هجع

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sleep, particularly sleeping at night. It extends to related ideas like a light nap, a portion of the night, and metaphorically, to being heedless or foolish due to a lack of awareness, akin to being asleep.

Derived headwords

هَجَعَverb

1.
to sleepboth
To sleep, particularly at night.
2.
to be heedlessclassical
To be foolish, unaware, or negligent, as if asleep.

هَجُوعٌnoun

1.
sleepboth
The act of sleeping, especially at night.
2.
heedlessnessclassical
A state of being foolish or unaware.

هَجَعَverb

1.
to sleep (night)both
To sleep specifically during the night.

هَجَعَverb

1.
to sleep (not necessarily)classical
To sleep, though it can also refer to a state of being awake but unaware, as in the poetic example.

قَفْرٌ هَجَعْتُ بِهَا وَلَسْتُ بِنَائِمٍ — A desolate place where I was heedless (or slept lightly) and was not sleeping

هَجَعٌnoun

1.
sleeping peopleboth
A group of people who are sleeping.
2.
heedless peopleclassical
A group of people who are foolish or unaware.

هُجُوعٌnoun

1.
sleeping peopleboth
A group of people who are sleeping.
2.
heedless peopleclassical
A group of people who are foolish or unaware.

هُوَاجِعَاتٌnoun

1.
sleeping womenboth
A plural for women who are sleeping.
2.
heedless womenclassical
A plural for women who are foolish or unaware.

هَوَاجِعَاتٌnoun

1.
sleeping women (collective)classical
A plural of a plural, referring to many sleeping women.

تَهْجَاعٌnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A brief or light nap.

فَمَا أُطْعِمُ نَوْمًا غَيْرَ تَهْجَاعٍ — I do not taste sleep except for a light nap

هَجَّعَverb

1.
to sleep (plural)both
The people slept.

هَجِيعٌnoun

1.
part of the nightboth
A portion or segment of the night, similar to 'hazee'.

وَمَرَّ هَجِيعٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ — And a portion of the night passed

هَجْعَةٌnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A light sleep or nap.
2.
part of the nightboth
A segment of the night.

أَتَيْتُ فُلَانًا بَعْدَ هَجْعَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ — I came to so-and-so after a light sleep from the beginning of the night

هَجْعَةٌnoun

1.
heedless personclassical
A foolish, unaware, or easily deceived person.

مَهْجَعٌnoun

1.
heedless personclassical
A foolish, unaware, or easily deceived person.

هَجَعَةٌadjective

1.
heedlessclassical
Foolish, unaware, or easily deceived.

هَجَعٌadjective

1.
heedlessclassical
Foolish, unaware, or easily deceived.

هَجَعَverb

1.
to be hungry (weakly)classical
To have one's hunger subside slightly, not fully satisfied.

هَجَعَ جُوعُهُ — His hunger subsided

هَجَأَverb

1.
to be hungry (weakly)classical
To have one's hunger subside slightly, not fully satisfied.

هَجَأَ جُوعُهُ — His hunger subsided

هَجَعَverb

1.
to be hungry (weakly)classical
To have one's hunger subside slightly, not fully satisfied.

هَجَعَ غَرْثُهُ — His hunger subsided

هَجَأَverb

1.
to be hungry (weakly)classical
To have one's hunger subside slightly, not fully satisfied.

هَجَأَ غَرْثُهُ — His hunger subsided

أَهْجَعَverb

1.
to quell hungerclassical
To cause one's hunger to subside or become quiet.

أَهْجَعَ فُلَانٌ غَرْثَهُ — So-and-so quelled his hunger

مَهْجَعٌname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name for a man.

Parallel reading

الهجوع: النوم ليلا.

Al-hujoo': sleeping at night.

هجع يهجع هجوعا: نام، وقيل نام بالليل خاصة

Haja'a yahja'u hujoo'an: he slept, and it is said he slept specifically at night.

وقد يكون الهجوع بغير نوم؛ قال زهير بن أبي سلمى: قفر هجعت بها ولست بنائم

And al-hujoo' can be without sleep; Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma said: A desolate place where I was heedless (or slept lightly) and was not sleeping.

وقوم هجع وهجوع، ونساء هجع وهجوع وهواجع، وهواجعات جمع الجمع.

And a people who are sleeping (or heedless) and are sleeping (or heedless), and women who are sleeping (or heedless) and are sleeping (or heedless) and are sleeping (or heedless), and 'hawaji'at' is the plural of the plural.

والتهجاع: النومة الخفيفة؛ قال أبو قيس بن الأسلت: قد حصت البيضة رأسي، فما ... أطعم نوما غير تهجاع

And al-tahjaa': the light nap; Abu Qays bin Al-Aslat said: The helmet has struck my head, so I do not taste sleep except for a light nap.

وهجع القوم تهجيعا أي نوموا.

And the people slept (taḥjee'an), meaning they slept.

ومر هجيع من الليل أي ساعة مثل هزيع؛ حكي عن ثعلب.

And a portion of the night (haje') passed, meaning an hour like hazee'; narrated from Tha'lab.

ويقال: أتيت فلانا بعد هجعة أي بعد نومة خفيفة من أول الليل.

And it is said: I came to so-and-so after a nap (haj'ah), meaning after a light sleep from the beginning of the night.

وفي حديث الثوري: طرقني بعد هجع من الليل ؛

And in the narration of Al-Thawri: He came to me after a portion of the night (haj'in) had passed;

الهجع والهجعة والهجيع: طائفة من الليل، والهجعة منه كالجلسة من الجلوس.

Al-haja', al-haj'ah, and al-haje': a portion of the night, and al-haj'ah is from it like al-jalsah is from al-juloos.

ابن الأعرابي: يقال للرجل الأحمق الغافل عما يراد به هجع وهجعة وهجعة ومهجع، وأصله من الهجوع النوم.

Ibn Al-A'rabi: It is said of a foolish, unaware man, oblivious to what is intended for him, that he is 'haja'', 'haj'ah', 'haj'ah', and 'mahja'', and its origin is from al-hujoo' (sleep).

ورجل هجعة، مثل همزة، وهجع ومهجع للغافل الأحمق السريع الاستنامة إلى كل أحد.

And a man is 'haj'ah', like 'hamzah', and 'haja'' and 'mahja'' for the foolish, unaware person who is quick to trust everyone.

والهجع: الأحمق.

And 'al-haja'': the foolish person.

وهجع جوعه مثل هجأ إذا انكسر ولم يشبع بعد.

And his hunger subsided (haja'a) like 'haja'a' if it was broken and not yet satisfied.

وهجع غرثه وهجأ إذا سكن.

And his hunger subsided (haja'a) and (haja'a) if it quieted down.

وأهجع فلان غرثه إذا سكن ضرمه مثل أهجأ.

And so-and-so quelled his hunger (ahja'a) if its burning subsided, like 'ahja'a'.