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دَجُوجِىٌّ دجوجى دجوجي Of a clear black colour: (A 'Obeyd, TA voce غَيْهَبٌ:) or intensely black; (S) as also ↓ أَسْوَدُ دُجْدُجٌ and ↓ دُجَاجِىٌّ . (K.) It has the latter signification applied to a he-camel; and دَجُوجِيَّةٌ to a she-camel. (S, TA.) Also simply Black; applied to hair; and so ↓ دَجِيجٌ : or the latter has this signification applied to anything; as also ↓ دَجْدَاجٌ : (TA:) which last likewise signifies dark, applied to a sea or great river, (K, TA,) because of the blackness of its water. (TA.) You say also لَيْلٌ دَجُوجِىٌّ Dark night: (S, A, K:) or intensely dark night; and so ↓ دَجُوجٌ and ↓ دُجَاجِىٌّ (TA:) and لَيْلَةٌ ↓ دَيْجُوجٌ (S, K) and ↓ دَجْدَاجَةٌ (K) a dark night: S, K:) the pl. of ↓ دَيْجُوجٌ is دَيَاجِيجٌ and دَيَاجٌّ the latter a contraction of the former. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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