ثَجَّاج

[1] ثَجَّ , (A, L, Msb, K,) aor. ثَجِ3َ , (A, Msb, TA,) inf. n. ثَجٌّ, (L, Msb, TA,) or ثَجِيجٌ, (A, TA,) or ثُجُوجٌ, (TA,) It (water) flowed: (K:) or poured forth vehemently, (A, Msb, TA,) or much: or, as some say, it (much water) poured forth: (L, TA:) and ↓ انثجّ and ↓ تَثَجْثَجَ signify the same. (K.) ثَجٌّ also signifies The flowing of the blood of a victim brought for sacrifice to the sacred territory of Mekkeh. (S, K, TA.) ＝ 1-A2- ثَجَّهُ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ثَجُ3َ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. ثَجٌّ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He made it to flow; (S, A, Mgh, Msb K;) poured it forth; (Msb;) namely, water, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and blood (S, A, Mgh, Msb) of a victim for sacrifice; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ ثَجْثَجَهُ; and ↓ اثجّهُ may also be used in the same sense. (TA.) Hence, (Mgh, Msb,) أَفْضَلُ الحَجِّ العَجُّ والثَّجُّ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) a saying of Mohammad, (TA,) meaning The most excellent of the actions of the pilgrimage are (Mgh) the raising of the voice in the تَلْبِيَة [see 2 in art. لبى] and the shedding of the blood of the victims brought for sacrifice to the sacred territory. (Mgh, Msb.)