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ثَجَّاجٌ ثجاج Water pouring forth vehemently: (Msb:) or poured forth; as also ↓ ثَجُوجٌ : (TA:) or flowing: (Har p. 138:) or flowing much: (Id. p. 393:) and rain pouring forth vehemently; (S, TA;) as also ↓ ثَجِيجٌ and ↓ مِثَجٌّ : (TA:) and blood poured forth: (TA:) and a cloud pouring forth. (A.) Applied to water [or rain, and to blood,] it may have the meaning of a pass. part. n., or, which is preferable, that of an act. part. n. (IDrd, M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] فُلَانٌ غَيْثُهُ وَبَحْرُهُ عَجَّاجٌ (tropical:) [lit. Such a one, his rain is such as pours forth vehemently, and his sea is noisy, or copious: meaning such a one is abundant in bounty or munificence]. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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