الحوج

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of safety, need, and deviation or crookedness. It encompasses states of well-being, requirements, poverty, and also physical or metaphorical bending and turning away.

Derived headwords

حوجاnoun

1.
safetyclassical
A state of being safe and sound.
2.
needboth
A state of requiring something; a necessity.

حاجverb

1.
to needboth
To be in need of something; to require.

احتاجverb

1.
to needboth
To be in need of something; to require.
2.
to deviateclassical
To deviate or turn away from something.

أحوجverb

1.
to make needyboth
To cause someone to be in need.

أحوجتهverb

1.
made him needyboth
Caused him to be in need.

أُحْوِجَverb

1.
to be made needyboth
To be caused to be in need.

حاجةnoun

1.
needboth
A requirement or necessity.
2.
thing neededboth
An object or item that is required.

حوجاءnoun

1.
needclassical
A necessity or requirement.
2.
thing neededclassical
An object or item that is required.

تحوجverb

1.
to seek needclassical
To seek or ask for something needed.

حاجnoun

1.
needsboth
Plural of 'حاجة' (need).

حاجاتnoun

1.
needsboth
Plural of 'حاجة' (need).

حوجnoun

1.
needsclassical
Plural of 'حاجة' (need).

حوائجnoun

1.
needsclassical
Plural of 'حاجة' (need), often considered non-standard or a later formation.

حائجةnoun

1.
needy personclassical
A person in need.

حاجnoun

1.
thornsclassical
A type of thorny plant or its thorns.

تحويجverb

1.
to deviateclassical
To cause something to deviate or bend.

حوجاءnoun

1.
uncertaintyclassical
Doubt or ambiguity.
2.
needclassical
A requirement or necessity.

لوجاءnoun

1.
uncertaintyclassical
Doubt or ambiguity, often used in conjunction with 'حوجاء'.

حويجاءnoun

1.
needclassical
A small need or requirement.
2.
winding pathclassical
A crooked or winding path.

لويجاءnoun

1.
uncertaintyclassical
Doubt or ambiguity, often used in conjunction with 'حويجاء'.

حوجت لهverb

1.
I deviated for himclassical
I deviated from my path out of consideration for his desires.

انعاجverb

1.
to deviateclassical
To deviate or turn aside.

ذو الحاجتينname

1.
He of the Two Needsclassical
A title given to Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Manqadh, the first to pledge allegiance to Al-Saffah.

Parallel reading

حوجا لك، أي: سلامة

Safety to you, meaning: safety.

وقد حاج واحتاج وأحوج

And he needed, and he required, and he made needy.

وأحوجته، و بالضم: الفقر

And it made him needy, and with dammah: poverty.

والحاجة: م، كالحوجاء

And the need: a noun, like al-hawjaa'.

وتحوج: طلبها

And to seek need: to ask for it.

ج: حاج وحاجات وحوج، وحوائج غير قياسي، أو مولدة، أو كأنهم جمعوا حائجة

Plural: hajj, hajjat, hawj, and hawaa'ij, which is non-standard, or newly coined, or as if they pluralized ha'ijah.

والحاج: شوك

And al-haajj: thorns.

وحوج به عن الطريق تحويجا: عوج

And to deviate him from the road, deviating: to bend.

وما في صدري حوجاء ولا لوجاء: لامرية ولا شك

And there is not in my chest any need or doubt: meaning no ambiguity and no doubt.

ومالي فيه حوجاء ولا لوجاء، ولاحويجاء ولا لويجاء، أي: حاجة

And I have no need or doubt in it, nor any small need or doubt, meaning: a need.

وكلمته فما رد حوجاء ولا لوجاء، أي: كلمة قبيحة ولا حسنة

And I spoke to him and he did not respond with anything bad or good, meaning: an ugly word nor a good one.

وخذ حويجاء من الأرض أي: طريقا مخالفا ملتويا

And take a winding path from the ground, meaning: a deviating, twisted road.

وحوجت له: تركت طريقي في هواه

And I deviated for him: I left my path in his desire.

واحتاج إليه: انعاج

And he needed it: he deviated.

وذو الحاجتين: محمد بن إبراهيم بن منقذ، أول من بايع السفاح

And Dhu al-Hajatayn: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Manqadh, the first to pledge allegiance to Al-Saffah.