هزج

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns lightness, speed, and a specific type of musical sound or rhythm. It extends to joy, singing, poetic meters, and the sounds of animals and natural phenomena.

Derived headwords

هَزِجٌadjective

1.
light and swiftboth
Describing something characterized by lightness and swiftness in movement, particularly the gait of a horse or the steps of a person.
2.
joyfulboth
Expressing happiness or cheerfulness.
3.
melodious/resonantboth
Referring to a sound that is pleasing, resonant, or has a specific vocal quality.

صبي هزج وفرس هزج — A light and swift boy and a light and swift horse

غدا هزجا طربا قلبه — He went out lighthearted and joyful, his heart exultant

هَزَجَverb

1.
to sing/chantboth
To sing or chant, often with a specific type of melodious or resonant sound.
2.
to move lightly/swiftlyclassical
To move with lightness and speed.

هزج: تغنى — To sing or chant

وقد هزج، بالكسر — And he sang (with a specific vocal quality)

تَهَزَّجَverb

1.
to sing/chantboth
To sing or chant, similar to هزج, often implying a prolonged or embellished vocalization.
2.
to make a resonant soundboth
To produce a prolonged, resonant, or slightly rough sound.

وتهزج: كهزج — And he sang/chanted: like هزج

كأنها جارية تهزج — As if she were a singing/chanting girl

تَهَزُّجٌnoun

1.
singing/chantingboth
The act of singing or chanting, characterized by a specific vocal quality.
2.
prolonged soundboth
A prolonged, resonant, or slightly rough sound, like that of a voice or thunder.

أبو إسحاق: التهزج تردد التحسين في الصوت — Abu Ishaq said: Al-tahazzuj is the repetition of embellishment in the voice.

مُهَزِّجٌadjective

1.
singing/chantingboth
One who sings or chants.
2.
resonant/soundingboth
Describing something that makes a sound, like thunder.

ورعد متهزج: مصوت — And resonant thunder: sounding

ومغن هزج — And a singer who chants/sings

هَزَجٌnoun

1.
joy/cheerfulnessclassical
A state of happiness and cheerfulness.
2.
melodious soundclassical
A pleasing, resonant, or specific type of vocal sound.
3.
poetic meterclassical
A specific meter in Arabic poetry, characterized by its structure and rhythm.

والهزج: الفرح — And al-hazaj: joy

والهزج: صوت مطرب — And al-hazaj: a pleasing sound

أَهْزَاجٌnoun

1.
melodious sounds/songsclassical
Plural of hazaj, referring to pleasing or resonant sounds, often associated with songs or vocalizations.
2.
poetic metersclassical
Plural of hazaj, referring to the specific meters in Arabic poetry.

وكل كلام متقارب متدارك: هزج، والجمع أهزاج — And every closely spaced, connected speech: hazaj, and the plural is ahzaj.

هَزَجَةٌnoun

1.
song/chantclassical
A song or chant, often characterized by a specific rhythm or vocalization.

هَزِيجٌnoun

1.
part of the nightclassical
A portion or segment of the night, similar to a watch or period.
2.
howling soundclassical
A sound of howling, particularly by a wild animal.

ومر هزيج من الليل كهزيع — And a portion of the night passed, like a watch.

من هزج العشي — From the howling of the evening

هَزَامِجُهُnoun

1.
its echoes/reverberationsclassical
The echoes or reverberations of a sound, particularly in the context of vocalization.

هو هزج الصوت هزامجه أي مداركه — He is light of voice, its echoes meaning its responses.

أَبَاذِيجُnoun

1.
songs/melodiesclassical
Plural of abadhij, referring to songs or melodies, likely with a specific rhythmic quality.

بأهازيج من أغانيها الجشش — With songs/melodies from its loud songs

هَزَجَverb

1.
to howlclassical
To make a loud, prolonged cry or sound, like a wolf or other wild animal.

هر جنيب، كلما عطفت له ... غضبى، اتقاها باليدين وبالفم قال: هزج كثير العواء بالليل — A wild ass, whenever a she-camel turned towards it... it protected itself with its hands and mouth, saying: it howls a lot at night

هَزَجَ الصَّوْتَverb phrase

1.
to make the sound resonateclassical
To cause a sound to be prolonged, resonant, or to have a specific vocal quality.

وقد هزج الصوت — And the sound was made to resonate.

تَهْزِيجٌnoun

1.
prolonging soundclassical
The act of prolonging a sound, giving it resonance or a specific vocal quality.

يهزج الصوت تهزيجا — Making the sound resonate.

رَعْدٌ مُتَهَزِّجٌnoun phrase

1.
sounding thunderclassical
Thunder that makes a loud, resonant, or prolonged sound.

ورعد متهزج: مصوت — And resonant thunder: sounding

عُودٌ هَزِجٌnoun phrase

1.
resonant luteclassical
A lute that produces a resonant or melodious sound.

وعود هزج — And a resonant lute

هَزَجٌnoun

1.
howlingclassical
The act of howling, especially by a wild animal.
2.
buzzing/whizzingclassical
The sound made by small flying insects like flies or gnats.

والوزج: دونه، وقد استعمل ابن الأعرابي الهزج في معنى العواء — And al-wazaj is less than it; Ibn al-A'rabi used al-hazaj to mean howling.

والجوهري: الهزج صوت الرعل والذبان — And al-Jauhari said: Al-hazaj is the sound of locusts and flies.

هَزَجَverb

1.
to buzz/whizzclassical
To make a buzzing or whizzing sound, like that of flying insects.

من هزج العشي، مؤوم — From the buzzing of the evening, a fly

تَهَزَّجَتْverb

1.
to make a soundclassical
To make a sound, specifically referring to a bow making a noise when an arrow is released.

وتهزجت القوس إذا صوتت عند إنباض الرمي عنها — And the bow made a sound when it twanged upon releasing the arrow.

هَزَجٌnoun

1.
a specific soundclassical
A particular type of sound, possibly a whizzing or buzzing noise.

أدبر الشيطان وله هزج — Satan turned away, and he had a certain sound.

وَزَجٌnoun

1.
a lesser soundclassical
A sound that is less intense or significant than 'hazaj'.

والوزج: دونه — And al-wazaj: less than it.

Parallel reading

الخفة وسرعة وقع القوائم ووضعها.

Lightness and the swiftness of the striking and placing of the hooves.

صبي هزج وفرس هزج

A light and swift boy and a light and swift horse

غدا هزجا طربا قلبه، ... لغبن، وأصبح لم يلغب

He went out lighthearted and joyful, his heart exultant, ... he was not deceived, and he woke up not having been cheated.

والهزج: الفرح.

And al-hazaj: joy.

والهزج: صوت مطرب؛ وقيل: صوت فيه بحح؛ وقيل: صوت دقيق مع ارتفاع.

And al-hazaj: a pleasing sound; and it was said: a sound with hoarseness; and it was said: a thin sound with elevation.

وكل كلام متقارب متدارك: هزج، والجمع أهزاج.

And every closely spaced, connected speech: hazaj, and the plural is ahzaj.

وهو مفاعيلن مفاعيلن، على هذا البناء كله أربعة أجزاء، سمي بذلك لتقارب أجزائه، وهو مسدس الأصل، حملا على صاحبيه في الدائرة، وهما الرجز والرمل إذ تركيب كل واحد منهما من وتد مجموع وسببين خفيفين.

And it is mafa'ilun mafa'ilun, on this structure all four parts, named so because of the closeness of its parts, and it is a hexameter in origin, analogous to its two companions in the circle, which are al-rajaz and al-ramal, as the composition of each of them is from a metrical foot (watad majmu') and two light syllables (sabab khafif).

وهزج: تغنى؛ قال يزيد بن الأعور الشيبي: كأن شنا هزجا، وشنا ... قعقعة، مهزج تغنى وتهزج: كهزج.

And hazaj: to sing; Yazid bin al-A'war al-Shaybi said: As if two waterskins were singing, and two waterskins ... rattling, mahzaj singing and tahazzaj: like hazaj.

والهزج: من الأغاني وفيه ترنم؛ وقد هزج، بالكسر، وتهزج؛ قال الشاعر: كأنها جارية تهزج

And al-hazaj: from the songs and it has a trill; and he sang (with a specific vocal quality), and he chanted; a poet said: As if she were a singing/chanting girl

أبو إسحاق: التهزج تردد التحسين في الصوت؛ وقيل: التهزج صوت مطول غير رفيع؛ أنشد ابن الأعرابي: كأن صوت حليها المناطق ... تهزج الرياح بالعشارق

Abu Ishaq said: Al-tahazzuj is the repetition of embellishment in the voice; and it was said: Al-tahazzuj is a prolonged sound not high-pitched; Ibn al-A'rabi recited: As if the sound of her jewelry was speaking... the wind chanting/prolonging its sound in the east.

ورعد متهزج: مصوت.

And resonant thunder: sounding.

وقد هزج الصوت.

And the sound was made to resonate.

وعود هزج، ومغن هزج: يهزج الصوت تهزيجا.

And a resonant lute, and a singer who chants: making the sound resonate with a prolonged sound.

والهزج: تدارك الصوت في خفة وسرعة؛ يقال: هو هزج الصوت هزامجه أي مداركه.

And al-hazaj: the catching up of sound with lightness and speed; it is said: he is light of voice, its echoes meaning its responses.

وكأنما تنأى بجانب دفها الوحشي، ... من هزج العشي، مؤوم

And as if it were moving away with the side of its wild flank, ... from the buzzing/howling of the evening, a fly/wild ass

وتهزجت القوس إذا صوتت عند إنباض الرمي عنها؛ قال الكميت: لم يعب ربها ولا الناس منها، ... غير إنذارها عليه الحميرا بأهازيج من أغانيها الجشش، ... وإتباعها النحيب الزفيرا

And the bow made a sound when it twanged upon releasing the arrow; Al-Kumait said: Its lord and the people did not blame it, ... except for its warning to the donkeys with songs/melodies from its loud songs, ... and its following of the wailing and the sighing.

أدبر الشيطان وله هزج، وفي رواية: وزج.

Satan turned away, and he had a certain sound (hazaj), and in another narration: a lesser sound (wazaj).

الهزج: الرنة. والوزج: دونه، وقد استعمل ابن الأعرابي الهزج في معنى العواء؛ وأنشد بيت عنترة: وكأنما تنأى بجانب دفها الوحشي، ... من هزج العشي، مؤوم

Al-hazaj: the ringing sound. And al-wazaj: less than it. And Ibn al-A'rabi used al-hazaj to mean howling; and he recited the verse of Antarah: And as if it were moving away with the side of its wild flank, ... from the howling of the evening, a fly/wild ass

ومر هزيج من الليل كهزيع.

And a portion of the night passed, like a watch.

الجوهري: الهزج صوت الرعل والذبان.

Al-Jauhari said: Al-hazaj is the sound of locusts and flies.