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Form 1زَجَا7 senses · 3 main
maṣdarزَجَآءٌmuḍāriʿيَزْجُو

Core sense — it went on quickly; it became easy, or right; it was effectivegenerated

1.1

It (a thing) went, or was urged on, quickly.; maṣdars زَجَآءٌ, زَجْوٌ, and زُجُوٌّ.

Indicated there by the context, but not expressed.

1.1.1

Er-Rāghib: it (a bad piece of money) passed, or was current.

1.1.2[A prayer in which the opening chapter of the Book (meaning the Kur-án) is not recited] will not be right—لَا تَزْجُو صَلَاةٌ لَا يُقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الكِتَابِ

From this comes the tradition.

It (an affair) became easy; and right, in a right state, or right in its direction or tendency.

1.1.3

Also, said of the tax called خَرَاج: it became easy to collect.

1.1.4acting with penetrative energy and effectiveness in an affair—زَجَآءٌ
this affair, we have effected it, or accomplished it—هٰذَا الأَمْرُ قَدْ زَجَوْنَا عَلَيْهِ

That is apparently the meaning, as one also says مَضَيْنَا عَلَى الأَمْرِ.

a small gift that is effective is better than much that will not be effective—عَطَآءٌ قَلِيلٌ يَزْجُو خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ لَا يَزْجُو
1.2[He laughed until] his laughing was stopped, or cut short—ضَحِكَ حَتَّى زَجَا
1.3

See also what next follows, in two places.

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, (S, K,) aor. يَزْجُو , (S,) inf. n. زَجَآءٌ (S, K, and Ham p. 78) and زَجْوٌ (K and Ham) and زُجُوٌّ , (K,) It (a thing) went, or became urged on or along, quickly. (Ham ubi suprà: there indicated by the context, but not expressed.) It (a bad piece of money) passed, or had currency. (Er-Rághib, TA.) It (an affair) was, or became, easy; and right, in a right state, or right in its direction or tendency. (K, TA.) Hence the trad., لَا تَزْجُو صَلَاةٌ لَا يُقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الكِتَابِ i. e. [A prayer in which the opening chapter of the Book (meaning the Kur-án) is not recited] will not be right. (TA.) Also, inf. n. زَجَآءٌ , said of the [tax called] خَرَاج , It was, or became, easy of collection. (S.) زَجَآءٌ also signifies The acting with penetrative energy, and effectiveness, in an affair. (S, K.) One says, هٰذَا الأَمْرُ قَدْ زَجَوْنَا عَلَيْهِ [app. meaning This affair, we have effected it, or accomplished it; like as one says, مَضَيْنَا عَلَى الأَمْرِ ]. (T, TA.) And عَطَآءٌ قَلِيلٌ يَزْجُو خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ لَا يَزْجُو [A small gift that is effective is better than much that will not be effective]. (S.) One says also, ضَحِكَ حَتَّى زَجَا i. e. [He laughed until] his laughing became stopped, or cut short. (S, K. *) See also what next follows, in two places.
Form 2زجّاهُ3 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَزْجِيَةٌ زَجْوٌmuḍāriʿيَزْجُوهُ

Core sense — he pushed it gently; he drove it, or urged it ongenerated

2.1he pushed it gently, so that it might go on—ازجاهُ

he pushed it gently, so that it might go on.

he pushed it gently, so that it might go on—زَجَاهُ

and this last means he drove it, or urged it on, gently, and so do زجّاهُ and ازجاهُ, as what follows will show.

Or زَجَاهُ means simply he drove it, or urged it on; and he pushed it; and so, apparently in both of these senses, زجّاهُ and ازجاهُ.

how do you strive with the days, pushing them on, or making them pass away?—كَيْفَ تُزَجِّى الأَيَّامَ

From زَجَّيْتُهُ, meaning "I pushed it gently"; the phrase is equivalent to كَيْفَ تُدَافِعُهَا.

Or كيف تَدْفَعُهَا: how do you push on the days? — which may also mean كيف تدافعها.

Or: how do you make the days pass away? for زجّى الأَيَّامَ means he made the days pass away. Or: how do you pass the days? for تَزْجِيَةٌ is also said to mean the passing of one's days.

زجّى الأَيَّامَ may well be rendered: he made the days pass away by means of exertion; and so دَفَعَهَا and دَافَعَهَا. Har uses the phrase أُزَجِّى أَيَّامًا مُسْوَدَّةً as meaning: I push on evil and hard days.

he strove to push on life, or to repel want, with little of the thing—ازجى الشَّىْءَ

Maṣdar إِزْجَآءٌ. Az explains it as دَافَعَ بِقَلِيلِهِ, apparently meaning that he strove to push on life, or to repel want and the like, with little of the thing.

we strive to push on life, or to repel want, with little of our worldly possessions—نُزَجِّىدُنْيَانَا

From a saying Az heard from a man of the tribe of Fezárah; the correct reading may be نُزْجِى. It means: we content ourselves in respect of our worldly possessions with scanty sustenance.

I drove the camels—أَزْجَيْتُ الإِبِلَ
the [wild] cow drives her young one—البَقَرَةُ تُزْجِى وَلَدَهَا
the wind drives along the clouds—الرِّيحُ تُزْجِى السَّحَابَ

Or drives the clouds along gently; and so تُزَجِّيهِ, but in an intensive sense.

In the same way يُزْجِى سَحَابًا is said of God in the Kur-án 24:43.

[Your Lord is He who drives along for you the ship in the sea]—رَبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى البَحْرِ

In the Kur-án 17:68.

A poet says: [I drove him with speech, and] urged him on

shāhid
زَجَّيْتُهُ بِالقَوْلِ وَٱزْدَجَيْتُهُ

; for اِزْدَجَاهُ means سَاقَهُ, like زَجَّاهُ and the like.

2.1.1he made the attainment of my want easy—زجّى حَاجَتِى
2.2

زجّى الرُّمْحَ is the same as أَزَجَّهُ; see the article زج.

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, (S, Msb, TA,) inf. n. تَزْجِيَةٌ , (S, TA,) He pushed it gently, (S, Msb, TA,) in order that it might go on; as also ازجاهُ ; and زَجَاهُ , aor. يَزْجُوهُ , inf. n. زَجْوٌ : and this last, he drove it, or urged it on, gently; (TA;) [and so زجّاهُ and ازجاهُ , as will be shown by what follows:] or زَجَاهُ signifies [simply] he drove it, or urged it on: and he pushed it: and so [app. in both of these senses] زجّاهُ and ازجاهُ . (K.) Hence, i. e. from زَجَّيْتُهُ meaning “ I pushed it gently, ” (Har p. 304,) one says, كَيْفَ تُزَجِّى الأَيَّامَ (S, Har) i. e. كَيْفَ تُدَافِعُهَا [How dost thou strive with the days in pushing them on, or making them to pass away?]: (S:) or كيف تَدْفَعُهَا [how dost thou push on the days? and thus may mean also كيف تدافعها ]: (Har:) [or how dost thou make the days to pass away? for] زجّى الأَيَّامَ means he made the days to pass away: (MA:) [or how dost thou pass the days? for it is also said that] تَزْجِيَةٌ signifies the passing [one's] days. (KL.) [ زجّى الأَيَّامَ may be well rendered He made the days to pass away by means of exertion; and so دَفَعَهَا and دَافَعَهَا . Har (ubi suprà) uses the phrase أُزَجِّى أَيَّامًا مُسْوَدَّةً as meaning I push on evil and hard days.] ازجى الشَّىْءَ , also, inf. n. إِزْجَآءٌ , is expl. by Az as signifying دَافَعَ بِقَلِيلِهِ [app. meaning He strove to push on life, or to repel want or the like, with little of the thing]: and accord. to a saying heard by him from a man of the tribe of Fezárah, نُزَجِّىدُنْيَانَا [or the correct reading may be نُزْجِى , and accord. to either reading the phrase may be rendered We strive to push on life, or to repel want &c., with little of our worldly possessions,] means we content ourselves in respect of our worldly possessions with scanty sustenance. (TA. [See also 5.]) One says also أَزْجَيْتُ الإِبِلَ I drove the camels. (S.) And البَقَرَةُ تُزْجِى وَلَدَهَا The [wild] cow drives her young one. (S.) الرِّيحُ تُزْجِى السَّحَابَ The wind drives along the clouds: (S:) or drives along gently the clouds; as also تُزَجِّيهِ , but in an intensive sense. (Msb.) In like manner, يُزْجِى سَحَابًا is said of God, in the Kur [xxiv. 43]: and in the same [xvii. 68], رَبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى البَحْرِ [Your Lord is He who driveth along for you the ship in the sea]. (TA.) And a poet says, 1 i. e. [I drove him with speech, and] urged him on: for اِزْدَجَاهُ signifies سَاقَهُ [like زَجَّاهُ &c.]. (TA.) زَجَّيْتُهُ بِالقَوْلِ وَٱزْدَجَيْتُهُ And زجّى حَاجَتِى He made easy the attainment of my want. (TA.) زجّى الرُّمْحَ i. q. أَزَجَّهُ q. v. in art. زج . (TA in that art.)
Form 4أَزْجَوَ1 sense

Core sense — he drove it on, he urged it on; he made money currentgenerated

4.1he made money, or bad money, pass, or be current—ازجى

Er-Rāghib gives this meaning.

See 2, in ten places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 1 shown of 2
17:66
رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا

Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly for you through the sea, in order that ye may seek of his Bounty. For he is unto you most Merciful.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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see 2, in ten places. ازجى also signifies He made money, or bad money, to pass, or be current. (Er-Rághib, TA.)
Form 5تَزَجَّيْتُ بِكَذَا1 sense

Core sense — I contented myself with such a thinggenerated

5.1

I contented myself with such a thing.

A rájiz says: [Content yourself with what is sufficient of your worldly possessions]

shāhid
تَزَجَّ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ بِالبَلَاغِ

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I contented myself with such a thing: a rájiz says, 1 [Content thyself with what is sufficient of thy worldly possessions]. (S. [See also 2.]) تَزَجَّ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ بِالبَلَاغِ
Form 8إِزْتَجَوَ1 sense

Core sense — he drove it, or urged it on, gentlygenerated

8.1

See 2, near the end of the paragraph.

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see 2, near the end of the paragraph.

Derived nouns 4

Nounأَزْجَى1 sense

Core sense — more penetrating and effective in an affair than anothergenerated

1such a one is more penetrating and effective in this affair than such a one—فُلَانٌ أَزْجَى بِهٰذَا الأَمْرِ مِنْ فُلَانٍ

More penetrating and effective in an affair than another.

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More penetrating and effective in an affair than another: (S, K:) so in the saying, فُلَانٌ أَزْجَى بِهٰذَا الأَمْرِ مِنْ فُلَانٍ [Such a one is more penetrating and effective in this affair than such a one]. (S, K. *)
Nounمُزْجًى2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — driven on little by little; small, scanty, or paltry merchandisegenerated

1

Applied to a horse or other beast: that is driven, or urged on in his pace, little by little.

1.1small, or scanty, merchandise; little in quantity—بِضَاعَةٌ مُزْجَاةٌ

A small, or scanty, thing.

Er-Rāghib: such as is mean, or paltry; that may be pushed and driven away because so little account is made of it.

It is said to have this meaning in the Kur-án 12:88.

Or, as in some copies, little, or mean, or paltry merchandise; or mean, paltry merchandise that is rejected by everyone to whom it is offered; or merchandise by which the days are pushed on (تُدْفَعُ, that is, made to pass away by means of exertion) because of its scantiness — for مُزْجَاةٌ بِهَا.

Or, according to the shereef El-Murtadà, merchandise driven along portion after portion, scantily and feebly.

Or merchandise for which a lowering of the price is demanded on account of its badness, not being in perfect condition; this too is given as its meaning in the Kur-án.

Some say that what is mentioned there consisted of fruit of the terebinth-tree, or of صَنَوْبَر, apparently pine-cones here; some say of commodities of the Arabs of the desert, wool, and clarified butter; and some say of deficient pieces of money.

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, applied to a horse [or other beast], That is driven, or urged on, ( يزجى , [i. e. يُزْجَى ,]) in his pace, by little and little. (Ham p. 158.) A small, or scanty, thing; (S, Er-Rághib, TA;) or such as is mean, or paltry; that may be pushed and driven away because of the little account that is made of it. (Er-Rághib, TA.) بِضَاعَةٌ مُزْجَاةٌ means Small, or scanty, merchandise; little in quantity: (S, K:) and so it is said to mean in the Kur [xii. 88]: or, as in some copies of the S, little, or mean, or paltry, merchandise: (TA:) or mean, or paltry, merchandise, rejected by every one to whom it is offered: (A, TA:) or merchandise wherewith the days are pushed on ( تُدْفَعُ [i. e. made to pass away by means of exertion]) because of its scantiness: (Msb, TA: [for مُزْجَاةٌ بِهَا :]) or, accord. to the shereef El-Murtadà, merchandise driven along portion after portion, scantily and feebly: (TA:) or merchandise in respect of which a lowering of the price is demanded on account of its badness ( فِيهَا إِغْمَاضٌ ); (Th, TA;) not in perfect condition: (Th, K, TA:) thus, too, it is expl. as used in the Kur: and some say that what is there mentioned consisted of fruit of the terebinth-tree, or of صَنَوْبَر [app. here meaning pine-cones]: some say, of commodities of the Arabs of the desert, wool, and clarified butter: and some say, of deficient pieces of money. (TA.)
Nounمُزَجًّى1 sense

Core sense — weak, lagging behind and needing to be urged ongenerated

1

Weak: so called because he lags behind and requires to be urged on.

Or anything not perfect in nobility, nor in any other praiseworthy quality.

Or, as some say, one driven to generosity against his will.

Applied to a man, also the same as مُزَلَّجٌ, apparently meaning here deficient in manliness, or manly virtue.

الزَّمَانُ المُزَجَّى, a phrase used by Har, is explained as حَقُّهُ أَنْ يُزَجِّيهِ النَّاسُ, that is, time that requires men to push it on, or to make it pass away by means of exertion.

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Weak: so termed because of his lagging behind, and requiring to be urged on: (Ham p. 441:) or anything not perfect in nobility, nor in any other praiseworthy quality: or, as some say, one driven to generosity against his will: (TA:) and also, (TA,) applied to a man, i. q. مُزَلَّجٌ [q. v., app. here meaning deficient in manliness, or manly virtue, or the like]. (S, TA.) [ الزَّمَانُ المُزَجَّى , a phrase used by Har, is expl. (p. 429) as meaning حَقُّهُ أَنْ يُزَجِّيهِ النَّاسُ , i. e. Time that requires men to push it on, or to make it to pass away by means-of exertion.]
Nounمِزْجَآءٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man who urges on much the beast he ridesgenerated

1

A man who urges on much the camel, or beast, that he rides.

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A man who urges on much the camel, or beast, that he rides. (TA.)