همز

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root همز (hamaza) primarily denotes actions of pressing, pushing, nudging, or prodding. This extends to figurative senses like speaking ill of someone, whispering temptations, or even the physical act of a letter being pronounced with a glottal stop.

Derived headwords

هَمَزَverb

1.
to nudge, prodboth
To press or push something gently, often with a finger or a tool, to get a reaction or move it.
2.
to push, strikeboth
To give a forceful push or strike to someone or something.
3.
to backbite, slanderboth
To speak ill of someone behind their back, to criticize or defame them.
4.
to whisper (temptation)classical
To instill evil suggestions or temptations into someone's heart, like the whispering of Satan.
5.
to press (a letter)classical
To pronounce a letter with a glottal stop or a slight pressure.

همز رأسه يهمزه همزا: غمزه — He nudged his head, nudging it with a nudging.

همز الجوزة بيده يهمزها: كذلك — He nudged the walnut with his hand, nudging it: likewise.

همز الدابة يهمزها همزا: غمزها — He nudged the animal, nudging it: he prodded it.

همزت الحرف فانهمز — I pressed the letter and it was pressed.

همزه: دفعه وضربه — He pushed him: he shoved and struck him.

همز الشيطان الإنسان همزا: همس في قلبه وسواسا — Satan's whispering to a person: he whispered temptation into his heart.

هَمْزnoun

1.
nudging, proddingboth
The act of pressing, pushing, or nudging something.
2.
backbiting, slanderboth
The act of speaking ill of someone behind their back; defamation.
3.
temptation, suggestionclassical
Evil whispers or suggestions, particularly those from Satan.
4.
pressing (a letter)classical
The pronunciation of a letter with a glottal stop.
5.
breaking, crushingclassical
The act of breaking or crushing something.

والهمز مثل الغمز والضغط — And hamz is like ghams and dght (pressing).

والهمز مثل اللمز — And hamz is like lamz (slander).

والهمز: النخس والغمز — And hamz: the prodding and the nudging.

والهمز: الغيبة والوقيعة في الناس وذكر عيوبهم — And hamz: the backbiting and the speaking ill of people and mentioning their faults.

والهمز: الكسر — And hamz: the breaking.

مَهْمَازnoun

1.
prod, goadclassical
A tool used to prod or urge animals forward, often a stick with a sharp point.
2.
iron rod (for horses)classical
A rod, often with an iron tip, used by horse trainers to urge animals.
3.
iron in a horse's shoeclassical
An iron piece attached to the back of a horse's hoof, used by a trainer.

والمهماز: ما همزت به — And the mahmaz: what you prod with.

والمهماز: حديدة تكون في مؤخر خف الرائض — And the mahmaz: an iron piece that is in the back of the trainer's horse's hoof.

مَهْمَزَةnoun

1.
prod, goadclassical
A stick with an iron tip used to prod animals, especially donkeys.
2.
whip, goadclassical
A whip or goad used by animal drivers to make them move faster.

واحدتها مهمزة، وهي عصا في رأسها حديدة ينخس بها الحمار — Its singular is mahmaza, and it is a stick with an iron tip used to prod the donkey.

واحدتها مهمزة، وهي المقرعة — Its singular is mahmaza, and it is the goad.

مَهْمَزnoun

1.
prod, goadclassical
A tool used for prodding or urging animals, similar to a 'mahmz'.
2.
iron in a horse's shoeclassical
An iron piece attached to the back of a horse's hoof, used by a trainer.

والمهمز والمهماز: حديدة تكون في مؤخر خف الرائض — And the mahmaz and the mahmaz: an iron piece that is in the back of the trainer's horse's hoof.

هَمَّازadjective

1.
backbiter, slandererboth
One who habitually speaks ill of others behind their backs, a defamer.
2.
gossiperclassical
One who spreads rumors or speaks negatively about others in their absence.

والهامز والهماز: العياب — And the hamiz and the hammaz: the fault-finder.

والهماز والهمزة: الذي يخلف الناس من ورائهم ويأكل لحومهم — And the hammaz and the hamza: he who slanders people behind their backs and eats their flesh.

هماز مشاء بنميم — A slanderer, one who walks about spreading malicious gossip.

هَمْزَةnoun

1.
backbiter, slandererboth
A woman who habitually speaks ill of others behind their backs.
2.
gossiperclassical
A woman who spreads rumors or speaks negatively about others in their absence.
3.
glottal stopclassical
The sound produced by a glottal stop, a feature of certain letters.
4.
dimple, hollowclassical
A small indentation or hollow, like a dimple.

ورجل همزة وامرأة همزة أيضا — And a man hamza and a woman hamza also.

ويل لكل همزة لمزة — Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.

والهمزة: النقرة كالهزمة — And the hamza: the dimple like the hazma.

هَمَزَاتnoun

1.
whispers, temptationsclassical
The evil suggestions or temptations that Satan instills in a person's heart.

من همزه ونفثه ونفخه — from his hamz (whispers), nafth (poetry), and nafkh (arrogance).

هَمْزَىadjective

1.
forceful (bow)classical
Describing a bow that forcefully propels an arrow.

قوس هموز وهمزى، على فعلى: شديدة الدفع والحفز للسهم — A hamuz and hamza bow, on the pattern of 'uf'la: strongly pushing and urging the arrow.

هَمِيزnoun

1.
whisper, temptationclassical
A subtle whisper or temptation, especially from an evil source.

هَمِيزَةnoun

1.
whisper, temptationclassical
A subtle whisper or temptation, especially from an evil source.

هُمَازname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name mentioned in the text.

وهُمَيز وهماز: اسمان، والله أعلم — And Humayz and Humaz: two names, and Allah knows best.

هُمَيْزname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name mentioned in the text.

وهُمَيز وهماز: اسمان، والله أعلم — And Humayz and Humaz: two names, and Allah knows best.

Parallel reading

همز رأسه يهمزه همزا: غمزه

He nudged his head, nudging it with a nudging: he prodded it.

وقد همزت الشيء في كفي؛ قال رؤبة: ومن همزنا رأسه تهشما

And I pressed the thing in my palm; Ru'ba said: And from those whose heads we nudged until they were crushed.

وهمز الجوزة بيده يهمزها: كذلك.

And he nudged the walnut with his hand, nudging it: likewise.

وهمز الدابة يهمزها همزا: غمزها.

And he nudged the animal, nudging it with a nudging: he prodded it.

والمهماز: ما همزت به؛ قال الشماخ: أقام الثقاف والطريدة درأها، ... كما قومت ضغن الشموس المهامز أراد المهاميز، فحذف الياء ضرورة.

And the mahmaz: what you prod with; Al-Shammakh said: He set up the shaping and the chase, their defense, ... just as I straightened the malice of the prodded suns. He intended the prods, so he omitted the 'ya' out of necessity.

والهمز مثل الغمز والضغط، ومنه الهمز في الكلام لأنه يضغط.

And hamz is like ghams and dght (pressing), and from it is hamz in speech because it is pressed.

وقد همزت الحرف فانهمز

And I pronounced the letter with a glottal stop and it was pronounced with a glottal stop.

والهمز مثل اللمز.

And hamz is like lamz (slander).

وهمزه: دفعه وضربه.

And he pushed him: he shoved and struck him.

وهمزته ولمزته ولهزته ونهزته إذا دفعته؛ قال رؤبة: ومن همزنا عزه تبركعا ... على استه زوبعة، أو زوبعا

And I pushed him, slandered him, nudged him, and poked him if I pushed him; Ru'ba said: And from those whose pride we pushed until they prostrated themselves... on their buttocks a whirlwind, or a whirlwind.

والهامز والهماز: العياب.

And the hamiz and the hammaz: the fault-finder.

والهماز والهمزة: الذي يخلف الناس من ورائهم ويأكل لحومهم، وهو مثل العيبة، يكون ذلك بالشدق والعين والرأس.

And the hammaz and the hamza: he who slanders people behind their backs and eats their flesh, and it is like a pouch; this occurs with the cheek, the eye, and the head.

وفي التنزيل العزيز: هماز مشاء بنميم ؛ وفيه أيضا: ويل لكل همزة لمزة ، وكذلك امرأة همزة لمزة

And in the Noble Qur'an: A slanderer, one who walks about spreading malicious gossip; and also: Woe to every slanderer and backbiter, and likewise a woman slanderer and backbiter.

والهمز: الغض، والهمز الكسر، والهمز العيب.

And hamz: anger, and hamz: breaking, and hamz: defect.

روي عن أبي العباس في قوله تعالى: ويل لكل همزة لمزة ؛ قال: هو المشاء بالنميمة المفرق بين الجماعة المغري بين الأحبة.

It is narrated from Abu al-Abbas regarding His saying: 'Woe to every slanderer and backbiter'; he said: It is he who walks about spreading gossip, sowing discord among a group, and inciting hatred between loved ones.

وهمز الشيطان الإنسان همزا: همس في قلبه وسواسا.

And Satan's whispering to a person: he whispered temptation into his heart.

اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الشيطان الرجيم من همزه ونفثه ونفخه

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursed Satan, from his hamz (whispers), nafth (poetry), and nafkh (arrogance).

قال أبو عبيد: الموتة الجنون، قال: وإنما سماه همزا لأنه جعله من النخس والغمز.

Abu Ubaid said: Al-mawta is madness, he said: And he only called it hamz because he made it from prodding and nudging.

والهمز: العصر.

And hamz: the pressing.

والهمز: النخس والغمز.

And hamz: the prodding and the nudging.

والهمز: الغيبة والوقيعة في الناس وذكر عيوبهم؛ وقد همز يهمز، فهو هماز وهمزة للمبالغة.

And hamz: the backbiting and the speaking ill of people and mentioning their faults; and he hamz, he hamz, so he is a hammaz and a hamza for exaggeration.

والهمزة: النقرة كالهزمة، وقيل هو المكان المنخ س ف؛ عن كراع.

And the hamza: the dimple like the hazma, and it is said to be the place that is prodded; according to Kra'a.

والهمزة من الحروف: معروفة، وسميت الهمزة لأنها تهمز فتهت فتنهمز عن مخرجها، يقال: هو يهت هتا إذا تكلم بالهمز، وقد تقدم الكلام على الهمزة في أول حرف الهمزة أول الكتاب.

And the hamza from the letters: it is known, and it is called hamza because it is pressed, it opens, and it is released from its place of articulation. It is said: he pronounces with a glottal stop if he speaks with hamz, and the discussion of hamza has preceded at the beginning of the letter hamza at the beginning of the book.

وهَمْزَى: موضع.

And Hamza: a place.

وهُمَيْز وهماز: اسمان، والله أعلم.

And Humayz and Humaz: two names, and Allah knows best.