ل ج ء

ل ج ء

Arabic

Root

ل ج ء • (l-j-ʾ)

1. related to refuge

Verbs

• Form I: لَجَأَ‎ (lajaʾa, “to take refuge”)
  • Verbal noun: لَجْء‎ (lajʾ), لُجُوء‎ (lujūʾ)
  • Active participle: لَاجِئ‎ (lājiʾ)
  • Passive participle: مَلْجُوء‎ (maljūʾ)
• Form I: لَجِئَ‎ (lajiʾa, “to take refuge”)
  • Verbal noun: لَجَأ‎ (lajaʾ)
  • Active participle: لَاجِئ‎ (lājiʾ)
  • Passive participle: مَلْجُوء‎ (maljūʾ)
• Form II: لَجَّأَ‎ (lajjaʾa, “to coerce”)
  • Verbal noun: تَلْجِيء‎ (taljīʾ)
  • Active participle: مُلَجِّئ‎ (mulajjiʾ)
  • Passive participle: مُلَجَّأ‎ (mulajjaʾ)
• Form IV: أَلْجَأَ‎ (ʾaljaʾa, “to coerce to take refuge; to protect, to shelter”)
  • Verbal noun: إِلْجَاء‎ (ʾiljāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُلْجِئ‎ (muljiʾ)
  • Passive participle: مُلْجَأ‎ (muljaʾ)
• Form VIII: اِلْتَجَأَ‎ (iltajaʾa, “to flee to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِلْتِجَاء‎ (iltijāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُلْتَجِئ‎ (multajiʾ)
  • Passive participle: مُلْتَجَأ‎ (multajaʾ)

Nouns

• مَلْجَأ‎ (maljaʾ, “refuge, shelter”); pl. مَلَاجِئ‎ (malājiʾ)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837), “ل ج ء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 87
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “ل ج ء”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 968