م • و • ج

, aor. يَمُوجُ, inf. n. مَوْجٌ (S, K, &c.) and مَوَجَانٌ and مُوءُوجٌ; (TA;) It (the sea) was in a state of commotion; was tumultuous; (Msb;) was agitated with waves, conflicting, or dashing together; (S, K;) as also ↓ تموّج: (TA;) or this latter signifies it (the sea) was, or became, very tumultuous. (Msb.) [You say,] مَاجَ المَوْجُ The waves were in a state of commotion; were tumultuous; conflicted, or dashed together. (TA.) [And hence,] مَاجَ أَمْرُهُمْ (assumed tropical:) Their affair became in a confused and disturbed state. (TA.) مَاجَ, inf. n. مَوْجٌ and مَوَجَانٌ, (assumed tropical:) It (anything) was in a state of commotion, or agitation. (TA.) مَاجَ (tropical:) He was in a state of commotion, or agitation, and confounded, perplexed, or amazed. (IAar.) النَّاسُ يَمُوجُونٌ (tropical:) The people, or men, are in a state of commotion, or tumultuous. (S.) مَاجَتِ النَّاسُ (tropical:) The people were in a discordant and disturbed state of affairs. (Msb.) مَاجَ عَنِ الحَقِّ, inf. n. مَوْجٌ, (tropical:) He declined from the truth, or from the true, right, or just, course. (A, K.) مَاجَتِ الدَّاغِصَةُ, inf. n. مُوءُوجٌ, (tropical:) The patella, or knee-pan, moved backwards and forwards, or from side to side, between the skin and the bone, or, as in one copy of the K, flesh: (K, TA:) and in like manner السِّلْعَةُ [the ganglion]. (TA.)

A sea in a state of commotion; tumultuous; agitated with waves, conflicting, or dashing together. (TA.) Also, and ↓ مُتَمَوِّجٌ, A man in a state of commotion, or agitation. (TA.)

, [a coll. gen. n., Waves; billows; surges; or a collection of waves;] water rising above other water: (TA:) pl. أَمْوَاجٌ: (S, K, Msb:) مَوْجَةٌ has a more special signification; [namely, a wave, a single wave;] and the pl. of this, which is the n. un., is مَوْجَاتٌ. (Msb.) فَرَسٌ غَوْجٌ مَوْجٌ: see art. غوج. موج is here an imitative sequent. (TA.) مَوْجَةُ الشَّبَابِ (tropical:) The prime of youth. (K.)

[A sea tumultuous with waves]. (K, art. رد.)

: see مَايءِجٌ.

(assumed tropical:) A swift (نَاجِيَة: in the CK نَاجِبَة) she-camel, whose أَنْسَاع [or woven thongs of the fore girth] have moved round (جَالَت) by reason of the backward and forward motion (اِخْتِلَاف) of her fore and hind legs. (K.)