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حنظ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to speaking ill of someone, denouncing them, or using foul language. It also extends to giving someone a gift or payment, and includes variations that are considered augmentations of a triliteral root.

Derived headwords

حَنَظَىٰ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    denounce, speak ill ofboth

    To denounce someone or speak ill of them, making them hear unpleasant things.

حَنَظِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-mouthed, abusiveboth

    Describing a man who is foul-mouthed and uses abusive language.

حَنَذِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-mouthed, abusiveboth

    Describing a man who is foul-mouthed and uses abusive language. This is a variant spelling.

خَنَذِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-mouthed, abusiveboth

    Describing a man who is foul-mouthed and uses abusive language. This is a variant spelling.

عَنَظِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-mouthed, abusiveboth

    Describing a man who is foul-mouthed and uses abusive language. This is a variant spelling.

تَحَنَّظِيverb
  1. 1.
    be foul-mouthedboth

    A woman is described as 'tahannazee' if she is vulgar and foul-mouthed.

تَحَنَّذِيverb
  1. 1.
    be foul-mouthedboth

    A woman is described as 'tahanzee' if she is vulgar and foul-mouthed. This is a variant spelling.

تَعَنْظِيverb
  1. 1.
    be foul-mouthedboth

    A woman is described as 'ta'anzee' if she is vulgar and foul-mouthed. This is a variant spelling.

حَنَظَىٰverb
  1. 1.
    augment, be augmentedclassical

    Considered as an augmented quadriliteral verb, derived from a triliteral root, with the 'n' being an addition.

حَنَذَىٰverb
  1. 1.
    augment, be augmentedclassical

    Considered as an augmented quadriliteral verb, derived from a triliteral root, with the 'n' being an addition. This is a variant spelling.

عَنَظَىٰverb
  1. 1.
    augment, be augmentedclassical

    Considered as an augmented quadriliteral verb, derived from a triliteral root, with the 'n' being an addition. This is a variant spelling.

أَحْنَظَverb
  1. 1.
    give a gift or paymentboth

    To give someone a gift or a payment (wages/fee).

Parallel reading

حنظى به أي ندد به وأسمعه المكروه
He denounced him, meaning he spoke ill of him and made him hear unpleasant things.
وهو رجل حنظيان إذا كان فحاشا
And he is a 'hanziyan' man if he is foul-mouthed.
وقد حكي ذلك بالخاء أيضا
And that has also been narrated with the letter 'kha'.
رجل حنظيان وحنذيان وخنذيان وعنظيان إذا كان فحاشا
A man is called 'hanziyan', 'hanziyan', 'khunziyan', and 'anziyan' if he is foul-mouthed.
ويقال للمرأة هي تحنظي وتحنذي وتعنظي إذا كانت بذية فحاشة
And it is said of a woman that she 'tahannazi', 'tahanzi', and 'ta'anzi' if she is vulgar and foul-mouthed.
وحنظى وحنذى وعنظى ملحقات بالرباعي وأصلها ثلاثي والنون فيها زائدة كأن الأصل فيها معتل
And 'hanza', 'hanza', and 'anza' are augmentations to the quadriliteral form, though their origin is triliteral, and the 'n' in them is extra, as if the original root was defective.
أحنظت الرجل أعطيته صلة أو أجرة
I gave the man a gift or a payment.