Rizwan Zubair

Root و ل ج w-l-j

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و ل جw-l-j

(ض) وَلَجَ يَلِجُ وُلُوْجًاwalaja yaliju wulūjan (original form: وَلَجَ يَوْلِجُwalaja yawliju): to penetrate into a narrow place, to enter. ﴿حَتّٰى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِيْ سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:40); ﴿يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا﴾ (Sabaʾ 34:2)

وَلِيْجَةٌwalījah (adjective on the pattern فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl, with the intensive tāʾ as in عَلَّامَةٌʿallāmah): confidant, intimate, bosom friend. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا رَسُوْلِهِۦ وَلَا الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَلِيْجَةً﴾ (At-Tawbah 9:16)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَوْلَجَ يُوْلِجُ اِيْلَاجًاawlaja yūliju īlājan: to insert, to make enter. ﴿يُوْلِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:61)

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