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))

  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
      ʾinnahu balaḡanī ʾanna rijālan minkum yaṭlubūna l-ʿilja ḥattā ʾiḏā ʾasnada fī l-jabali wāmtanaʿa
      It has been reported to me that some of your men use to chase an non-believer till he takes refuge in a high place.
  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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