هجف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something or someone that is tall, large, and heavy, often with connotations of being slow, sluggish, or weak. It can also refer to extreme leanness and emaciation due to hunger or illness.

Derived headwords

الهِجَفnoun

1.
Tall and large person/thingclassical
Refers to a person or thing that is tall and large in stature.
2.
Heavy and slow personclassical
Describes a person who is heavy, slow, and lacks effectiveness or capability.

هَجَفnoun

1.
Ostrich (male)classical
A specific term for a male ostrich, characterized as rough and having excessive gait.
2.
Old ostrichclassical
Another description for an ostrich, specifically an old one.

هَجَفadjective

1.
Heavy and sluggishclassical
Describes someone or something as heavy, sluggish, and burdensome, particularly in contrast to an opponent.

انهَجَفَverb

1.
To become emaciatedboth
Describes an animal, human, or horse becoming emaciated and thin due to hunger or illness, to the point where bones become prominent.

هَجَفَverb

1.
To hunger and become weakboth
To experience hunger, leading to weakness and a slackening of the belly.

الهُزالnoun

1.
Emaciationboth
The state of being extremely thin and weak, often due to hunger or illness.

الهِجْفَةnoun

1.
Emaciationclassical
Synonymous with 'al-'ujfah', referring to extreme thinness and leanness.

الأهْجَفadjective

1.
Lean and thinclassical
Describes someone who is lean, thin, and gaunt, particularly when referring to a male.

الهِجْفَاءadjective

1.
Lean and thin (female)classical
The feminine form of 'al-ahjaf', describing a female who is lean and thin.

الهِجَفnoun

1.
Pot-bellied personclassical
Refers to someone with a large, protruding belly.

الهِجَفْجَفnoun

1.
Pot-bellied personclassical
An intensified form of 'al-hijaf', describing someone with a very large or distended belly.

Parallel reading

فلا تتمنني، وتمن جلفا ... جراهمة، هجفا كالجبال

Do not wish for me, but wish for a coarse one... a large one, tall like mountains.

جراهمة: ضخما. هجفا: ثقيلا طويلا كالجبال لا غناء عنده.

Large: massive. Tall/heavy: heavy, long like mountains, with no benefit.

والهجف: الظليم الجافي الكثير الزف، والهزف مثله، وقيل: الهجف الظليم المسن

And al-hijaf: the rough ostrich with an excessive gait, and al-hazaf is similar, and it is said: al-hijaf is the old ostrich.

وما بيضات ذي لبد هجف ... سقين بزاجل، حتى روينا

And not the eggs of a shaggy one, tall/heavy... watered by heavy rain, until we were satisfied.

وجفر الفحل فأضحى قد هجف، ... واصفر ما اخضر من البقل وجف

And the stallion became full, and became tall/emaciated... and what was green in the pasture turned yellow and dried up.

فقال: لا أدري، فسألت التوزي فقال: هجف لحقت خاصرتاه بجنبيه

He said: I don't know. So I asked al-Tawzi, and he said: 'Hijaf' means his flanks have attached to his sides.

الهجف من النعام ومن الناس الجافي الثقيل

Al-hijaf, from ostriches and from people, is the rough and heavy one.

هو الأضبط الهواس فينا شجاعة، ... وفيمن يعاديه الهجف المثقل

He is the decisive, the brave among us in courage, ... and among those who oppose him, the heavy, burdensome one.

وانهجف الظبي والإنسان والفرس: انغرف من الجوع والمرض وبدت عظامه من الهزال وانعجف.

And the gazelle, human, and horse became emaciated: becoming thin from hunger and illness, and their bones appeared from leanness and emaciation.

وهجف هجفا إذا جاع، وقيل: هجف إذا جاع واسترخى بطنه.

And he became hungry (hajaafa) with hunger (hajfan), and it was said: he became hungry (hajaafa) when he was hungry and his belly relaxed.

العجفة والهجفة «1» واحد وهو من الهزال

Al-'ujfah and al-hijfah are one, and it is from leanness.

مصعلكا مغربا أطرافه هجفا

Lean and thin, his extremities emaciated.

والأهجف الضامر، والأنثى هجفاء

And al-ahjaf is the lean one, and the female is hijfaa'.

تضحك سلمى، أن رأتني أهجفا ... نضوا، كأشلاء اللجام أهيفا

Salma laughs when she sees me lean... thin, like the remnants of a bridle, slender.

والهجف والهجفجف: الرغيب البطن

And al-hijaf and al-hijafjaf: the pot-bellied one.

أنك شيخ صلف ضعيف، هجفجف لضرسه حفيف

That you are an arrogant, weak old man, pot-bellied, with a rustling tooth.