zujāja

bottle, glass

زُجاجَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُعالَة

Root

ز ج ج

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • زَجَّهُ Form I He pierced him, or thrust him
    , (S, A, Msb,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. زَجٌّ, (S, A, Msb, K,) He pierced him, or thrust him, (i. e. a man, S, Msb,) with the زُجّ [or pointed iron foot of the spear]; (S, A, Msb, K; *) and cast at him with it: and زَجَّ also signifies he pierced, or thrust, with haste. (TA.) And زَجَجْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ I cast at him with the spear. (A, and Ham p. 147.) ― -b2- [Hence,] زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ (tropical:) He cast, or threw, the thing from himself: (A:) or زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ مِنْ يَدِهِ, aor. , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) (tropical:) he cast, or threw, the thing from his hand. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- [And hence,] زَجٌّ signifies also (tropical:) The running or the ostrich. (K, TA.) You say of the ostrich, زَجَّ بِرِجْلَيْهِ, (A, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He ran, (A, TA,) throwing out his legs. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence also,] نَزَلْنَا بِوَادٍ يَزُجُّ النَّبَاتَ (tropical:) We alighted in a valley putting forth herbage; as though casting it from itself. (A, TA.) ― -b5- See also 4. -A2- زَجَّ, sec. pers. زَجِجْتَ, aor. , inf. n. زَجَجٌ, It (an eyebrow) was, or became, narrow and long: (TK:) or arched: (MA:) [or narrow and long and full and arched: see زَجَجٌ below.]
  • زَجَّ3َ Form II She, or he, made her, or his, eyebrow narrow and long
    see 4. -A2- زَجَّجَتْ حَاجِبَهَا, (S, A,) or زجّج حَاجِبَهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. تَزْجِيجٌ, (TA,) She, or he, made her, or his, eyebrow narrow and long: (S, K:) [or made it arched: (see 1, last sentence:) or made it narrow and long and arched: (see زَجَجٌ below:)] or clipped the redundant portions of the hair thereof: or lengthened it [in appearance] with إِثْمِد [i. e. antimony, or ore of antimony, or a black collyrium; like as the ancient Egyptians were accustomed to do, as appears from their paintings and sculptures; and like as some of the Arab women still do; extending a black line towards the ear, and also a similar line from the outer angle of the eye]. (TA.) In the following verse of the poet Er-Rá'ee, " إِذَا مَا الغَانِيَاتُ خَرَجْنَ يَوْمًا وَزَجَّجْنَ الحَوَاجِبَ وَالعُيُونَا " [the last of these significations may be intended; so that it may be rendered, When the females content with their husbands, or with their beauty, &c., shall go forth (or went forth) one day, and shall lengthen (or lengthened) with black collyrium the eyebrows and the eyes: or] كَحَلْنَ is meant to be understood before العُيُونَا. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, from تَزْجِيحُ الحَوَاجِبِ as signifying “ the clipping of the redundant portions of the hair of the eyebrows, ” زجّج مَوْضِعَهَا, occurring in a trad., referring to a hole made in a piece of wood in which a thousand deenars and a writing had been inserted, is expl. as meaning He made even, and adjusted, the place thereof: or, accord. to IAth, it may be that the hole was in the end of the piece of wood, and so it may mean he made a زُجّ [q. v.] upon the place thereof, to hold it fast, and to preserve what was in it. (TA.)
  • ازجّ الرُّمْحَ Form IV He put, or made, a زُجّ [q. v.] to the spear
    ; (IAar, ISk, S, A, K;) and ↓ زجّجهُ; (A, TA;) and ↓ زَجَّهُ, aor. , inf. n. زَجٌّ; (Msb;) and زَجَّاهُ; (TA;) He put, or made, a زُجّ [q. v.] to the spear. (IAar, ISk, S, A, Msb, K.) ― -b2- The first of these phrases is said also to signify He removed, or took off, its زُجّ from the spear: (A:) IAar is related to have said thus; but he is also related to have said that this signification is not allowable. (TA.)
  • اِزْدَجَّ Form VIII It reached to the outer extremity
    , said of the eyebrow, It reached to the outer extremity (ذُنَابَى) of the eye. (K.) ― -b2- And, said of herbage, Its intervening spaces became closed up. (TA.)
  • زُجٌّ pointed iron foot, or heel, or shoe, of a spear
    [The pointed iron foot, or heel, or shoe, of a spear;] the iron at the lower extremity of a spear; (S, A, Msb, K;) i. e. the iron which is fixed upon the lower extremity of a spear, and with which the spear is stuck into the ground: the iron which is fixed upon its upper extremity, and with which one pierces, being called سِنَانٌ: (ISd, TA:) pl. [of mult.] زِجَاجٌ and زِجَجَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَزْجَاجٌ and أَزِجَّةٌ, (TA,) or this last is not allowable, (S, Msb, TA,) accord. to ISk. (Msb.) Zuheyr says, " وَمَنْ يَعْصِ أَطْرَافَ الزِّجَاجِ فَإِنَّهُ يُطِيعُ العَوَالِى رُكِّبَتْ كُلَّ لَهْذَمِ " [And he who refuses to yield to the points of the iron feet of the spears shall yield to the upper extremities thereof mounted with every sharp spear-head]: ISk says, he means that he who refuses to yield to a small thing will encounter a great thing: and Khálid Ibn-Kulthoom says, they used to meet their enemies, when they desired peace, with the iron feet of their spears turned towards them; and if they refused peace, they turned their spears' heads to them, and combated them. (TA.) [By a synecdoche, the pl.] زِجَاجٌ is also used to signify Spears, altogether. (Ham p. 147.) ― -b2- Hence, as being likened to the زُجّ of the spear, (L,) (tropical:) The extremity of the elbow, (S, L, K,) which is pointed: (L:) or the part [or joint] between the lower extremity of the os humeri and the extremity of the ulna at the elbow: (T in art. ابر:) or [simply] the elbow. (A.) You say, اِتَّكَأَ عَلَى زُجَّيْهِ (tropical:) He leaned upon his elbows: and اِتَّكَوأُوا عَلَى زِجَاجِ مَرَافِقِهِمْ (tropical:) [They leaned upon the extremities of their elbows]. (A.) ― -b3- [Hence also, (tropical:) A tush, or canine tooth:] زِجَاجُ الفَحْلِ signifies (tropical:) the tushes of the stallion-camel. (A, K.) ― -b4- [Hence also a signification mentioned by Golius on the authority of Meyd, (assumed tropical:) An iron pivot (“ subscus ferrea ”) round which a mill-stone turns.] ― -b5- Also An arrow-head: (IAar, K:) pl. زِجَجَةٌ and زِجَاجٌ (K) and أَزِجَّةٌ. (TA.)
  • زَجَجٌ Narrowness and length in the eyebrows
    Narrowness and length in the eyebrows: (S, K:) or narrowness and archedness of the eyebrows: (A:) or archedness thereof: (MA:) or narrowness and length and fulness and arched- ness thereof. (TA.) [See 1, last sentence.] ― -b2- Also, in an ostrich, (assumed tropical:) Length of the shanks, and width of step. (L.) ― -b3- And in camels, (assumed tropical:) Width, or wideness, (رَوَحٌ) in [the space between] the hind legs. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) Wideness of a solid hoof: which is a fault. (TA in art. صر.)
  • زُجُجٌ Darts, or javelins
    Darts, or javelins, (حِرَابٌ,) furnished with iron heads: (K:) its sing. is not mentioned. (TA.) ― -b2- [It is also expl. in different copies of the K as meaning حَمِيرٌ مُقْتَتِلَةٌ or مُقَتَّلَةٌ or مُقْتَلَّةٌ: the first I regard as the right reading; i. e. Asses (wild asses) fighting one another.]
  • زُجَاجٌ Glass: pieces of glass: glassvessels
    and زَجَاجٌ and زِجَاجٌ, (AO, S, Msb, K,) the first of which is that used by the seven readers [of the Kur-án], (Msb,) and the last is the least common, (TA,) words of well-known meaning; (S, Msb, K;) [Glass: pieces of glass: glassvessels:] glass flasks or bottles; syn. قَوَارِيرُ: (TA:) and [glass] drinking-cups or bowls: (AO, TA:) pls. of ↓ زُجَاجَةٌ (AO, S) and ↓ زَجَاجَةٌ and ↓ زِجَاجَة: (AO:) or [rather] these are the ns. un. (Msb.) In the Kur [xxiv. 35], ↓ زُجَاجَة means A lamp, syn. قِنْدِيل,(Lth, Bd, Jel,) of زُجَاج [i. e. glass]. (Bd.) -A2- زَجَاجٌ, with fet-h, also signifies The berries of the clove-tree; syn. حَبُّ القَرَنْفُلِ. (Ktr, TA.)
  • زُجَاجَةٌ art, or occupation, of making
    and زَجَاجَةٌ and زِجَاجَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph; the first, in two places. -A2- The last also signifies The art, or occupation, of making زُجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, &c.]. (TA.)
  • زُجَاجِىٌّ A seller of زَجَاج
    (Msb, K, TA) [and زَجَاجِىٌّ and زِجَاجِىٌّ, the former in the CK, and both implied in the K and in the Msb,] A seller of زَجَاج [i. e. glass, glass vessels, &c.]. (Msb, K.)
  • زَجَّاجٌ A maker, or manufacturer, of زُجَاج
    A maker, or manufacturer, of زُجَاج [i. e. glass, glass, vessels, &c.] (Msb, K.)
  • الزَّجَّاجَةُ The anus
    (assumed tropical:) The anus; because it emits (تَزُجُّ) wind and excrement. (TA.)

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