بجع

See also: نجع

Arabic

Etymology

From a variant of ب ج ج (b-j-j) meaning "to be fat or flabby", "to have shaking or loose flesh", "to be swollen" especially in the face or neck.

Noun

بَجَع • (bajaʕ) m (collective, singulative بَجَعَة f (bajaʕa), paucal بَجَعَات (bajaʕāt))

1. pelican
2. (proscribed) swan

Declension

Declension of noun بَجَع (bajaʕ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَجَع bajaʕ	الْبَجَع al-bajaʕ	بَجَع bajaʕ
Nominative	بَجَعٌ bajaʕun	الْبَجَعُ al-bajaʕu	بَجَعُ bajaʕu
Accusative	بَجَعًا bajaʕan	الْبَجَعَ al-bajaʕa	بَجَعَ bajaʕa
Genitive	بَجَعٍ bajaʕin	الْبَجَعِ al-bajaʕi	بَجَعِ bajaʕi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَجَعَة bajaʕa	الْبَجَعَة al-bajaʕa	بَجَعَة bajaʕat
Nominative	بَجَعَةٌ bajaʕatun	الْبَجَعَةُ al-bajaʕatu	بَجَعَةُ bajaʕatu
Accusative	بَجَعَةً bajaʕatan	الْبَجَعَةَ al-bajaʕata	بَجَعَةَ bajaʕata
Genitive	بَجَعَةٍ bajaʕatin	الْبَجَعَةِ al-bajaʕati	بَجَعَةِ bajaʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَجَعَتَيْن bajaʕatayn	الْبَجَعَتَيْن al-bajaʕatayn	بَجَعَتَيْ bajaʕatay
Nominative	بَجَعَتَانِ bajaʕatāni	الْبَجَعَتَانِ al-bajaʕatāni	بَجَعَتَا bajaʕatā
Accusative	بَجَعَتَيْنِ bajaʕatayni	الْبَجَعَتَيْنِ al-bajaʕatayni	بَجَعَتَيْ bajaʕatay
Genitive	بَجَعَتَيْنِ bajaʕatayni	الْبَجَعَتَيْنِ al-bajaʕatayni	بَجَعَتَيْ bajaʕatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَجَعَات bajaʕāt	الْبَجَعَات al-bajaʕāt	بَجَعَات bajaʕāt
Nominative	بَجَعَاتٌ bajaʕātun	الْبَجَعَاتُ al-bajaʕātu	بَجَعَاتُ bajaʕātu
Accusative	بَجَعَاتٍ bajaʕātin	الْبَجَعَاتِ al-bajaʕāti	بَجَعَاتِ bajaʕāti
Genitive	بَجَعَاتٍ bajaʕātin	الْبَجَعَاتِ al-bajaʕāti	بَجَعَاتِ bajaʕāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “بجع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 86