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همرج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes confusion, mixing, and disorder. It extends to concepts of haste, rapid movement, and the ensuing chaos or strife that results from such mixing.

Derived headwords

هَمْرَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Confusion, mixingboth

    The state of being mixed up, confused, or disordered.

  2. 2.
    Haste, speedclassical

    Characterized by swiftness and rapidity of movement.

  3. 3.
    Strife, seditionclassical

    A state of conflict or disturbance arising from disorder.

هَمْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixing, confusionclassical

    Synonymous with 'hamraja', referring to a state of disorder or intermingling.

  2. 2.
    Strife, seditionclassical

    Represents the conflict or unrest that stems from confusion.

هَمْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To confuse, to mix upclassical

    To cause something to become mixed, disordered, or unclear.

Parallel reading

الهمرجة والهمرج: الالتباس والاختلاط.
Al-hamraja and al-hamraj: confusion and mixing.
وقد همرج عليه الخبر همرجة: خلطه عليه.
And the news was confused for him with confusion: he mixed it up for him.
وقالوا: الغول همرجة من الجن.
And they said: the ghoul is a confusion of the jinn.
والهمرجة: الخفة والسرعة.
And al-hamraja: lightness and speed.
ووقع القوم في همرجة أي اختلاط؛
And the people fell into confusion, meaning mixing.
بينا كذلك، إذ هاجت همرجة
While it was like that, suddenly confusion arose.
والهمرج: الاختلاط والفتنة.
And al-hamraj: mixing and strife.
الهمرجة الاختلاط في المشي.
Al-hamraja is the mixing in walking.