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حرج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 حَرِجَ حرج , aor. حَرَجَ , inf. n. حَرَجٌ, It (a number of things) became collected together: and, necessarily, became close, strait, or narrow: (so accord. to an explanation of the inf. n. by Er-Rághib, in the TA:) said of anything, it was, or became, close, strait, or narrow. (KL.) One says of dust, حَرِجَ اـِلَى حَائِطٍ, or سَنَدٍ, It rose, (Lth, Az, TA,) in a narrow place, (TA,) and became collected [ against a wall, or an acclivity or the like ]. (Lth, Az, TA.) ― -b2- حَرِجَ صَدْرُهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) His bosom became strait, or contracted; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, TA;) not expanded, or dilated, by reason of what was good. (TA.) And حَرِجَ alone, aor. and inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) He became disquieted, and contracted in bosom: and (assumed tropical:) he became in doubt; he doubted; because doubt disquiets the mind. (So accord. to explanations of the inf. n. by Er-Rághib, in the TA.) ― -b3- Also حَرِجَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, [(assumed tropical:) He became straitened, or in difficulty: and particularly, by the commission of a sin, or crime: (see حَرَجٌ, below:) and hence, simply,] (assumed tropical:) he committed a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience for which he deserved punishment. (Msb.) ― -b4- Also He looked, and was unable to move from his place by reason of fear and rage. (T, TA.) And حَرِجَتِ العَيْنُ, (S, A, K,) aor. حَرَجَ , (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) The eye became dazzled, (حَارَت, S, K, TA,) or sank in its socket, (غَارَت,) and its vision became straitened: (A, TA:) or it did not turn about, nor wink, by reason of intent gazing. (TA.) ― -b5- Also, (S, A, K,) aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (S, K,) (tropical:) It was, or became, forbidden, or prohibited, (S, A, K,) and attended with straitness, or difficulty. (A.) So in the saying, حَرِجَ عَلَىَّ ظُلْمُكَ (tropical:) The wronging of thee is forbidden, or prohibited, to me. (S, TA.) And حَرِجَ عَلَيْهِ السَّحُورُ (tropical:) The meal termed سحور became forbidden, or prohibited, to him, (A, TA,) namely, a man fasting, and attended with difficulty, (A,) by reason of the straitness of the time thereof. (TA.) And حَرِجَتِ الصَّلَاةُ (tropical:) Prayer became forbidden, or prohibited, (A, and TA as from the K, [but not found by me in the copies of the K,]) عَلَيْهَا to her [by reason of legal impurity, as is shown in the A]. (A, TA.) ― -b6- حَرِجَ اـِلَيْهِ (tropical:) He betook himself, or had recourse, to him, or it, for protection from a strait, or difficulty. (TA.) And حَرِجَ اـِلَى كَذَا وَ كَذَا (assumed tropical:) He betook himself to such and such things. (TA.)

Derived headwords

حَرِجَverb
  1. 1.
حَرِجَ اـِلَى حَائِطٍ
حَرِجَ صَدْرُهُ
حَرِجَتِ العَيْنُ
حَرِجَ عَلَىَّ ظُلْمُكَ
حَرِجَ عَلَيْهِ السَّحُورُ
حَرِجَتِ الصَّلَاةُ
حَرِجَ اـِلَيْهِ
اـِلَى كَذَا وَ كَذَا