هبج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root هبج primarily relates to striking with a degree of softness or repeated impact, and secondarily to swelling or puffiness, particularly in animals or the face. It also extends to descriptions of terrain and a specific type of killing by a dog.

Derived headwords

هَبَجَverb

1.
to strike repeatedlyboth
To strike something with repeated, somewhat soft blows.
2.
to strike generallyboth
To strike, generally speaking, with a stick or similar object.

هَبْجًاnoun

1.
repeated strikingboth
The act of striking repeatedly with some softness.

هَبَجَهُverb

1.
to strike him/itboth
To strike him or it, wherever one could reach, with a stick.

هَبَجَ الكلبُverb

1.
the dog killsclassical
When a dog kills its prey.

هَبِيجadjective

1.
swollenclassical
Describing a gazelle that has two prominent ridges on its sides between its belly and back, as if wounded there.

هَبَجَ وجهُ الرجلِverb

1.
the man's face swelledclassical
The face of a man became swollen and contracted.

هَبِجٌadjective

1.
swollenclassical
Describing a face that is swollen and contracted.

تَهَبَّجَverb

1.
to swellclassical
To swell up, similar to the swelling described for the face.

الهَبَجُnoun

1.
swellingboth
A swelling, particularly in the udder of a she-camel.
2.
mild swellingclassical
The least severe type of swelling, specifically in an udder.

هَبَّجَهُverb

1.
to cause to swellboth
To cause something, like a camel's udder, to swell.

تَهَبَّجَverb

1.
it swelledboth
It became swollen, referring to a body part or an udder.

مُهَبَّجٌadjective

1.
swollenclassical
Describing someone who is swollen, or heavy-spirited.

الهَوْبَجَةُnoun

1.
elevated groundboth
An elevated area of land containing pebbles.
2.
depressed groundboth
A low-lying or depressed area of land.
3.
water catchmentclassical
A depression in the ground dug to collect water, especially in dry areas.

هَبَجَverb

1.
to strike like حبجclassical
To strike something, similar to the verb حبج, meaning to strike.

Parallel reading

ضرب ضربا متتابعا فيه رخاوة

striking with repeated blows that have softness in them

الهبج الضرب بالخشب كما يهبج الكلب إذا قتل

Al-habaj is striking with wood, just as a dog kills when it kills.

وهبجه بالعصا: ضرب منه حيث ما أدرك

And he struck him with a stick: striking him wherever he could reach.

والكلب يهبج: يقتل

And the dog habaja: it kills.

وظبي هبيج: له جدتان في جنبيه بين شعر بطنه وظهره

And a hbeej gazelle: it has two prominent ridges on its sides between the hair of its belly and its back.

وهبج وجه الرجل، فهو هبج: انتفخ وتقبض

And the man's face swelled, so he was hbeej: swollen and contracted.

لا سافر الني مدخول ولا هبج، ... عاري العظام، عليه الودع منظوم

Neither the weak traveler nor the hbeej one, ... bare of bones, adorned with shells.

والهبج كالورم، يكون في ضرع الناقة

And al-habaj is like a swelling, which occurs in the udder of a she-camel.

تقول: هبجه تهبيجا فتهبج أي ورمه فتورم

You say: he caused it to swell (habajahu tahbeejiyan) and it swelled (tahabbaja), meaning he made it swell and it became swollen.

والهبج في الضرع: أهون الورم

And al-habaj in the udder: the mildest of swellings.

والتهبيج شبه الورم في الجسد، يقال: أصبح فلان مهبجا أي مورما

And at-tahbeej is like a swelling in the body; it is said: So-and-so became muhabbaj, meaning swollen.

ورجل مهبج: ثقيل النفس

And a muhabbaj man: heavy-spirited.

والهوبجة: الأرض المرتفعة فيها حصى

And al-hawbajah: the elevated land containing pebbles.

وقيل: هو الموضع المطمئن من الأرض

And it was said: it is the low-lying place of the earth.

وأصبنا هوبجة من رمث إذا كان كثيرا في بطن واد

And we came upon a hawbajah of broom if it was abundant in the bottom of a valley.

الهوبجة: بطن من الأرض مطمئن

Al-hawbajah: a low-lying depression in the earth.

والنضر: الهوبجة أن يحفر في مناقع الماء ثماد يسيلون إليها الماء فتمتلئ

And Al-Nadr said: Al-hawbajah is digging in water sources, creating reservoirs into which they channel water until they fill up.