رجس

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See also: رخش

Arabic

Root
ر ج س (r j s)
1 term

Etymology 1.1

Verb

رَجِسَ (rajisa) I (non-past يَرْجَسُ (yarjasu), verbal noun رَجَس (rajas))
رَجُسَ (rajusa) I (non-past يَرْجُسُ (yarjusu), verbal noun رَجَاسَة (rajāsa))

  1. to be dirty, to be filthy
  2. to act shamefully, to do something shameful or disgraceful
Conjugation
Descendants
  • ? Old Armenian: մրգուզ (mrguz)

Etymology 1.2

Verb

رَجَّسَ (rajjasa) II (non-past يُرَجِّسُ (yurajjisu), verbal noun تَرْجِيس (tarjīs))

  1. to sully, to make dirty
  2. to cover with opprobrium, to make appear shameful
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Noun

رِجْس (rijsm (plural أَرْجَاس (ʔarjās))

  1. pollution, dirt
  2. abomination, disgrace
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:90:
      ــ‌‍‌إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنْصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ‌ــ
      --‍-ʔinnamā l-ḵamru wal-maysiru wal-ʔanṣābu wal-ʔazlāmu rijsun min ʕamali š-šayṭāni fajtanibūhu-‍‍-
      ...Wine/liquor and games of chance/gambling and stone alters/statues and divination arrows are surely an abomination, of Satan's handiwork, so shun it...
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Noun

رَجَس (rajasm

  1. verbal noun of رَجِسَ (rajisa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 1.5

Adjective

رَجِس (rajis)

  1. dirty, filthy
  2. shameful, abominable, unholy
Declension