علج
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ل ج (ʿ-l-j). Dubious connection by Jakob Barth to Ge'ez አድግ (ʾädg, “ass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕild͡ʒ/
Noun
عِلْج • (ʿilj) m (plural عُلُوج (ʿulūj) or أَعْلَاج (ʾaʿlāj) or عِلَجَة (ʿilaja))
- sturdy man, bulky bloke
- (Islam, derogatory) atheist, kafir
- 7th century CE, Muwaṭṭaʾ Mālik, 21:
- إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رِجَالاً مِنْكُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْجَ حَتَّى إِذَا أَسْنَدَ فِي الْجَبَلِ وَامْتَنَعَ
- ʾinnahu balaḡanī ʾanna rijālan minkum yaṭlubūna l-ʿilja ḥattā ʾiḏā ʾasnada fī l-jabali wāmtanaʿa
- It has reached me that some of your men would seek and chase a non-believer till he retreats to the mountains.
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- wild ass, onager
Declension
Declension of noun عِلْج (ʿilj)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عِلْج ʿilj | الْعِلْج al-ʿilj | عِلْج ʿilj |
| Nominative | عِلْجٌ ʿiljun | الْعِلْجُ al-ʿilju | عِلْجُ ʿilju |
| Accusative | عِلْجًا ʿiljan | الْعِلْجَ al-ʿilja | عِلْجَ ʿilja |
| Genitive | عِلْجٍ ʿiljin | الْعِلْجِ al-ʿilji | عِلْجِ ʿilji |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عِلْجَيْن ʿiljayn | الْعِلْجَيْن al-ʿiljayn | عِلْجَيْ ʿiljay |
| Nominative | عِلْجَانِ ʿiljāni | الْعِلْجَانِ al-ʿiljāni | عِلْجَا ʿiljā |
| Accusative | عِلْجَيْنِ ʿiljayni | الْعِلْجَيْنِ al-ʿiljayni | عِلْجَيْ ʿiljay |
| Genitive | عِلْجَيْنِ ʿiljayni | الْعِلْجَيْنِ al-ʿiljayni | عِلْجَيْ ʿiljay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُلُوج; أَعْلَاج; عِلَجَة ʿulūj; ʾaʿlāj; ʿilaja | الْعُلُوج; الْأَعْلَاج; الْعِلَجَة al-ʿulūj; al-ʾaʿlāj; al-ʿilaja | عُلُوج; أَعْلَاج; عِلَجَة ʿulūj; ʾaʿlāj; ʿilajat |
| Nominative | عُلُوجٌ; أَعْلَاجٌ; عِلَجَةٌ ʿulūjun; ʾaʿlājun; ʿilajatun | الْعُلُوجُ; الْأَعْلَاجُ; الْعِلَجَةُ al-ʿulūju; al-ʾaʿlāju; al-ʿilajatu | عُلُوجُ; أَعْلَاجُ; عِلَجَةُ ʿulūju; ʾaʿlāju; ʿilajatu |
| Accusative | عُلُوجًا; أَعْلَاجًا; عِلَجَةً ʿulūjan; ʾaʿlājan; ʿilajatan | الْعُلُوجَ; الْأَعْلَاجَ; الْعِلَجَةَ al-ʿulūja; al-ʾaʿlāja; al-ʿilajata | عُلُوجَ; أَعْلَاجَ; عِلَجَةَ ʿulūja; ʾaʿlāja; ʿilajata |
| Genitive | عُلُوجٍ; أَعْلَاجٍ; عِلَجَةٍ ʿulūjin; ʾaʿlājin; ʿilajatin | الْعُلُوجِ; الْأَعْلَاجِ; الْعِلَجَةِ al-ʿulūji; al-ʾaʿlāji; al-ʿilajati | عُلُوجِ; أَعْلَاجِ; عِلَجَةِ ʿulūji; ʾaʿlāji; ʿilajati |
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