حوج

مُحْوِجٌ محوج A man in want, needy, indigent, or poor; (Msb, TA;) [as also ↓ مُحْتَاجٌ:] the pl., by rule, should be مُحْوِجُونَ because it is an epithet applied to a rational being; but the pl. used is مَجَاوِيجُ: some, however, reject this, and assert that it has not been heard [as a classical word]: (Msb:) ISd thinks that محاويج is pl. of ↓ مِحْوَاجٌ, if the latter word have been used: (TA:) the vulgar say مَحَاوِجُ [as pl. of مُحْوِجٌ], meaning مُحْتَاجُونَ. (Mgh.)