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Form 1عَجَمَهُ8 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarعَجْمٌ عُجْمَةٌ

Core sense — he bit it, he chewed it; he tried it, he tested itgenerated

1.1

maṣdar عَجْمٌ and عُجُومٌ.

He bit it; and he chewed it. Or he chewed it in order to eat it, or to test it. Or he bit it with the side teeth, not with the front incisors.

Or he bit a piece of wood, or a stick or rod, or the like, to know whether it was hard or brittle; or he tried it with his side teeth so as to learn how hard it was.

And he bit a gaming-arrow known for winning between two side teeth, so as to put a mark on it by which he might know it.

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredI tested his case, and knew his condition—عَجَمْتُ عُودَهُ
affairs exercised him, so that he grew strong for them and used to them—عَجَمَتْهُ الأُمُورُ

on this sense Hence: he tried, tested, or proved him.

on this sense Kabeesah Ibn-Jábir says: [And I have tried affairs, and they have tried me, as though I were of the generations that have passed away]

shāhid
وَعَاجَمْتُ الأُمُورَ وَعَاجَمَتْنِىكَأَنِّى كُنْتُ فِى الأُمَمِ الخَوَالِى

— meaning, as though I were one of the long-lived, because of my many trials.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe bull smites the tree with his horn to test it—الثُّوْرُ يَعْجُمُ قَرْنَهُ
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe shook the sword to test it—عَجَمَ السَّيْفَ

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1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredmy eye has not seen you since such a time—مَا عَجَمَتْكَ عَيْنِى مُنْذُ كَذَا

Said by a man to someone whose last meeting with him was long past.

my eye seems to know you; it seems to me that I have seen you—تَعْجُمُكَ عَيْنِى

An Arab of the desert is related to have said this.

I saw such a one, and my eye seemed to know him—رَأَيْتُ فُلَانًا فَجَعَلَتْ عَيْنِى تَعْجُمُهُ

That is, not knowing him perfectly, as though not certain of him.

they knew me—عَجَمُونِى
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredI looked into the writing and did not make out its letters surely—نَظَرْتُ فِى الكِتَابِ فَعَجَمْتُ

Apparently from the sense above.

1.1.6

See also form 4.

1.2he had an impediment, or a difficulty, in his speech—عَجُمَ

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Also a faultiness in it, especially in speaking Arabic; that is, a want of clearness, distinctness, or correctness in it.

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, (S, Msb, K,) aor. عَجُمَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. عَجْمٌ (S, Msb, K) and عُجُومٌ , (K,) He bit it: (Msb, K:) and he chewed it: (Msb:) or he chewed it for the purpose of eating or of trial: (K:) or he bit it with the lateral teeth, not with the central incisors: (TA:) or he bit it, namely, a piece of wood, or a stick, or rod, or the like, in order to know whether it were hard or fragile: (S:) or he tried it with his lateral teeth in order that he might know, or prove, its hardness: and he bit it, namely, a gaming-arrow known for winning, between two lateral teeth, in order to make upon it a mark by which he might know it. (TA.) Hence, (TA,) He tried, tested, or proved, him. (K, TA.) And عَجَمْتُ عُودَهُ I tried, tested, or proved his case, and knew his state, or condition. (S, TA.) And عَجَمَتْهُ الأُمُورُ Affairs exercised him so as to render him strong for them, and habituated, or inured, to them. (TA.) And Kabeesah Ibn-Jábir says, 1 [ And I have tried affairs, and they have tried me, as though I were of the generations that have passed away]; meaning, as though I were one of the long-lived, by reason of my many trials. (Ham p. 340.) وَعَاجَمْتُ الأُمُورَ وَعَاجَمَتْنِى | كَأَنِّى كُنْتُ فِى الأُمَمِ الخَوَالِى [Hence also,] one says, الثُّوْرُ يَعْجُمُ قَرْنَهُ The bull smites the tree with his horn to try, or test, it. (S, K.) And عَجَمَ السَّيْفَ , (S, K,) inf. n. عَجْمٌ , (TA,) He shook the sword to try, or test, it. (S, K.) مَا عَجَمَتْكَ عَيْنِى مُنْذُ كَذَا means My eye has not seen thee since such a time; (S, K, TA;) and is said by a man to one with whom his [last] meeting was long past. (TA.) An Arab of the desert is related to have said, تَعْجُمُكَ عَيْنِى , meaning [My eye seems to know thee; or] it seems to me that I have seen thee. (TA.) And one says, رَأَيْتُ فُلَانًا فَجَعَلَتْ عَيْنِى تَعْجُمُهُ i. e. [I saw such a one,] and my eye seemed to know him, (Lh, S, K, TA,) not knowing him perfectly, as though not certain of him. (TA.) And عَجَمُونِى They knew me. (TA.) And [hence, app.,] one says, نَظَرْتُ فِى الكِتَابِ فَعَجَمْتُ , meaning [I looked into the book, or writing, and] I did not know surely its letters. (TA.) See also 4. عَجُمَ , [aor. عَجُمَ ,] inf. n. عُجْمَةٌ , He had an impotence, or an impediment, or a difficulty, in his speech, or utterance; and [a barbarousness, or vitiousness, therein, especially in speaking Arabic; (see عُجْمَةٌ below;) i. e.] a want of clearness, perspicuousness, distinctness, chasteness, or correctness, therein. (Msb.)
Form 2عَجَّمَ1 sense

Core sense — he dotted it, he pointed a letter or a writinggenerated

2.1

See form 4.

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see 4.
Form 3عَاْجَمَ1 sense

Core sense — it tried him, it tested himgenerated

3.1

See the verse cited in the first paragraph.

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see the verse cited in the first paragraph.
Form 4اعجمهُ4 senses · 1 main
maṣdarعَجْمٌ

Core sense — he made it unclear; he dotted a letter; he locked a doorgenerated

4.1

He made speech, or language, or a thing, want clearness or distinctness; or he made it faulty, without correctness.

Ru-beh says, of one who attempts poetry without having knowledge of it: [He desires to make it clear, and he makes it want clearness]

shāhid
يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُعْرِبَهُ فَيُعْجِمُهْ

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4.1.1he dotted it, he pointed it—عجّمهُ

He dotted, or pointed, a letter or a writing; he removed its عُجْمَة [or want of clearness] by means of dots or points and by [the signs called] شَكْل [but see شكل], which distinguished a letter from other letters; the ا denoting privation, as ISd holds.

Maṣdar تَعْجِيمٌ.

he dotted it, he pointed it—عَجَمَهُ

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J's assertion that one should not say عَجَمْتُ is a mistake; this verb, however, which J disallows, is disallowed also by Th in his Fs and by most of its expositors, and J confined himself to what is correct and chaste.

4.1.2

He locked it, said of a door.

4.1.3[The Prophet forbade us to make the date-stones become as though they were chewed and bitten]—نَهَانَا النِّبِىُّ أَنْ نُعْجِمَ النَّوَى طَبْخًا

Or because the date-stones are food for home-fed animals, and so should not be thoroughly cooked, that their taste — in the Nh, their strength — may not go away. Or the meaning is that he forbade cooking the date-stones too much, so that they would crumble and lose the strength that makes them good for sheep or goats.

Occurring in a tradition. It means that when dates are cooked for دِبْس, that is, for taking their sweetness, they should be cooked gently, so that the cooking does not reach the stones, nor have on them the effect of chewing and biting, and so spoil the taste of the حَلَاوَة.

So in the copies of the K; but correctly, as in the Nh, سُلَافَة [here meaning the sweet decoction].

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He made it (i. e. speech, or language, S, K, or a thing, TA) to want, or be without, or to have a quality the contrary of, clearness, perspicuousness, or distinctness; (S, Msb, K, * TA;) or [to be barbarous, or vitious, i. e.] to want, or be without, chasteness, or correctness. (K, * TA.) Ru-beh says, [in some verses very differently cited in different copies of the S,] of him who attempts poetry without having knowledge thereof, 1 [He desires to make it clear, &c., and he makes it to want clearness, &c.]. (S.) يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُعْرِبَهُ فَيُعْجِمُهْ And He dotted it, or pointed it, (S, K,) namely, a letter, (S,) or a writing; (K;) he removed its عُجْمَة [or want of clearness, &c.,] by means of dots, or [diacritical] points, (Nh, Msb, TA,) and [the signs called] شَكْل , [but see شكل ,] which distinguished it, namely, a letter, from other letters; the ا denoting privation; (Msb;) as ISd holds to be the case; (TA;) and so عجّمهُ , (S, * K,) inf. n. تَعْجِيمٌ ; (S;) and عَجَمَهُ , (K,) inf. n. عَجْمٌ ; (S;) for J's assertion [in the S] that one should not say عَجَمْتُ is a mistake: (K:) this last verb, however, which J thus disallows, is disallowed also by Th, in his Fs, and by most of the expositors thereof; and J confined himself to the correct and chaste. (TA.) And He locked it; namely, a door. (Msb.) نَهَانَا النِّبِىُّ أَنْ نُعْجِمَ النَّوَى طَبْخًا [The Prophet forbade us to make the date-stones to become as though they were chewed and bitten], (K,* TA,) occurring in a trad., means that when dates are cooked for دِبْس , (K, TA,) i. e. for taking their sweetness, (TA,) they should be cooked gently, so that the cooking shall not extend to the stones, (K, TA,) nor produce upon them such an effect as that of their being chewed and bitten, (TA,) and thus spoil the taste of the حَلَاوَة , (K, TA,) so in the copies of the K, but correctly, as in the Nh, the سُلَافَة [here meaning the sweet decocture]; (TA;) or because they [the date-stones] are food for the home-fed animals, and therefore they should not be thoroughly cooked, that their taste, (K, TA,) in the Nh their strength, (TA,) may not go away: (K, TA:) or the meaning is, [that he forbade] the cooking the date-stones immoderately, so that they would crumble, and their strength, with which they would be good for the sheep, or goats, would be spoiled. (TA.)
Form 7إِنْعَجَمَ1 sense

Core sense — he was unable to speak, he kept silentgenerated

7.1

See the next paragraph.

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see the next paragraph.
Form 10استعجم3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he was unable to speak, he kept silentgenerated

10.1[The dwelling kept silence from replying to its questioner]—اِسْتَعْجَمَتِ الدَّارُ عَنْ جَوَابِ سَائِلِهَا

He was unable to speak; he was silent, mute, or speechless; said of a man.

Imra-el-Keys says: [Its echo has become dumb, and its trace has become effaced, and it has come to keep silence from answering the speech of the questioner]

shāhid
صَمَّ صَدَاهَا وَعَفَا رَسْمُهَاوَٱسْتَعْجَمَتْ عَنْ مَنْطِقِ السَّائِلِ

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He makes استعجمت transitive by means of عن because it is used in the sense of سَكَتَتْ.

10.1.1speech was as though closed against him; he became unable to speak—استعجم عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامُ

Synonymous with اِسْتَبْهَمَ and انعجم عليه الكلام [which means the same]; also with اِنْطَبَقَ and اِنْغَلَقَ. See art. طبق.

speech was as though closed against us; we became unable to speak—عَلَيْنَا
he was unable to continue the recitation, drowsiness overcoming him—استعجم القِرَآءَةَ

So according to the K.

But what is said in the Nh and other works is اِسْتَعْحَمَتْ عَلَيْهِ قِرَآءَتُهُ, that is, his recitation was cut short and he was unable to continue it because of drowsiness. It is also explained as meaning he was impeded in his recitation and unable to continue it, as though he became one in whom was عُجْمَة.

10.1.2the information was confused, vague, or hard to understand—استعجم الخَبَرُ

Or it was not to be understood or expressed, as though it were closed against the hearer or the speaker. Synonymous with اِسْتَبْهَمَ and اِسْتَغْلَقَ. See art. بهم.

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He was unable to speak: (TA:) he was silent, mute, or speechless; (K, TA;) said of a man. (TA.) And اِسْتَعْجَمَتِ الدَّارُ عَنْ جَوَابِ سَائِلِهَا [The dwelling kept silence from replying to its interrogator]: and Imra-el-Keys says, 1 [Its echo has become dumb, and its trace has become effaced, and it has become in the state of keeping silence from answering the speech of the interrogator]: he makes استعجمت trans. by means of عن because it is used in the sense of سَكَتَتْ . (TA.) صَمَّ صَدَاهَا وَعَفَا رَسْمُهَا | وَٱسْتَعْجَمَتْ عَنْ مَنْطِقِ السَّائِلِ One says also, استعجم عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامُ , (S,) or عَلَيْنَا , (Msb,) meaning Speech was as though it were closed against him, or us; or he, or we, became impeded in speech, unable to speak, or tongue-tied; syn. اِسْتَبْهَمَ : (S, Msb:) and انعجم عليه الكلام ; [which means the same;] syn. اِنْطَبَقَ and اِنْغَلَقَ . (K * and TA in art. طبق .) And accord. to the K, one says, استعجم القِرَآءَةَ , meaning He was unable to perform [or continue] the recitation, or reading, by reason of the overcoming of drowsiness: but what is said in the Nh and other works is اِسْتَعْحَمَتْ عَلَيْهِ قِرَآءَتُهُ i. e. His recitation, or reading, was cut short, and he was unable to perform [or continue] it, by reason of drowsiness: and it is also expl. as meaning he was, or became, impeded in his recitation, or reading, and unable to perform [or continue] it, as though he became one in whom was عُجْمَة . (TA.) And استعجم الخَبَرُ means The information, or narration, was dubious, confused, vague, or difficult to be understood or expressed; or was not to be understood or expressed; as though it were closed [against the hearer or speaker]; syn. اِسْتَبْهَمَ , and اِسْتَغْلَقَ . (Msb in art. بهم .)

Derived nouns 26

Nounعَجْمٌ4 senses

Core sense — the young of camels; the root, or base, of the tailgenerated

1

The young of camels: such as the بَنَات لَبُون and حِقَاق and جِذَاع, thus far; when they have entered upon the state of إِثْنَآء they are of the جِلَّة of it. Applied to the male and to the female.

Plural عُجُومٌ [apparently meaning young camels of different ages not exceeding the age of the جَذَع].

2

And the root, or base, of the tail, which is the عُصْعُص; also عُجْمٌ, like عَجْبٌ [and عُجْبٌ]; each a dialectal variant of عجب.

Or, according to Lh, the م is a substitute for the ب of عجب.

3

See also عَجَمٌ.

4

[Golius and Freytag have assigned to this word a meaning belonging to عَجْمِىٌّ.]

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The young of camels; (S, Msb, K, TA;) such as the بَنَات لَبُون and حِقَاق and جِذَاع : (IAar, S, * Msb, * TA:) thus far: (S, Msb:) when they have entered upon the state of إِثْنَآء , they are of the جِلَّة thereof: (IAar, TA:) applied to the male and to the female: (S, Msb, K:) pl. عُجُومٌ [app. meaning young camels of different ages not exceeding the age of the جَذَع ]. (S, K.) And The root, or base, of the tail; (S, Msb, K;) which is the عُصْعُص ; (S, Msb;) as also عُجْمٌ ; (K;) like عَجْبٌ [and عُجْبٌ ]; (S, Msb;) [each] a dial. var. of عجب ; (Msb;) or, accord. to Lh, the م is a substitute for the ب of عجب . (TA.) See also عَجَمٌ . [Golius and Freytag have assigned to this word a meaning belonging to عَجْمِىٌّ .]
Nounعُجْمٌ2 senses

Core sense — foreigners, others than Arabs; the young of camelsgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

2

And see the entry that follows.

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: see the next preceding paragraph: and that here following.
Nounعَجَمٌ3 senses

Core sense — foreigners, others than Arabs; date-stones; camels that chew thorny treesgenerated

1a man not of the Arabs—رَجُلٌ أَعْجَمُ

[Foreigners, as meaning] others than Arabs; those who are not Arabs. Often used with disparagement, like barbarians, and often especially meaning Persians. Also عُجْمٌ [of which see an example in a verse of Lebeed cited under رَازِقِىٌّ], or this latter may be a plural of the former.

عَجَمِىٌّ (of which أَعْجَامٌ is the plural) means one of them; one who is of the race of the عَجَم, even though he may be correct in Arabic speech; the ى denoting unity. But it is also the relative ى, and so one may apply to an Arab the term عَجَمِىٌّ, meaning called this in relation to the عَجَم.

a people, or party, not of the Arabs—قَوْمٌ أَعْجَمُ
2

Also the stones of dates, and of the drupes of the lote-tree, and of grapes and raisins and pomegranates and the like, or also of other things; the similar stones of anything; or whatever is in the interior of a thing that is eaten, such as the raisin and the like. عُجَامٌ means the same.

Yaakoob: the vulgar say عَجْم.

[See also غِيضٌ, in an explanation of which عَجَمٌ is evidently, I think, used as meaning the heart (commonly termed جُمَّار) of the palm-tree.]

The ism waḥda is عَجَمَةٌ, which AHn wrongly explains as meaning a grape-stone when it germinates.

3

Also camels that bite, or chew, the trees called عِضَاه, and the tragacanths and other thorny trees, and are satisfied with them so as to have no need of the plants called حَمْض.

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[Foreigners, as meaning] others than Arabs; such as are not Arabs; [often used as implying disparagement, like barbarians; and often especially meaning Persians;] (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also عُجْمٌ , [of which see an ex. in a verse of Lebeed cited voce رَازِقِىٌّ ,] (S, Msb, K,) or this latter may be a pl. of the former: (TA:) عَجَمِىٌّ (of which أَعْجَامٌ is pl., TA) signifies one thereof; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) one who is of the race of the عَجَم ; (K;) though he may be chaste, or correct, in [the Arabic] speech; (Mgh, K;) the ى denoting unity; but it is also the relative ى , and thus one may apply to an Arab the appellation عَجَمِىٌّ as meaning called thus in relation to the عَجَم : (Msb:) and one says also رَجُلٌ أَعْجَمُ [a man not of the Arabs]: and قَوْمٌ أَعْجَمُ [a people, or party, not of the Arabs]. (K.) Also The stones of dates (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and of the drupes of the lote-tree (Msb) and of grapes (Mgh, Msb) and of raisins and of pomegranates and the like, (Mgh,) or also of other things, (Msb,) or the similar stones of anything, (K,) or also whatever is in the interior of a thing that is eaten such as the raisin and the like; (S;) and عُجَامٌ signifies the same: (K:) the vulgar say عَجْم : (Yaakoob, S:) [see also غِيضٌ , in an explanation of which عَجَمٌ is evidently, I think, used as meaning the heart (commonly termed جُمَّار q. v.) of the palm-tree:] the n. un. is عَجَمَةٌ , (S, Mgh, Msb,) which is incorrectly expl. by AHn as meaning a grape-stone when it germinates. (ISd, TA.) Also Camels that bite, or chew, the [trees called] عِضَاه and the tragacanths and [other] thorny trees, and satisfy themselves therewith so as to be in no need of the [plants called] حَمْض . (S.)
Nounعَجْمَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a hard rock protruding in a valleygenerated

1

Singular of عَجَمَاتٌ, which means hard rocks protruding (literally, growing forth) in a valley.

1.1

See also عَجَمَةٌ.

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sing. of عَجَمَاتٌ , (K, TA,) which signifies Hard rocks (S, K, TA) protruding (lit. growing forth) in a valley. (TA.) See also عَجَمَةٌ .
Nounعُجْمَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — an impediment, or difficulty, in speech; heaped-up sandgenerated

1

An impediment, or a difficulty, in speech or utterance; and a faultiness in it — a want of clearness, distinctness, or correctness — meaning in speaking Arabic.

[See also form 1, last sense, where it is mentioned as a maṣdar.]

2

Also, and عِجْمَةٌ: such sand as is accumulated or heaped together; or an abundance of sand; or sand rising above what is around it; or the last portion of sand.

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(S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA) An impotence, or an impediment, or a difficulty, (Msb, TA, *) in speech, or utterance; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and [a barbarousness, or vitiousness, therein; i. e.] a want of clearness, perspicuousness, distinctness, chasteness, or correctness, therein, (Mgh, Msb,) meaning, in speaking Arabic. (Mgh, Msb. *) [See also 1, last sentence, where it is mentioned as an inf. n.] Also, (S, K,) and عِجْمَةٌ , (K,) Such as is accumulated, or congested, of sand: or abundance thereof: (K, TA:) or sand rising above what is around it: (TA:) or the last portion of sand. (S in explanation of the former.)
Nounعِجْمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — sand heaped up, or rising above what is around itgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounعَجَمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a palm-tree growing from a date-stonegenerated

1

A palm-tree growing from a date-stone. Thus in the L, and thus correctly, that is, بِالتَّحْرِيكِ; but in the K عَجْمَةٌ [apparently from the same word as meaning “a date-stone”, ism waḥda of عَجَمٌ].

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, (S, TA,) thus in the L, and thus correctly, (TA,) i. e. بِالتَّحْرِيكِ , (S, TA,) but in the K عَجْمَةٌ , (TA,) [app. from the same word as signifying “ a date-stone, ” n. un. of عَجَمٌ ,] A palmtree growing from a date-stone. (S, K, TA.)
Nounعَجْمِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — intelligent and discriminating, said of a mangenerated

1

With the ج sākin: intelligent and discriminating; applied to a man.

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, with the ج quiescent, Intelligent and discriminating; (K, TA;) applied to a man. (TA.)
Nounعَجَمِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a foreigner, one who is not an Arabgenerated

1

Plural أَعْجَامٌ; see عَجَمٌ, first sense. [The singular is applied to anything, meaning of, or belonging to, the عَجَم.]

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; pl. أَعْجَامٌ : see عَجَمٌ , first sentence. [The sing. is applied to anything as meaning Of, or belonging to, the عَجَم .]
Nounعَجَمِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a speech, or language, foreign to the Arabsgenerated

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[A speech, or language, foreign to the Arabs.] See art. رطن.

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[A speech, or language, foreign to the Arabs]. (TA in art. رطن .)
Nounعُجَامٌ1 sense

Core sense — date-stones, and the like stones of fruitgenerated

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See عَجَمٌ, latter half.

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: see عَجَمٌ , latter half.
Nounعَجُومٌ1 sense

Core sense — strong, hardy, found strong when triedgenerated

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See عَجَمْجَمَةٌ.

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: see عَجَمْجَمَةٌ .
Nounعُجَامَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thing that one has bitten, or chewedgenerated

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A thing that one has bitten, or chewed [like مُضَاغَةٌ]. [The explanation given there is ما عجمه, correctly مَا عَجَمْتَ.]

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A thing that one has bitten, or chewed [like مُضَاغَةٌ ]. (TA. [The explanation there given is ما عجمه : correctly مَا عَجَمْتَ .])
Nounعَجُومَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel strong and enduring in journeyinggenerated

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See عَجَمْجَمَةٌ.

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: see عَجَمْجَمَةٌ .
Nounعَجَّامٌ1 sense

Core sense — the large bat; a species of swallowgenerated

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The large خُفَّاش [or bat]; and the وَطْوَاط [which according to some means the same as خُفَّاش, but according to others the large خُفَّاش, or the swallow, or a species of the swallows of the mountains].

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The large خُفَّاش [or bat]; and the وَطْوَاط [which accord. to some signifies the same as خُفَّاش ; but accord. to others, the large خُفَّاش ; or the swallow; or a species of the swallows of the mountains]. (K.)
Nounعَاجِمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a tooth, one that bites or chewsgenerated

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And عَاجِمَاتٌ: see what follows.

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: and عَاجِمَاتٌ : see what next follows.
Nounعَوَاجِمُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the teeth; camels, because they chew bonesgenerated

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The teeth. [I do not find the singular عَاجِمَةٌ mentioned — a noun formed from the ism fāʿil عَاجِمٌ.]

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And camels, because they bite, or chew, bones; also عَاجِمَاتٌ.

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[a pl. of which the sing. عَاجِمَةٌ (a subst. formed from the act. part. n. عَاجِمٌ ) I do not find mentioned] The teeth. (S, K.) And Camels; because they bite, or chew, bones; and so عَاجِمَاتٌ . (TA.)
Nounعَجَمْجَمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a strong she-camel, strong for journeyinggenerated

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Applied to a she-camel: strong, like عَثَمْثَمَةٌ; or strong for journeying. Also عَجُومَةٌ and عَجُومٌ; the plural of the first is عَجَمْجَمَاتٌ.

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applied to a she-camel, (AA, S, K,) Strong; like عَثَمْثَمَةٌ : (AA, S:) or strong to journey; as also عَجُومَةٌ (K, TA) and عَجُومٌ : (TA:) pl. of the first عَجَمْجَمَاتٌ . (AA, S.)
Nounأَعْجَمُ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — having an impediment in speech; dumb; a beast, a brutegenerated

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One having an impediment, or a difficulty, in speech or utterance, though he may be clear and correct in speaking a foreign language; and not clear, distinct, or correct in it, meaning in speaking Arabic, even though he may be an Arab.

أَعْجَمِىٌّ means the same, and therefore, if applied to an Arab, it does not imply reproach; [but it is said in the Mgh that this demands consideration;] or this latter adjective is applied to a tongue, or speech, and to a book, or writing, but not to a man unless it is synonymous with the former.

The feminine of the former is عَجْمَآءُ, the dual masculine أَعْجَمَانِ and feminine عَجْمَاوَانِ, and the plural masculine أَعْجَمُونَ and أَعَاجِمُ and عُجْمَانٌ; and the plural of أَعْجَمِىٌّ is أَعْجَمِيُّونَ.

See also عَجَمٌ, first sense, in two places.

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Also dumb; speechless; without the faculty of speech; unable to speak. مُسْتَعْجِمٌ, the feminine of the former as above, means the same.

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Hence, by predominance of its application, عَجْمَآءُ means a beast, or brute; synonymous with بَهِيمَةٌ, and so is مُسْتَعْجِمٌ [or the feminine of this]. The plural of the former in this sense, as a substantive, is عَجْمَاوَاتٌ.

عَجْمَآءُ is applied also as an adjective to a beast, or brute, for the like reason.

It is said in a tradition: جُرْحُ العَجْمَآءِ جُبَارٌ [explained in art. جبر].

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[Hence also] فَحْلٌ أَعْجَمُ means a stallion camel that brays in a شِقْشِقَة [or faucial bag] that has no perforation, so that the sound does not issue from it. They approve of sending such a one among the شَوْل [or she-camels that have passed seven or eight months since bringing forth], because he usually begets females.

1.4figurative · مجاز

The prayer of the daytime is termed عَجْمَآءُ because the reciting of the Qur’ān in it is inaudible; that is, the prayer of noon and of afternoon. These two together are termed العَجْمَاوَانِ.

1.5figurative · مجازwaves that do not sprinkle their water and whose sound is not heard—مَوْجٌ أَعْجَمُ
1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred

And عَجْمَآءُ [or رَمْلَةٌ عَجْمَآءُ?]: a tract of sand in which are no trees.

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One having an impotence, or an impediment, or a difficulty, in speech, or utterance, (S, Msb,) though he may be clear, perspicuous, distinct, chaste, or correct, in speaking a foreign language; (S;) and [barbarous, or vitious therein; i. e.] not clear, perspicuous, distinct, chaste, or correct, therein; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) meaning, in speaking Arabic, (S, Mgh, Msb, * K, *) though he may be an Arab; (S, Mgh, Msb;) and أَعْجَمِىٌّ signifies the same, (Mgh, Msb, K,) and therefore, if applied to an Arab, it does not imply reproach; (Msb; [but it is said in the Mgh that this demands consideration;]) or this latter epithet is applied to a tongue, or speech, and to a book, or writing, but not to a man unless it be syn. with the former epithet: (S:) the fem. of the former is عَجْمَآءُ : (S, Mgh, Msb:) and the dual masc. أَعْجَمَانِ (S) and fem. عَجْمَاوَانِ ; (Har p. 226;) and the pl. masc. أَعْجَمُونَ (S, Msb, TA) and أَعَاجِمُ (S, TA) and عُجْمَانٌ : (TA:) and the pl. of أَعْجَمِىٌّ is أَعْجَمِيُّونَ . (Msb.) See also عَجَمٌ , first sentence, in two places. Also Dumb; speechless; destitute of the faculty of speech; (K, TA:) unable to speak; and so مُسْتَعْجِمٌ : (S, TA:) fem. of the former as above. (TA.) Hence, (S,) by predominance of its application, (Mgh,) عَجْمَآءُ signifies A beast, or brute; syn. بَهِيمَةٌ ; (S, Mgh, K;) and so مُسْتَعْجِمٌ [or the fem. of this]: (TA:) pl. of the former in this sense, as a subst., عَجْمَاوَاتٌ : (Har p. 13:) [and] عَجْمَآءُ is applied [also] as an epithet to a beast, or brute, ( بهيمة ,) for the like reason. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., جُرْحُ العَجْمَآءِ جُبَارٌ [expl. in art. جبر ]. (S, Mgh.) [Hence also] فَحْلٌ أَعْجَمُ signifies A stallion [camel] that brays in a شِقْشِقَة [or faucial bag] to which there is no perforation, so that the sound does not issue from it: and they approve of the sending such among the شَوْل [or she-camels that have passed seven or eight months since the period of their bringing forth] because he usually begets females. (TA.) The prayer of the daytime is termed عَجْمَآءُ because the reciting [of the Kur-án] therein is inaudible; (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA;) i. e. the prayer of noon and of afternoon; (TA;) and these two together are termed العَجْمَاوَانِ . (Har p. 226.) مَوْجٌ أَعْجَمُ means Waves that do not sprinkle their water, and of which no sound is heard. (S, K.) And عَجْمَآءُ [or رَمْلَةٌ عَجْمَآءُ ?] A tract of sand in which are no trees. (IAar, K.)
Nounأَعْجَمِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — not clear or correct in speech, foreigngenerated

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See the preceding entry, first sense, in two places. [It is often improperly used for عَجَمِىٌّ.]

Qur’ānic occurrences أَعْجَمِىّ 1 shown of 2
16:103
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ

We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear.

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 the next preceding paragraph, first sentence, in two places. [It is often improperly used for عَجَمِىٌّ .]
Nounأَعْجَمِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a faulty, unclear speech or languagegenerated

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[A faulty, or incorrect, speech or language.] See art. رطن.

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[A barbarous, or vitious, speech or language]. (TA in art. رطن .)
Nounصُلْبُ المَعْجَمِ1 sense

Core sense — mighty and strong in spirit, hardy when triedgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

[Literally, hard in respect of the place of biting, or of chewing. And hence,] applied to a man, as also صُلْبُ المَعْجَمَةِ: mighty, strong, resisting, or unconquerable in spirit; such as, when tried by affairs or events, is found to be strong and hardy.

نَاقَةَ ذَاتُ مَعْجَمَةٍ: a she-camel having strength, and fatness, and endurance of journeying; or having patience, and soundness, and strength for treading the way strongly. [For الدعك, the last word of this explanation in my original — evidently, I think, a mistranscription — I read الدَّعْق.]

Sh disapproves of the saying “having fatness”. According to IB, the phrase means a she-camel that, when tried, is found to have strength for crossing the desert, or waterless desert; and he says that it does not mean one in which is fatness.

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[lit. Hard in respect of the place of biting, or of chewing. And hence,] applied to a man, (S, K, TA,) as also صُلْبُ المَعْجَمَةِ , (TA,) Mighty, strong, resisting, or indomitable, in respect of spirit; (S, K, TA;) such as, when tried by affairs, or events, is found to be mighty, strong, or resisting, and hard, or hardy. (TA.) And نَاقَةَ ذَاتُ مَعْجَمَةٍ A she-camel having strength, or power, and fatness, and endurance of journeying: (S, K, TA:) or having patience, and soundness, and strength for treading the way with vehemence: [for الدعك the last word of this explanation in my original, (evidently, I think, a mistranscription,) I read الدَّعْق :] Sh disapproves of the saying having fatness: accord. to IB, the phrase signifies a she-camel such as, when tried, is found to have strength for traversing the desert, or waterless desert; and he says that it does not mean in which is fatness. (TA.)
Nounمُعْجَمٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dotted, pointed; locked, said of a doorgenerated

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[Ism mafʿūl of form 4, and also a maṣdar of that verb.]

حُرُوفُ المُعْجَمِ, a name for the letters of the alphabet of the language of the Arabs, most of which are distinguished by being dotted from the letters of other peoples, means حُرُوفُ الخَطِّ المُعْجَمِ [the letters of the dotted character].

Or by المُعْجَمِ is meant الإِعْجَامِ, it being a maṣdar, like المُدْخَل and المُخْرَج, so that the meaning of حُرُوفُ المُعْجَمِ is: the letters of which a property is the being dotted. Of these explanations, the latter is held by Mbr and IB and others to be the more correct.

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Also, applied to a door: locked.

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[pass. part. n. of 4: and also an inf. n. of that verb]. حُرُوفُ المُعْجَمِ , an appellation of The letters of the alphabet ( الحُرُوف المُقَطَّعَة ) [of the language of the Arabs], most of which are distinguished by being dotted from the letters of other peoples, means حُرُوفُ الخَطِّ المُعْجَمِ [the letters of the dotted character]: (S:) or by المُعْجَمِ is meant الإِعْجَامِ , it being an inf. n., like المُدْخَل (S, K) and المُخْرَج , (S,) so that the meaning of حُرُوفُ المُعْجَمِ is [the letters] of which a property is the being dotted: (S, K:) of which explanations, the latter is held by Mbr and IB and others to be the more correct. (L, TA.) Also, applied to a door, Locked. (S, K.)
Nounمَعْجَمَة1 sense

Core sense — strength and endurance, found in a thing when triedgenerated

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See مَعْجَم, in two places.

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: see مَعْجَم , in two places.
Nounمُعَجَّمٌ1 sense

Core sense — much bitten, eaten down until little of it remainsgenerated

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[Applied to a plant, or herbage:] much bitten; or eaten, or depastured, until but little of it has remained.

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[applied to a plant, or herbage, Much bitten; or] eaten [or depastured] until but little thereof has remained. (IAar, TA.)
Nounمُسْتَعْجَمٌ1 sense

Core sense — unable to speak, tongue-tiedgenerated

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See أَعْجَمُ, in two places.

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: see أَعْجَمُ , in two places.