they are weak men, and upon weak beasts]. (S.)
  • رِجَاجَةٌ covert, or retreat, of a lion
    The covert, or retreat, of a lion. (TA.)
  • رَجَّآءُ having a large hump
    A she-camel having a large hump: (S:) or having a large, and shaking, quaking, or quiver- ing, hump: (K:) IDrd says, in the Jm, They assert it to mean having a shaking, quaking, or quivering, hump; but I know not what is its true meaning. (TA.)
  • رَجْرَجٌ In a state of commotion or agitation; or of convulsion, or violent motion
    an epithet applied to that which is ↓ مُتَرَجْرِج [or In a state of commotion or agitation; or of convulsion, or violent motion; or shaking, quaking, or quivering, or going to and fro]; (S;) [and so ↓ رَجْرَاجٌ.]

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