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Form 1لَجَّ2 senses
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarلَجَاجٌ مُلَاجَّةٌ

Core sense — he persisted, or persevered, in an affair; he wrangledgenerated

1.1he persisted, or persevered, in an affair—فِى أَمْرٍ

Second person لَجِجْتَ; maṣdar لَجَاجٌ, لَجَاجَةٌ, لَجَجٌ, and لَجَّ. Also second person لَجَجْتَ.

Or he persisted in an affair and refused to turn from it. Or, according to the Towsheeh, he persisted obstinately in an affair even if it became clear that it was wrong. Or he persevered, or continued, in opposition, contention, litigation, or wrangling. Or he persisted in contention, litigation, or wrangling, and so also لاجّ. Or he contended, litigated, or wrangled.

[Hence, لَجَّ فَحَجَّ, a proverb: see art. حج.]

See also, for an example, form 8 in art. عود.

1.2

See form 4.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
23:75
وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَـٰهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرٍّ لَّلَجُّوا۟ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction to and fro.

67:21
أَمَّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were to withhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and flight (from the Truth).

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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, sec. pers. لَجِجْتَ , aor. لَجَجَ , inf. n. لَجَاجٌ and لَجَاجَةٌ (S, K) and لَجَجٌ ; (M, A:) and لَجَّ , sec. pers. لَجَجْتَ , aor. لَجِجَ ; (S, K;) He persisted, or persevered, فِى أَمْرٍ in an affair: (Msb:) or he persisted in an affair, and refused to turn from it: (M:) or he persisted obstinately in an affair, even if it became manifest that it was wrong: (the Towsheeh:) or he persevered, or continued, in opposition, in contention, litigation, or wrangling: (TA:) or he persisted in contention, litigation, or wrangling; (Msb, TA;) and so لاجّ , inf. n. مُلَاجَّةٌ : (S:) or he contended, litigated, or wrangled. (K.) [Hence, لَجَّ فَحَجَّ , a prov.: see art. حج .] See also, for an ex., 8 in art. عود . See 4.
Form 1لَج فِى الأَمْرِ1 sense

Core sense — he applied himself constantly and perseveringly to the thinggenerated

1.1

He kept, or applied himself, constantly and perseveringly to the thing; he was persevering in the affair.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 1 shown of 2
23:75
وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَـٰهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرٍّ لَّلَجُّوا۟ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction to and fro.

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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He kept, attended, or applied himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing; he was persevering, or assiduous, in the affair. (Msb.)
Form 2لجّج3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَلْجِيجٌ

Core sense — it (a ship) entered the deep, main seagenerated

2.1it (a ship) entered the main sea—لُجَّة

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The main sea here means the fathomless deep, or the great expanse of sea whose limits cannot be seen.

2.1.1they entered the main sea—لَجُّوا

Perhaps a mistake for أَلَجُّوا.

Here لُجّ is the main sea, and the like.

2.1.2they embarked upon the main sea—أَلَجُّوا

Also لَجَّجُوا, in the same sense: they embarked upon the لجة, the main sea and the like.

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, (inf. n. تَلْجِيجٌ , K,) It (a ship, S) entered the لُجَّة [or main sea, or the fathomless deep, or the great expanse of sea of which the limits could not be seen]. (S, K.) لَجُّوا [perhaps a mistake for أَلَجُّوا ] They entered the لُجّ [or main sea, &c.]. (A, TA.) أَلَجُّوا and لَجَّجُوا They embarked upon the لجة [or main sea, &c.]. (TA.)
Form 3لَاْجَجَ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he wrangled, or contended, with himgenerated

3.1

See form 1.

3.1.1the tongues persisted in wranglings, quarrellings, or contentions—لَاجَّتِ الأَلْسُنُ فِى الخُصُومَاتِ

In art. مرس; also given as تَلَاجَّت.

3.1.2he wrangled, quarrelled, or contended, with such a one—لَاجَّ فُلَانًا

AHeyth; in art. غرو.

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see 1. لَاجَّتِ الأَلْسُنُ فِى الخُصُومَاتِ (S, art. مرس ,) or تَلَاجَّت (M, same art.,) [The tongues persisted in wranglings, quarrellings, or contentions]. And لَاجَّ فُلَانًا [He wrangled, quarrelled, or contended, with such a one]. (AHeyth, K in art. غرو .)
Form 4أَلَجَّهُ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he made him persist in a thing; they raised confused criesgenerated

4.1

He continued him, or made him persevere or persist, in a thing; according to Lh, who explains يَمُدُّهُمْ in the Qurʾān 2:14 by يُلِجُّهُمْ.

ISd doubts whether Lh had heard this from the Arabs, and adds that he himself had not heard أَلْجَجْتُهُ.

4.2the people cried out, or raised a cry—الجّ القَوْمُ
4.2.1the people uttered confused cries—لجّ القَوْمُ

The form 4 verb has this meaning too.

4.2.2the camels uttered cries—الجّت الإِبِلُ
the sheep or goats uttered cries—الغَنَمُ
4.3

See form 2.

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He continued him, or made him to persevere, or persist, in a thing: accord. to Lh.: for he explains يَمُدُّهُمْ in the Kur, ii., 14, by يُلِجُّهُمْ : but ISd doubts whether he had heard this from the Arabs: and adds, that he, himself, had not heard أَلْجَجْتُهُ . (L.) الجّ القَوْمُ The people cried out; raised a cry. (TA.) Also, and لجّ القَوْمُ , The people uttered confused cries. (TA.) الجّت الإِبِلُ The camels uttered cries: (K:) and in like manner الغَنَمُ , the sheep or goats. (TA.) See 2.
Form 5تلجّج فِى صَدْرِهِ1 sense

Core sense — it fluctuated in his bosom, coming and going repeatedlygenerated

5.1

It (a thing) fluctuated in his bosom, or came and went repeatedly.

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It (a thing) fluctuated in his bosom, or came and went repeatedly. (Msb.)
Form 6تَلَاْجَجَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — they wrangled, or contended, with one anothergenerated

6.1

See form 3.

6.1.1wrangling, quarrelling, or contending, with one another—تَلَاجٌّ
they wrangled, and the like, each with the other—تَلَاجَّا

In art. شق.

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see 3. تَلَاجٌّ The wrangling, quarrelling, or contending, one with another. (KL.) You say, تَلَاجَّا [They wrangled, &c., each with the other.] (M in art. شق .)
Form 8التجّ المَوْجُ7 senses · 2 main
maṣdarإِلْتِجَاجٌ

Core sense — the waves became great and confused; the sea became tumultuousgenerated

8.1

The waves became great and confused.

8.1.1the sea became tumultuous, its waves dashing together—التّج البَحْرُ

Or: the main part, the fathomless deep, of the sea became vast and very tumultuous.

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8.1.2the voices, or sounds, were confused—التجّت الأَصْوَاتُ

Or they rose high and were confused.

8.1.3figurative · مجازthe darkness became intricate and confused—التجّ الظَّلَامُ
8.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredthe affair became great and confused—التّج الأَمْرُ
8.1.5figurative · مجازwhen the wide deserts become scenes of mirage—إِذَا التجّ الدَّيَامِيمُ

In a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh: like لُجّ [or great expanses of sea whose extremities cannot be seen]. AHát.

8.2he has an intensely black eye—إِنَّهُ لَشَدِيدُ ٱلْتِجَاجِ العَيْنِ
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The waves became great and confused. (TA.) التّج البَحْرُ , inf. n. إِلْتِجَاجٌ , (S,) The sea became tumultuous, its waves dashing together: (TA:) the main part, or fathomless deep, of the sea became vast, and very tumultuous. (A.) التجّت الأَصْوَاتُ The voices, or sounds, were confused: (S, K:) or, rose high, and were confused. (L.) التجّ الظَّلَامُ The darkness became intricate and confused. (TA.) التّج الأَمْرُ The affair became great and confused. (TA.) إِذَا التجّ الدَّيَامِيمُ , in a verse of Dhu-rRummeh, When the wide deserts become scenes of mirage like لُجّ [or great expanses of sea of which the extremities cannot be seen]. (AHát.) إِنَّهُ لَشَدِيدُ ٱلْتِجَاجِ العَيْنِ Verily he has an intensely black eye. (L.)
Form R. Q. 1لَجْلَجَ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarلَجْلَجَةٌ

Core sense — he spoke indistinctly, stammering or hesitating in his speechgenerated

R. Q. 1.1

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He spoke with an indistinct utterance; he spoke with a heavy tongue and was defective in speech, not uttering one part of what he said right after another; he hesitated in speech because of a natural defect.

Or he reiterated, stammered, or stuttered in his speech; and so also تَلَجْلَجَ.

R. Q. 1.1.1he moved the morsel of meat back and forth in his mouth, to chew it—لَجْلَجَ المُضْغَةَ فِى فِمِهِ
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inf. n. لَجْلَجَةٌ , He spoke with an indistinct utterance: he spoke with a heavy tongue, and was defective in speech, not uttering one part of what he said immediately after another; he hesitated in speech, by reason of a natural defect: (Lth:) or he reiterated, or stammered, or stuttered, ( تَرَدَّدَ ) in his speech; as also تَلَجْلَجَ . (S, K.) لَجْلَجَ المُضْغَةَ فِى فِمِهِ He moved the morsel of meat backwards and forwards in his mouth, to chew it. (S.)

Derived nouns 15

Nounلُجٌّ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the side of a valley; the shore of a sea; a swordgenerated

1

The side of a valley.

1.1

The side, or shore, of a sea. [See also لُجَّةٌ.]

1.2

A rugged part of a mountain.

1.3figurative · مجاز

A sword; apparently from لُجٌّ, with reference to the sea, because of its terribleness.

ISd thought it occurs only in one instance, in a tradition. It is said to be of the dialect of Teiyi, or of Hudheyl and of some of the people of El-Yemen.

1.4figurative · مجازa mirror—لُجَّةٌ
1.5figurative · مجاز

Silver.

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The side of a valley. (K.) The side, or shore, of a sea. (L.) [See also لُجَّةٌ .] A rugged part of a mountain. (K.) A sword: (S, K:) app. from لُجٌّ with reference to the sea, because of its terribleness: (As:) thought by ISd to occur only in one instance, in a trad.: said to be of the dial. of Teiyi; or of Hudheyl, and of some of the people of El-Yemen. (TA.) Also لُجَّةٌ , A mirror. (K.) And Silver. (K.)
Nounلَجَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — confused voices, cries, or clamour, of men, sometimes of camelsgenerated

1

Voices, cries, clamour, confused noise, or a mixture of voices, of men, and sometimes of camels.

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Voices, cries, clamour, confused noise, or a mixture of voices, (S, K,) of men, (S,) and sometimes of camels. (TA.)
Nounلُجَّةٌ9 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the main body, or fathomless depth, of the sea; a great expanse of watergenerated

1the main body of water, or of the sea; the deep—لُجٌّ

Or the depth of the sea, whose bottom cannot be reached; the fathomless deep.

Also لُجَّةٌ and لُجُّ بَحْرٍ: a great expanse of water, or of sea, whose extremities cannot be seen.

Plural لُجٌّ, لُجَجٌ, and لِجَاجٌ, this last being the plural of لُجَّةٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازsuch a one is a wide fathomless deep—فُلَانٌ لُجَّةٌ وَاسِعَةٌ

A phrase by which a man is likened to a sea in his amplitude.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredas though his eye were a fathomless sea—كَأَنَّ عَيْنَهُ لُجَّةٌ

That is, intensely black.

1.3figurative · مجازthe women in the camel-litters swim in the great expanse of mirage—الظُّعْنُ تَسْبَحُ السَّرَابِ لُجِّ فِى
1.4figurative · مجازthe depth of the darkness—لُجَّةُ الظَّلَامِ
1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredthe depth of night; its intense darkness and blackness—لُجُّ اللَّيْلِ
1.6figurative · مجاز — inferreda deep black, or intensely black, camel—جَمَلُ أَدْهَمُ لُجٌّ
1.7figurative · مجازa numerous assembly, company, or troop—لُجَّةٌ

Also لُجٌّ, in the same sense.

From لُجَّةٌ, with reference to the sea.

1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredthe main part of an affair—لُجَّةٌ أَمْرٍ
Qur’ānic occurrences لُجَّة
27:44
قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Solomon, to the Lord of the Worlds."

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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and لُجٌّ The main body of water, (S, K,) or of the sea: [the deep:] or the depth, or deep, of the sea, of which the bottom cannot be reached; the fathomless deep: (L:) also, لُجَّةٌ (TA) and لُجُّ بَحْرٍ (L) a great expanse of water, or sea, of which the extremities cannot be seen: (L, TA:) pl. لُجٌّ and لُجَجٌ and لِجَاجٌ ; the last pl. of لُجَّةٌ . (TA.) فُلَانٌ لُجَّةٌ وَاسِعَةٌ [Such a one is a wide fathomless deep]: a phrase by which one is likened to a sea, in amplitude. (TA.) كَأَنَّ عَيْنَهُ لُجَّةٌ [As though his eye were a fathomless sea]: i. e., intensely black. (L.) الظُّعْنُ تَسْبَحُ السَّرَابِ لُجِّ فِى The women in the camel-litters swim in the great expanse of mirage. (TA.) لُجَّةُ الظَّلَامِ The depth of the darkness. (TA.) لُجُّ اللَّيْلِ The depth of night; its intense darkness and blackness. (TA.) جَمَلُ أَدْهَمُ لُجٌّ A deep black, or intensely black, camel. (K.) لُجَّةٌ and لُجٌّ A numerous assembly, company, troop, or congregated body: (K:) from لُجَّةٌ with reference to the sea. (TA.) لُجَّةٌ أَمْرٍ The main part of an affair. (TA.)
Nounلُجَجَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a great expanse of sea whose extremities cannot be seengenerated

1

See لَجُوجٌ.

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: see لَجُوجٌ .
Nounبَحْرٌ لُجِّىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a vast and deep seagenerated

1

A vast and deep sea; also لِجِّىٌّ and لُجَاجٌ.

In لِجِىٌّ the first vowel is assimilated to the second, to make the word easier to pronounce.

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, (S, K,) and لِجِّىٌّ , (K,) and لُجَاجٌ , (L,) A vast and deep sea. (S, L, K.) In لِجِىٌّ , the first vowel is assimilated to the second to make the word more easy of pronunciation. (TA.)
Nounلِجِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a vast and deep seagenerated

1

See لُجِىٌّ.

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: see لُجِىٌّ .
Nounلُجَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — persistence in an affair, or in contentiongenerated

1

See لُجِىٌّ.

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: see لُجِىٌّ .
Nounلَجُوجٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who persists much, very contentious, a great wranglergenerated

1

Intensive adjectives from لَجَّ, “he persisted, and the like”: لَجُوجَةٌ, in which the ة is added to give [double] intensiveness to the meaning, and لُجَجَةٌ and مِلْجَاجٌ.

One who persists much in an affair; or who does so refusing to turn from it; or who does so even if it has become clear that it is wrong; or who perseveres much in opposition, contention, or the like; or who persists much, and is very pertinacious, in contention; or who is very contentious or litigious, a great wrangler.

The first is both a masculine and a feminine adjective, and is applied to a human being and to a horse.

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and لَجُوجَةٌ (in which the ة is added to give [double] intensiveness to the signification, S) and لُجَجَةٌ (S, K) and مِلْجَاجٌ , (L, A,) [intensive] epithets from لَجَّ “ he persisted, &c. ” [One who persists in an affair much: or who does so refusing to turn from it: or who does so even if it have become manifest that it is wrong: or who perseveres, or continues, much, in opposition, in contention, or the like: or who persists much, or is very pertinacious, in contention, or the like: or very contentious or litigious, or a great wrangler]. (S, M, K, &c.) The first is a masc. and fem. epithet: and is applied to a human being and to a horse. (TA.)
Nounلَجُوجَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who persists much in contentiongenerated

1

See لَجُوجٌ.

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: see لَجُوجٌ .
Nounالحَقُّ أَبْلَجُ وَالبَاطِلُ لَجْلَجٌ1 sense

Core sense — truth is clear, and falsity is confused and hesitantgenerated

1

Truth is apparent, evident, or clear, and falsity is a cause of embarrassment, or hesitation, to the speaker.

That is, falsity is agitated back and forth without finding utterance; or truth is clear and direct, and falsity confused and indirect.

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(AZ, S) [Truth is apparent, manifest, or evident, or clear, and falsity is a cause of embarrassment, or hesitation, to the speaker]: i. e., the latter is agitated to and fro, without having utterance: (S:) or truth is lucid and direct, and falsity is confused and indirect. (TA.)
Nounلَجْلَجَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a mixture, or confusion, of voices or soundsgenerated

1

A mixture, or confusion, of voices or sounds.

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A mixture, or confusion, of voices or sounds. (L.)
Nounلَجْلَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who speaks indistinctly, stammering or hesitatinggenerated

1

One who speaks with an indistinct utterance; or who naturally has a heavy tongue and defective speech, so that he does not utter one part of what he says right after another, having a natural hesitation in his speech.

Or one who reiterates, stammers, or stutters in his speech; or, as some say, one whose tongue rolls about between the sides of his mouth.

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One who speaks with an indistinct utterance: (TA:) or who has naturally a heavy tongue and a defective speech, (T,) so that he does not utter one part of what he says immediately after another, who has a natural hesitation in his speech: or who reiterates, or stammers, or stutters, ( يتردّد ,) in his speech: or, as some say, whose tongue rolls about between the sides of his mouth. (TA.)
Nounمِلْجَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who persists much, very contentiousgenerated

1

See لَجُوجٌ.

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Nounعَيْنٌ مُلْتَجَّةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an eye intensely black; land intensely greengenerated

1figurative · مجاز

An eye intensely black.

1.1figurative · مجازland intensely green, whether its herbage is tangled or not—أَرْضٌ مُلْتَجَّةٌ

Or land whose herbage is compact, tall, and abundant.

1.2land whose leguminous plants are compact, or dense—أَرْضٌ بَقْلُهَا مُلْتَجٌّ
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An eye intensely black. (K.) أَرْضٌ مُلْتَجَّةٌ Land intensely green, (K,) whether its herbage be tangled or not: or land of which the herbage is compact and tall and abundant. (TA.) أَرْضٌ بَقْلُهَا مُلْتَجٌّ Land of which the leguminous plants are compact, or dense. (TA.)
Nounيَلَنْجُوجٌ1 sense

Core sense — aloes-wood, a wood used for fumigationgenerated

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Aloes-wood; a certain wood with which one fumigates. Variant forms are يَلَنْجَجٌ and أَلَنْجَجٌ, or يَلَنْجُوجُ and يَلَنْجَجُ and أَلَنْجَجُ [all three imperfectly declinable, as being generic proper names and of foreign origin, borrowed from Persian], and أَلَنْجُوجٌ and يَلَنْجَجٌ and يَلَنْجُوجٌ [which last is omitted in the CK] and يَلَنْجُوجِىٌّ and أَلَنْجَجٌ and أَلَنْجِيجٌ.

Synonymous with عُودُ الطِّيبِ or عُودُ البَخُورِ; or it is the wood of another tree with which one fumigates.

The ا and ى in النجج and يلنجج [and the like] are augmentative letters, added to make these words quasi-coordinate to the class of words with five radical letters. An augmentative letter is not used for such a purpose at the beginning of a word unless another augmentative letter is with it, and such, here, is the ن.

Lh uses يلنجوج and النجوج and النجيج as adjectives, writing عُودٌ يلنجوج and the like.

The wood so called has a very beneficial effect upon a relaxed stomach when eaten; and the effects for which it is most celebrated are those it produces upon the brain and the heart, when used for fumigation and when eaten.

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and يَلَنْجَجٌ and أَلَنْجَجٌ , (S, L,) or يَلَنْجُوجُ and يَلَنْجَجُ and أَلَنْجَجُ , [all three imperfectly declinable, as being generic proper names and of foreign origin, borrowed from the Persian language,] and أَلَنْجُوجٌ and يَلَنْجَجٌ and يَلَنْجُوجٌ [which last is omitted in the CK] and يَلَنْجُوجِىٌّ (K) and أَلَنْجَجٌ and أَلَنْجِيجٌ , (TA,) Aloes-wood; syn. عُودُ الطِّيبِ , (L,) or عُودُ البَخُورِ : (K:) or the wood of another tree with which one fumigates: (L:) a certain wood with which one fumigates. (S.) The ا and ى in النجج and يلنجج [&c.] are augmentative letters added to make these words quasi-coordinate to the class of quinqueliteral-radical words: an augmentative letter is not used for such a purpose at the beginning of a word unless there is also with it another augmentative letter: and such, here, is the ن . (IJ.) Lh uses يلنجوج and النجوج and النجيج as epithets, writing عُودٌ يلنجوج &c. (TA.) The wood thus called has a very beneficial effect upon a relaxed stomach, (K,) when eaten; and of the beneficial effects for which it is most celebrated are those which it produces upon the brain and the heart, when used for fumigation and when eaten. (TA.)