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حظب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of corpulence, stoutness, and being physically large or thickset. It extends to negative connotations of being coarse, ill-tempered, stingy, and short-tempered, as well as referring to specific body parts and creatures.

Derived headwords

حَظَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatboth

    To become fat and have a full belly.

يَحْظَبُverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatboth

    To become fat and have a full belly.

حُظُوبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fatnessboth

    The state of being fat and having a full belly.

حَاظِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fatboth

    Describing someone who is fat and has a full belly.

مَحْظَئِبٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    fatclassical

    Describing someone who is fat and has a full belly.

رَجُلٌ حَظِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutboth

    A man who is short, stout, and plump.

حَظَبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutboth

    Describing a man who is short, stout, and plump.

  2. 2.
    coarse and roughboth

    Describing someone who is coarse, rough, and strong.

  3. 3.
    stingyboth

    Describing someone who is stingy.

  4. 4.
    short-temperedboth

    Describing someone who is ill-tempered and narrow-minded.

حَظْبَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    quick to angerboth

    Describing someone who is quick to anger.

مَحْظَنَبِئٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    quick to angerclassical

    Describing someone who is quick to anger.

حَظْبَىnoun
  1. 1.
    backclassical

    The back.

  2. 2.
    bodyclassical

    The entire body.

حَظْنَبَىnoun
  1. 1.
    backclassical

    The back.

  2. 2.
    bodyclassical

    The entire body.

حِنْظَبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    male locustboth

    The male locust.

  2. 2.
    male beetleboth

    The male of beetles.

  3. 3.
    long beetleclassical

    A type of long beetle.

  4. 4.
    similar creatureclassical

    A creature similar to a beetle.

حِنْظَبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    male locustboth

    The male locust.

  2. 2.
    male beetleboth

    The male of beetles.

  3. 3.
    long beetleclassical

    A type of long beetle.

  4. 4.
    similar creatureclassical

    A creature similar to a beetle.

حِنْظَبَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    male locustboth

    The male locust.

  2. 2.
    male beetleboth

    The male of beetles.

  3. 3.
    long beetleclassical

    A type of long beetle.

  4. 4.
    similar creatureclassical

    A creature similar to a beetle.

حِنْظَبٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    male locustboth

    The male locust.

  2. 2.
    male beetleboth

    The male of beetles.

  3. 3.
    long beetleclassical

    A type of long beetle.

  4. 4.
    similar creatureclassical

    A creature similar to a beetle.

حِنْظَبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    large, bad womanclassical

    A large, bad woman of little good.

حِنْظَابٌadjective
  1. 1.
    short and ill-temperedboth

    Describing someone short with bad manners and disposition.

ابْنُ عَمْرٍو الْفَقْعَسِيُّname
  1. 1.
    leader of the Khawarijclassical

    Ibn Amr al-Fuq'asi, a leader of the Khawarij sect.

Parallel reading

حَظَبَ يَحْظَبُ حُظُوبًا، وَحَظِبَ كَفَرِحَ وَنَصَرَ: سَمِنَ، وَامْتَلأَ بَطْنُهُ
He became fat, he becomes fat, becoming fat, and he became fat like faraha and nasara: he became fat, and his belly filled up.
فَهُوَ حَاظِبٌ وَمَحْظَئِبٌّ، كَمَطْمَئِنٍّ
And he is fat and very fat, like mutama'innin.
وَرَجُلٌ حَظِبٌّ، كَتَفِكٍّ وَعَتَلٍّ: قَصِيرٌ بَطِينٌ
And a man is short and stout, like tafikkin and atallin: short and plump.
وَهِيَ بِهَاءٌ
And she is beautiful.
وَكَعَتَلٍّ: الْجَافِي الْغَلِيظُ الشَّدِيدُ
And like atallin: the coarse, rough, strong one.
وَالْبَخِيلُ
And the stingy one.
وَالضِّيقُ الْخُلُقِ
And the narrow-minded one.
وَكَهِجَفٍّ: السَّرِيعُ الْغَضَبِ
And like hijafin: the quick to anger one.
كَالْحَظْبَةِ
Like al-hazbati.
وَالْمَحْظَئِبُّ وَالْمَحْظَنَبِئُّ
And al-mahza'ibbu and al-mahzanabi'u.
وَالْحَظْبَى، كَكُفْرَى: الظَّهْرُ، أَوْ الْجِسْمُ
And al-hazba, like kufra: the back, or the body.
كَالْحَظْنَبَى فِيهِمَا
Like al-haznabā in both.
وَالْحِنْظَبُ كَقُنْفُذٍ: ذَكَرُ الْجَرَادِ
And al-hinzab like qunfudhin: the male locust.
وَذَكَرُ الْخَنَافِسِ
And the male of beetles.
أَوْ ضَرْبٌ مِنْهُ طَوِيلٌ
Or a type of it that is long.
أَوْ دَابَّةٌ مِثْلُهُ، كَالْحِنْظَبِ وَالْحِنْظَبَاءِ وَالْحِنْظَبَاءِ
Or a creature like it, like al-hinzab, and al-hinzaba', and al-hinzaba'.
وَكَزُنْبُورٍ: الْمَرْأَةُ الضَّخْمَةُ الرَّدِيئَةُ الْقَلِيلَةُ الْخَيْرِ
And like zunburin: the large, bad woman of little good.
وَالْحِنْظَابُ، بِالْكَسْرِ: الْقَصِيرُ الشَّكِسُ الْأَخْلَاقِ
And al-hinzab, with the kasr: the short, ill-mannered one.
وَابْنُ عَمْرٍو الْفَقْعَسِيُّ: رَئِيسُ الْخَوَارِجِ
And Ibn Amr al-Fuq'asi: the chief of the Khawarij.