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هبرج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of animal, specifically a bull or an old gazelle. It also extends to describe a manner of walking characterized by mixing or swaggering, and a long-tailed, proud gait.

Derived headwords

الهِبْرِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Bullboth

    A male bovine animal.

  2. 2.
    Old gazelleclassical

    An aged male gazelle.

الهَبْرَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixed gaitclassical

    A manner of walking characterized by a mixing or irregularity of steps.

هَبْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To walk with a mixed gaitclassical

    To walk in a manner where the steps are mixed or irregular, possibly implying swagger.

هَبْرَجadjective
  1. 1.
    Swaggering, long-tailedclassical

    Describing someone who walks with a proud, swaggering gait and has a long tail.

Parallel reading

الهبرج: الثور، وهو أيضا المسن من الظباء.
Al-habraj: the bull, and it is also the old male of gazelles.
وهو أيضا المسن من الظباء.
And it is also the old male of gazelles.
والهبرجة: اختلاط في المشي؛
And al-habraja: mixing in walking;
يتبعن ذيالا موشى هبرجا
following a patterned, swaggering tail.
الهبرج والموشى واحد؛
Al-habraj and al-mushawwa are one;
سألت الأصمعي مرة: أي شيء هبرج؟
I asked Al-Asma'i once: What is habraja?
قال: يخلط في مشيه.
He said: He mixes in his walking.
الهبرج المختال الذيال، الطويل الذنب.
Al-habraj is the swaggering, proud one, the long-tailed one.