د ج و

Arabic

Root

د ج و • (d-j-w)

1. related to being dark

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: دَجَا (dajā, “to become dark, to become gloomy”)
  • Verbal noun: دُجًى (dujan)
  • Active participle: دَاجٍ (dājin)
  • Passive participle: مَدْجُوّ (madjuww)
• Form III: دَاجَى (dājā, “to treat with concealment of enmity, to coax deceivingly”)
  • Verbal noun: مُدَاجَاة (mudājāh), دِجَاء (dijāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُدَاجٍ (mudājin)
  • Passive participle: مُدَاجًى (mudājan)
• Form IV: أَدْجَى (ʔadjā, “to darken; to become dark”)
  • Verbal noun: إِدْجَاء (ʔidjāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُدْجٍ (mudjin)
  • Passive participle: مُدْجًى (mudjan)
• Form V: تَدَجَّى (tadajjā, “to spread so as to cover the sky”)
  • Verbal noun: تَدَجٍّ (tadajjin)
  • Active participle: مُتَدَجٍّ (mutadajjin)

Nouns

• دُجًى m (dujan, “darkness”)
• دُجَة f (duja, “pinch, thumb and first and second fingers covering a mouthful between them”)
• دُجْيَة f (dujya, “obscurity, tenebrity; retreat of a hunter or bees”)