सूजना (soojnaa)
verb
A single-sense intransitive verb meaning 'to swell up' -- used for body parts like a foot, cheek, or eye reacting to injury, insect bite, or illness.
Sense
1
:
to swell, become swollen
verb, intransitive
Synonyms: फूलना (phoolnaa, can also mean 'to swell/puff up', less specific to injury)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this constantly around minor domestic injuries -- a mother pressing ice on a child's सूजा हुआ घुटना (soojaa huaa ghutnaa, swollen knee) after a fall, or someone saying 'रात भर रोने से आँखें सूज गई (raat bhar rone se aankhen sooj gaii, the eyes got swollen from crying all night)'. It almost always pairs with जाना (jaanaa) as सूज जाना (sooj jaanaa) to mark the completed change of state, so learning it as that compound verb from the start will match how it's actually used.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for फूलना (phoolnaa) for any swelling, but सूजना (soojnaa) is the default word specifically for a body part swelling from injury, infection, or a bite -- 'पैर सूज गया (pair sooj gayaa, the foot swelled up)' is the natural way to describe a twisted ankle, not फूलना (phoolnaa). 2) Being intransitive, it takes no ने (ne) in the past tense -- the body part itself is the subject: 'उसका हाथ सूज गया (uskaa haath sooj gayaa, his hand swelled up)', not a ने-marked construction.
Sample Sentences:
गिरने के बाद उसका घुटना सूज गया।
After falling, his knee swelled up.
(girne ke baad uskaa ghutnaa sooj gayaa।)
रात भर रोने से उसकी आँखें सूज गई थीं।
Her eyes had swollen up from crying all night.
(raat bhar rone se uskii aankhen sooj gaii thiin।)
अगर तुम बर्फ नहीं लगाओगे तो चोट वाली जगह सूज जाएगी।
If you don't apply ice, the injured spot will swell up.
(agar tum barph nahiin lagaaoge to chot vaalii jagah sooj jaaegii।)
मच्छर के काटने से उसका हाथ सूज गया है।
His hand has swollen up from the mosquito bite.
(machchhar ke kaatne se uskaa haath sooj gayaa hai।)
बुढ़ापे में उसके पैर अक्सर सूज जाते हैं।
In old age, his feet often swell up.
(budhaape men uske pair aksar sooj jaate hain।)
बर्फ लगाओ, वरना घुटना और सूज जाएगा।
Put ice on it, or the knee will swell up even more.
(barph lagaao, varnaa ghutnaa aur sooj jaaegaa।)
अगर वह गिरता तो उसका सिर भी सूज जाता।
If he had fallen, his head would have swollen up too.
(agar vah girtaa to uskaa sir bhii sooj jaataa।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि दवा से सूजन कम हो सकती है, पर अगर तुम इसे यूँ ही छोड़ दो तो जगह और सूज सकती है।
The doctor said the medicine could reduce the swelling, but if you just leave it like this, the spot might swell up even more.
(doktar ne kahaa ki davaa se soojan kam ho saktii hai, par agar tum ise yoon hii chhod do to jagah aur sooj saktii hai।)
उसका सूजा हुआ घुटना देखकर माँ घबरा गई।
Seeing his swollen knee, his mother panicked.
(uskaa soojaa huaa ghutnaa dekhkar maan ghabraa gaii।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
सूजना
(soojnaa)
infinitive oblique:
सूजने
(soojne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
सूजता
(soojtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
सूजते
(soojte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
सूजती
(soojtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
सूजतीं
(soojtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
सूज रहा
(sooj rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
सूज रहे
(sooj rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
सूज रही
(sooj rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
सूज रहीं
(sooj rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
सूजा
(soojaa)
perfective (pl.m):
सूजे
(sooje)
perfective (sg.f):
सूजी
(soojii)
perfective (pl.f):
सूजीं
(soojiin)
imperative (informal):
सूज
(sooj)
imperative (neutral):
सूजो
(soojo)
imperative (formal):
सूजिए
(soojie)
future (1sg.m):
सूजूँगा
(soojoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
सूजूँगी
(soojoongii)
future (1pl.m):
सूजेंगे
(soojenge)
future (1pl.f):
सूजेंगी
(soojengii)
future (2sg.m):
सूजेगा
(soojegaa)
future (2sg.f):
सूजेगी
(soojegii)
future (2pl.m):
सूजोगे
(soojoge)
future (2pl.f):
सूजोगी
(soojogii)
future (3sg.m):
सूजेगा
(soojegaa)
future (3sg.f):
सूजेगी
(soojegii)
future (3pl.m):
सूजेंगे
(soojenge)
future (3pl.f):
सूजेंगी
(soojengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
सूजूँ
(soojoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
सूजें
(soojen)
subjunctive (2sg):
सूजे
(sooje)
subjunctive (2pl):
सूजो
(soojo)
subjunctive (3sg):
सूजे
(sooje)
subjunctive (3pl):
सूजें
(soojen)