maṣdarوَهْجٌ وَهَجٌmuḍāriʿتَهِجُ تَوْهَجُ
Core sense — it burned, it glowed; it was violently hotgenerated
1.1the fire burned—تَوهّجت
maṣdar وَهْجٌ, وَهَجَانٌ and وَهَجَتَ [apparently a mistake for وَهِجَت]; also.
Synonym: اِتَّقَدَت.
Synonym: توقّدت; or this last is intensive and means, as the first does according to the A, it burned fiercely, it glowed.
1.1.1
All these verbs, with the same maṣdars, are also said of the sun: it burned, or was hot; and of a fire: it burned from a distance.
1.1.2figurative · مجاز
All the above verbs, with the same maṣdars, are also said of a day and of a night: it was violently hot.
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, aor. تَهِجُ , inf. n. وَهْجٌ and وَهَجَانٌ ; (S, L, K;) and وَهَجَتَ , [app. a mistake for وَهِجَت ,] aor. تَوْهَجُ , [inf. n. وَهَجٌ ;] (L;) The fire burned; syn. اِتَّقَدَت ; (S, K, &c.;) and so تَوهّجت ; (L;) syn. توقّدت ; (S, L, K;) [or this last has an intensive sense, and signifies, as does the first accord. to the A, it burned fiercely; glowed]. Also, all these verbs, with the same inf. ns., It (the sun) burned, or was hot: and it (a fire) burned from a distance. (L.) Also, all the above verbs, with the same inf. ns., It (a day, and a night,) was violently hot. (L.)