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الحرج

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of restriction, difficulty, and prohibition. It extends to describe narrow or dense places, sin, and animals that are difficult to manage or are kept aside. It also encompasses terms related to hardship in battle, cold, and specific types of camels and containers.

Derived headwords

الحَرَجُnoun
  1. 1.
    Narrow placeboth

    A constricted area, often characterized by dense vegetation.

  2. 2.
    Sinboth

    A transgression or wrongdoing, implying a state of guilt or difficulty.

  3. 3.
    Difficult camelclassical

    A female camel that is lean and lies down extensively on the ground.

  4. 4.
    Burdenclassical

    Wood used to carry the deceased.

الحَرِجُnoun
  1. 1.
    Traps for predatorsclassical

    Ropes or snares set up to catch wild animals, particularly lions.

  2. 2.
    Drying clothesclassical

    Garments spread out on a rope or line to dry.

الحِرْجَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense thicketboth

    A collection of trees or dense vegetation.

  2. 2.
    Herd of camelsclassical

    A group of camels.

  3. 3.
    Sacrednessclassical

    The state of being sacred or inviolable.

حَرِجَverb
  1. 1.
    To be restrictedclassical

    To be in a state of difficulty or restriction.

  2. 2.
    To be forbiddenclassical

    To be prohibited or made unlawful.

حَرِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Unrideable camelclassical

    A camel that is not ridden, or one that is not bred with a male to allow it to gain weight.

حُرُجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Trapsclassical

    Snares or ropes set for catching animals.

الحُرْجَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Small bucketclassical

    A small water bucket or pail.

الحَرَجَانِname
  1. 1.
    Name of a manclassical

    A proper name, referring to one of two men from the tribe of Banu Amr ibn al-Harith.

حَرِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Unmoving in battleclassical

    One who scarcely moves from the battlefield.

أَحْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To make forbiddenboth

    To declare something unlawful or prohibited.

  2. 2.
    To make sinfulboth

    To cause someone to commit a sin or become guilty.

  3. 3.
    To force intoclassical

    To compel or drive someone into a difficult or restricted situation.

حَارَverb
  1. 1.
    To be bewilderedclassical

    For the eye to become confused or unable to focus.

حَرَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    To make forbiddenboth

    To declare something unlawful or prohibited.

لَيْلَةٌ مِحْرَاجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Extremely cold nightclassical

    A night characterized by severe cold.

حَرَاجُ الظَّلْمَاءِnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense darknessclassical

    That which is dense or thick within the darkness.

الحَرْجُوجُnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat, long camelclassical

    A female camel that is fat and lies stretched out on the ground.

  2. 2.
    Strong camelclassical

    A female camel that is powerful or lean with a strong heart.

  3. 3.
    Piercing cold windclassical

    A wind that is intensely cold and strong.

التَّحْرِيجُnoun
  1. 1.
    Making narrowclassical

    The act of making something constricted or difficult.

حَرَجٌname
  1. 1.
    Name of a personclassical

    A proper name, specifically of a grandfather of Samra ibn Jundab.

الحَرِجَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Small bucketclassical

    A small water bucket or pail.

كَلْبٌ مُحَرَّجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Leash-bound dogclassical

    A dog that is collared or leashed.

نَصِيبُ الكَلْبِnoun
  1. 1.
    Dog's share of preyclassical

    The portion of a hunted animal allocated to a dog.

الحَرَجُnoun
  1. 1.
    Wad'aclassical

    A type of shell or cowrie.

Parallel reading

المكان الضيق الكثير الشجر
A narrow place with much vegetation.
والإثم
And sin.
والناقة الضامرة
And the lean female camel.
وخشب يحمل فيه الموتى
And wood in which the dead are carried.
وجمع الحرجة: لمجتمع الشجر
And the plural of al-harajah is for a gathering of trees.
وللجماعة من الإبل
And for a group of camels.
والحرمة
And sacredness.
وفعله: حرج
And its verb form is haraja.
ومن الإبل: التي لا تركب
And among camels: those that are not ridden.
ولا يضربها الفحل ليكون أسمن لها
Nor is the male bred with it so it may become fatter.
والحبال تنصب للسبع
And ropes set up for the lion.
والثياب تبسط على حبل لتجف
And clothes spread on a rope to dry.
ج: كجبال
Its plural is like jubal.
والودعة
And the wad'a (shell).
وكلب محرج: مقلد به
And a leashed dog: collared with it.
ونصيب الكلب من الصيد
And the dog's share of the prey.
والحرجان: رجلان، اسم أحدهما حرج
And al-Harajan: two men, the name of one is Haraj.
وهو من بني عمرو بن الحارث
And he is from Banu Amr ibn al-Harith.
وككتف: الذي لا يكاد يبرح من القتال
And like kutuf: one who scarcely moves from the fight.
وأحرجت الصلاة: حرمتها
And the prayer: He made it forbidden.
وفلانا: آثمته
And so-and-so: He made him sinful.
وإليه: ألجأته
And to him: He forced him.
وحرجت العين، كفرح: حارت
And the eye, like fariha: it became bewildered.
والصلاة: حرمت
And the prayer: it was made forbidden.
وليلة محراج: شديدة القر
And a miḥraj night: intensely cold.
وحراج الظلماء، بالكسر: ما كثف منها
And ḥarāj al-ẓalmā', with kasr: that which is dense within it.
والحرجوج: الناقة السمينة الطويلة على وجه الأرض
And al-ḥarajūj: the fat, long female camel on the ground.
أو الشديدة
Or the strong one.
أو الضامرة الوقادة القلب
Or the lean one with a strong heart.
والريح الباردة الشديدة
And the cold, strong wind.
والتحريج: التضييق
And al-taḥrīj: making narrow.
وكسمين: جد لسمرة بن جندب بن هلال
And like samīn: grandfather of Samra ibn Jundab ibn Hilal.
والحرجة، بالضم: الدلو الصغيرة
And al-ḥarajah, with damma: the small bucket.