علج

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ل ج‎ (ʕ-l-j). Dubious connection by Jakob Barth to Ge'ez አድግ (ʾädg, “ass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕild͡ʒ/

Noun

عِلْج • (ʕilj) m (plural عُلُوج‎ (ʕulūj) or أَعْلَاج‎ (ʔaʕlāj) or عِلَجَة‎ (ʕilaja))

  1. sturdy man, bulky bloke
  2. (Islam, derogatory) atheist, kafir
    • 7th century CE, Muwaṭṭaʾ Mālik, 21:
      ‏إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رِجَالاً مِنْكُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْجَ حَتَّى إِذَا أَسْنَدَ فِي الْجَبَلِ وَامْتَنَعَ‎
      ʔinnahu balaḡanī ʔanna rijālan minkum yaṭlubūna l-ʕilja ḥattā ʔiḏā ʔasnada fī l-jabali wāmtanaʕa
      It has reached me that some of your men would seek and chase a non-believer till he retreats to the mountains.
  3. wild ass, onager

Declension

References

  • Barth, Jakob (1893) Etymologische Studien zum semitischen insbesondere zum hebräischen Lexicon (in German), Berlin: H. Itzkowski, page 45
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), “علج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 206
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “علج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2128
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 7
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