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هيع

Root entry · 49 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes fear, panic, and extreme anxiety, often leading to weakness or rashness. It also extends to meanings of eagerness, especially for evil, and can describe sounds associated with fear or distress. Additionally, it encompasses concepts of spaciousness, expansion, and flowing, particularly in relation to land and liquids.

Derived headwords

هاعَ يَهيعُverb
  1. 1.
    to be fearful and panickedboth

    To experience fear and panic, often to the point of weakness or distress.

  2. 2.
    to be greedyclassical

    To become excessively eager or greedy for something.

  3. 3.
    to be hungry and complainclassical

    To suffer from hunger and express distress or complaint about it.

  4. 4.
    to be exasperatedclassical

    To become weary or exasperated, especially from hunger or other hardship.

وَيَهيعُverb
  1. 1.
    to be fearful and panickedclassical

    An alternative form of the verb 'ha'a' indicating fear and panic.

هَيَعاًnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicboth

    The state of being fearful and panicked.

  2. 2.
    greedclassical

    Intense desire or greed.

  3. 3.
    hunger and complaintclassical

    Suffering from hunger and complaining about it.

وَهاعاًnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) denoting fear and panic.

وَهَيوعاًnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) denoting fear and panic.

وَهيعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicboth

    The state of being fearful and panicked.

  2. 2.
    sound of alarmboth

    A cry or sound indicating alarm or fear.

  3. 3.
    confusionclassical

    A state of bewilderment or confusion.

  4. 4.
    wide and openclassical

    Describing a place that is wide and open.

وَهَيْعَاناًnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicboth

    A masdar (verbal noun) denoting fear and panic.

  2. 2.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing or spreading out.

  3. 3.
    meltingclassical

    The process of melting, especially of lead.

وَهَيْعُوعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) denoting intense fear and panic.

هَائِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fearful and panickedboth

    Describing someone who is fearful, panicked, and weak.

  2. 2.
    eager for evilclassical

    Eager or quick to engage in evil or mischief.

  3. 3.
    flowingclassical

    Describing something that is flowing or spreading out.

لَائِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fearful and weakclassical

    Describing someone who is fearful, weak, and distressed.

هَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fearful and weak personclassical

    A woman who is fearful, weak, and distressed.

هَوْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicclassical

    The state of being fearful and panicked.

  2. 2.
    enmityclassical

    Hostility or enmity.

  3. 3.
    intense greedclassical

    Extreme eagerness or greed.

مِنْهَاعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eager for evilclassical

    Quick and eager to do evil or cause trouble.

مُتَهَيِّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    confused and bewilderedclassical

    In a state of confusion and bewilderment.

تَيْعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eager for evilclassical

    Quick and eager to do evil.

مُتَتَيِّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eager for evilclassical

    Quick and eager to do evil.

تِرْعَانٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eager for evilclassical

    Quick and eager to do evil.

تِرْعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eager for evilclassical

    Quick and eager to do evil.

الهَيْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of alarmboth

    The cry of someone in fear or distress, or a sound that causes fear.

  2. 2.
    panicclassical

    The state of panic or extreme fear.

الهَائِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loud soundboth

    A loud, sharp sound, often associated with alarm or distress.

وَاعِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loud soundclassical

    A loud, strong sound, similar to 'ha'i'ah'.

هَعَتَ أَهَاعُverb
  1. 1.
    to be distressedclassical

    To be distressed or agitated, especially from love or grief.

لَعَتَ أَلَاعُverb
  1. 1.
    to be distressedclassical

    To be distressed or agitated.

هَيَعَاناًnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicclassical

    The state of fear and panic.

  2. 2.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing or spreading.

لَيَعَاناًnoun
  1. 1.
    distressclassical

    The state of being distressed or agitated.

هَاعَnoun
  1. 1.
    fear and panicclassical

    The state of fear and panic.

هَاعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fearful and weakclassical

    Describing a person who is fearful, weak, and greedy.

هَاعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    fearful and weakclassical

    Describing a woman who is fearful, weak, and greedy.

الهَيْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    confusionclassical

    A state of bewilderment or confusion.

مُتَهَيِّعadjective
  1. 1.
    confused and bewilderedclassical

    Bewildered or confused.

الهَائِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loud soundclassical

    A loud sound, especially one that causes alarm.

هَيْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    alarm or indecencyclassical

    Anything that causes alarm, such as a frightening sound or a widely spread indecency.

هَعَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be distressed by love or griefclassical

    To be overcome with love or grief.

أَرْضٌ هَيْعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    wide and spaciousclassical

    Describing land that is wide and spread out.

هَاعَ الشَّيءُverb
  1. 1.
    to widen and spreadclassical

    For something to become wide and spread out.

طَرِيقٌ مَهيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    clear and wide pathclassical

    A path that is clear, wide, and easy to follow.

مَهَايِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    wide pathsclassical

    Plural of 'mahi'' meaning wide and clear paths.

بَلَدٌ مَهيعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    spacious landclassical

    Describing a land that is wide and extensive.

تَهَيَّعَ السَّرابُverb
  1. 1.
    to spread outclassical

    For mirages to spread out or appear on the ground.

انْهَاعَ انْهِياعاًverb
  1. 1.
    to spread outclassical

    To spread out or expand, especially on the ground.

الهَيْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing liquidclassical

    The flowing of a liquid poured on the ground, like 'may'ah'.

ماءٌ هَائِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    flowing waterclassical

    Water that is flowing or spreading.

هَاعَ الشَّيءُverb
  1. 1.
    to meltclassical

    To melt or dissolve, specifically used for lead melting in a smelter.

رَصَاصٌ هَائِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    melting leadclassical

    Lead that is melting in a smelter.

هَاعَتِ الإِبِلُverb
  1. 1.
    to head towards waterclassical

    When camels are heading towards water, desiring it.

هَائِعَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    heading towards waterclassical

    Camels that are heading towards water.

مَهْيَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place near Juhfahclassical

    A place near the miqat of Juhfah.

مَهْيَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Juhfahclassical

    The miqat station for the people of Sham, also known as Juhfah.

  2. 2.
    wide pathclassical

    A wide, open path.

المَهْيَعnoun
  1. 1.
    the right pathclassical

    The broad, well-trodden path; the right way.

Parallel reading

جبن وفزع، وقيل: استخف عند الجزع
Fear and panic, and it is said: to act rashly when panicking.
إذا جعلت خور الرجال تهيع
When the weak men become cowardly and panic.
ورجل هائع لائع، وهاع لاع، وهاع لاع على القلب، كل ذلك إتباع أي جبان ضعيف جزوع
And a man is fearful, weak, and distressed; fearful and heedless; fearful and distressed in his heart; all of this is an echoic term meaning cowardly, weak, and easily panicked.
الهاع الجزوع، واللاع الموجع
Al-ha' is the easily panicked, and al-la' is the one in pain.
ردها فقد جزعت نفسك في أثرها
Return your gift, for your soul has become panicked in pursuit of it.
ويقال: هاعت نفسه هوعا أي ازدادت حرصا
And it is said: his soul became greedy, meaning it increased in greed.
فلان منهاع إلي ومتهيع وتيع ومتتيع وترعان وترع أي سريع إلى الشر
So-and-so is eager for evil towards me, and confused, and eager for evil, and eager for evil, and eager for evil, and eager for evil, meaning quick to do evil.
الهيعة: صوت الصارخ للفزع، وقيل: الهيعة الصوت الذي تفزع منه وتخافه من عدو
Al-hai'ah: the cry of one screaming in panic, and it is said: al-hai'ah is the sound that causes you to panic and fear from an enemy.
خير الناس رجل ممسك بعنان فرسه في سبيل الله كلما سمع هيعة طار إليها
The best of people is a man holding the reins of his horse in the path of God; whenever he hears a cry of alarm, he rushes to it.
كنت عند عمر فسمع الهائعة فقال: ما هذا؟ فقيل: انصرف الناس من الوتر ، يعني الصياح والضجة
I was with Umar when he heard a loud noise and said: What is this? It was said: The people are leaving the Witr prayer, meaning the shouting and clamor.
الهائعة والواعية الصوت الشديد
Al-ha'i'ah and al-wa'iyah are the loud sounds.
وهاع الرجل يهيع ويهاع هيعا وهيعانا وهاعا وهيعة، الأخيرة عن اللحياني: جاع فجزع وشكا
And a man fears and panics, and fears and panics, with fear and panic, and fear and panic, and fear and panic, and fear and panic, the last from Al-Lihyani: he became hungry, panicked, and complained.
والهاع سوء الحرص مع الضعف، والفعل كالفعل، يقال: هاع يهاع هيعة وهاعا
And al-ha' is bad greed along with weakness, and the verb is like the verb; it is said: he fears and panics with fear and panic.
الكيس والقوة خير من الإشفاق ... والفهة والهاع
Prudence and strength are better than apprehension... and foolishness and fear.
ورجل هاع وامرأة هاعة
And a man is fearful and weak, and a woman is fearful and weak.
والهيعة: كالحيرة
And al-hai'ah is like confusion.
ورجل متهيع: متحير
And a man who is 'mutahayyi'' is confused.
والهائعة: الصوت الشديد
And al-ha'i'ah is the loud sound.
الهيعة: كل ما أفزعك من صوت أو فاحشة تشاع
Al-hai'ah: everything that frightens you, whether a sound or a widely spread indecency.
إن يسمعوا هيعة طاروا بها فرحا ... مني، وما سمعوا من صالح دفنوا
If they hear a cry of alarm, they fly with joy because of it from me, but what they hear of good deeds, they bury.
هعت أهاع هيعا من الحب والحزن
I was distressed, I am distressed, with distress from love and grief.
أرض هيعة: واسعة مبسوطة
A wide land: spacious and spread out.
وهاع الشيء يهيع هياعا: اتسع وانتشر
And something widens and spreads, meaning it becomes wide and spreads out.
طريق مهيع: واضح واسع بين
A clear path: obvious, wide, and distinct.
بالغور يهديها طريق مهيع
In the lowlands, a clear path guides it.
حتى يصاب بها طريق مهيع
Until a clear path is found through it.
وبلد مهيع: واسع
And a spacious land: wide.
وتهيع السراب وانهاع انهياعا: انبسط على الأرض
And the mirage spreads out, and spreads out: it expands on the ground.
والهيعة: سيلان الشيء المصبوب على وجه الأرض مثل الميعة
And al-hai'ah: the flowing of something poured on the surface of the earth like may'ah.
وقد هاع يهيع هيعا، وماء هائع
And it flows, it flows with flowing, and water is flowing.
وهاع الشيء يهيع هيعانا: ذاب، وخص بعضهم به ذوبان الرصاص
And something melts, it melts with melting, and some have specified it as the melting of lead.
والرصاص يهيع في المذوب
And lead melts in the smelter.
يقال: رصاص هائع في المذوب
It is said: melting lead in the smelter.
وهاعت الإبل إلى الماء تهيع إذا أرادته، فهي هائعة
And the camels head towards the water, they head towards it if they desire it, so they are heading towards it.
وفي الحديث: وانقل حماها إلى مهيعة ؛ مهيعة: اسم الجحفة وهي ميقات أهل الشام
And in the Hadith: And transfer its heat to Mahya'ah; Mahya'ah: the name of Al-Juhfah, which is the miqat for the people of Sham.
وفي حديث علي، رضي الله عنه: اتقوا البدع والزموا المهيع ؛ هو الطريق الواسع المنبسط
And in the narration of Ali, may God be pleased with him: Beware of innovations and adhere to Al-Mahya'; it is the wide, open path.
قال: والميم زائدة، وهو مفعل من التهيع وهو الانبساط
He said: And the 'meem' is extra, and it is 'maf'al' from 'tahayyu'', which is expansion.