همج

هَمَجٌ ذ Hunger: or (in the K, and) bad management of the means of subsistence. (S, K.) ↓ هَمَجٌ هَامِجٌ [ Severe hunger: or very bad management of the means of subsistence: ] (S, K:) the latter word is added to give intensiveness to the signification; (TA;) or to corroborate; (S, K;) as in the case of لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ. (S.) ― -b2- هَمَجٌ Small flies, like gnats, that fall upon the faces of sheep or goats, and asses, (S, K,) and into their eyes: (S:) or gnats; so called from هَمَجٌ signifying “ hunger; ” because when they are hungry they live, but when they become satiated they die: or صِغَار الدَّوَابِّ: (L:) [but this is evidently a mistake for صِغَارُ الذُّبَابِ the young ones, or little ones, of flies: ]) or any grubs that burst forth from flies or from gnats: (Lth, A:) pl. of هَمَجَةٌ, (S,) [or rather this is the n. un. of هَمَجٌ, which is a coll. gen. n.]. ― -b3- هَمَجٌ Lean sheep or goats: (K:) [a coll. gen. n.,] n. un. with ة. (S, K.) ― -b4- هَمَجٌ (tropical:) Stupid, or foolish, men; or men of little sense: (K:) or stupid, or foolish, young men of the meaner sort: (S:) or simply young men of the meaner sort: or mixed and low set of men: or disorderly vagabonds: (TA:) you say also رَجُلٌ هَمَجٌ and هَمَجَةٌ a stupid, or foolish, man; and رِجَالٌ هَمَجٌ, and أَهْمَاجٌ: (TA:) or هَمَجَةٌ signifies a stupid, or foolish, man, who has not firm command of himself. (Aboo-Sa'eed.) ― -b5- هَمَجٌ Old and weak ewes: (K:) [a coll. gen. n.,] n. un. with ة: which also signifies simply a ewe. (TA.) ― -b6- قَوْمٌ هَمَجٌ A people in whom is no good. (TA.) ― -b7- ↓ هَمَجٌ هَامِجٌ Young men of the meaner sort; like هَمَجٌ alone: and a mixed set of men who have no intelligence nor manliness. (TA.)