Quranic root
ثجج
th · j · j
The root centers on pouring or flowing forth, especially in abundance.
The basic notion of pouring extends to abundant water, torrents, sacrificial blood, and figurative copiousness in bounty or speech.
- Maqāyīs · row 998
- Lane · entry 27157
- Lane · entry 27162
- Lane · entry 27163
- Lane · entry 27164
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
ثَجَّاج
thajjāj
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Pouring forth abundantly; copious in its outpouring.
In the Quranic occurrence, it qualifies water and describes water pouring down in great abundance.
- Lane · entry 27163
- Mufradāt · row 199
Selected Quran examples
Quran 78:14word 5
“pouring abundantly”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 78:14ثَجَّاجًۭاpouring abundantly
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 9 Classical meanings
ثَجَّ
To flow or pour forth vehemently or abundantly; also to flow abundantly as the blood of a sacrificial victim.
Intransitive Form I usage, applied to water and, in sacrificial usage, to the blood of a victim.
- Lane · entry 27157
ثَجَّ
To make water or blood flow; to pour it forth.
Transitive Form I usage, including the pouring of sacrificial blood.
- Lane · entry 27157
ثَجًّا
Abundant flowing of milk into a receptacle in a milking expression.
Attested in the construction حَلَبَ فِيهِ ثَجًّا, describing milk abundantly entering the vessel.
- Lane · entry 27160
ثَجُوج
A source yielding an abundance of water.
A nominal description of a water source characterized by copious supply.
- Lane · entry 27161
ثَجِيج
A torrent or forceful flow of water.
Used as a noun for a strong flow or torrent.
- Lane · entry 27162
ثَجِيج
The sound produced by water pouring forth.
A distinct nominal use referring to the sound of flowing or poured water.
- Lane · entry 27162
ثَجَّاج
Copiously pouring or flowing; applied to rain, blood, or a cloud, as well as to abundant liquid more generally.
These broader Classical applications extend the adjective beyond its Quranic occurrence, which specifically describes water.
- Lane · entry 27163
ثَجَّاج
Abundant in bounty or munificence.
Figurative usage describing a person through imagery of a copiously pouring rain or a copious sea.
- Lane · entry 27163
مِثَجّ
An eloquent or able speaker whose words pour forth copiously.
Figurative usage applied to a speaker or orator.
- Lane · entry 27164