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الهجيج

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of intensity, speed, and harshness. It encompasses meanings like intense heat or flame, deep valleys, difficult terrain, and rapid movement. It also extends to terms for foolishness, stubbornness, and harsh sounds or actions.

Derived headwords

الأَجِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense heat/flameboth

    Refers to a strong, burning heat or a blazing flame.

الوادي العميقnoun
  1. 1.
    Deep valleyboth

    A valley characterized by its significant depth.

الإِهْجِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    Deep valleyclassical

    An alternative form for a deep valley.

الأرض الطويلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Long, arduous landclassical

    A stretch of land that is long and difficult for travelers, causing them to hasten.

يستهجverb
  1. 1.
    To hastenclassical

    To cause travelers to hasten or hurry.

الخط يخط في الأرض للكهانةnoun
  1. 1.
    Divination linesclassical

    Lines drawn on the ground for the purpose of divination or fortune-telling.

هجانnoun
  1. 1.
    Divination linesclassical

    Plural of 'hajj', referring to lines drawn for divination.

ركب هجاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Headlong rushclassical

    A reckless or headlong charge or course of action.

هجاجيكparticle
  1. 1.
    Stop them!classical

    An expression used to deter people from something, implying 'stop them' or 'hold them back'.

الهجاجةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dust stormboth

    A dust storm that covers everything with dirt.

  2. 2.
    Foolboth

    An unintelligent or foolish person.

الهجهاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Stubborn/rebelliousboth

    One who is refractory or rebellious.

  2. 2.
    Loud-bellowing camelboth

    A camel that bellows loudly, especially a strong or tall one.

  3. 3.
    Rough/foolish personboth

    A coarse, unrefined, or foolish individual.

  4. 4.
    Calamityclassical

    A formidable or disastrous event or person.

الهجهاجةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dust stormboth

    A dust storm that covers everything with dirt.

  2. 2.
    Foolboth

    An unintelligent or foolish person.

هج هجparticle
  1. 1.
    Shoo! (sheep)classical

    A sound used to drive away sheep.

هجا وهجparticle
  1. 1.
    Shoo! (dog)classical

    A sound used to drive away a dog.

هجهج بالسبعverb
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    To shoutclassical

    To shout loudly, especially when addressing a wild animal like a lion.

هجهج بالجملverb
  1. 1.
    To urge onclassical

    To urge on a camel, saying 'heej' (move forward).

الهجهجnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard, barren landclassical

    Land that is firm, dry, and infertile.

كبشnoun
  1. 1.
    Ramboth

    A male sheep.

ماء شروبnoun
  1. 1.
    Drinkable waterboth

    Water that is suitable for drinking.

ضخمadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, hugeboth

    Possessing great size or bulk.

الهجهجةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of Kurds fightingclassical

    The imitation of the sound made by Kurds during combat.

تهجهجت الناقةverb
  1. 1.
    Her camel's birth was nearclassical

    Said of a female camel when her time for giving birth is approaching.

هدم البيتverb
  1. 1.
    To demolishboth

    To tear down or destroy a house or structure.

هجيجnoun
  1. 1.
    Demolitionclassical

    The act of demolishing or destroying.

النير على عنق الثورnoun
  1. 1.
    Yokeboth

    The wooden beam placed across the necks of oxen to pull a plow or cart.

سير هجاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Rapid journeyclassical

    A journey or travel that is swift and intense.

استهجverb
  1. 1.
    To insist on one's opinionclassical

    To stubbornly adhere to one's own opinion or course of action.

  2. 2.
    To hastenclassical

    To cause travelers to hasten or hurry.

اهتج فيهverb
  1. 1.
    To persist inclassical

    To continue stubbornly or persistently in a matter.

Parallel reading

والوادي العميق، كالإهجيج
And the deep valley, like Al-Ihjeej.
والأرض الطويلة تستهج السائرة، أي: تستعجلهم
And the long land causes the travelers to hasten, meaning: it makes them hurry.
والخط يخط في الأرض للكهانة
And lines are drawn on the ground for divination.
وركب هجاج، ms0249 كقطام، ويفتح آخره: ركب رأسه.
And he embarked on a headlong charge, like Qattām, and its last letter is opened: he went headlong.
ومن أراد كف الناس عن شيء قال: هجاجيك، على تقدير الاثنين.
And whoever wants to stop people from something says: 'Hajajīk', on the assumption of duality.
والهجاجة: الهبوة التي تدفن كل شيء بالتراب، والأحمق، كالهجهاج والهجهاجة.
And Al-Hajjājah: the dust storm that buries everything with dirt, and the fool, like Al-Hajhāj and Al-Hajhājah.
وهج هج، بالسكون: زجر للغنم، وغلط الجوهري في بنائه على الفتح، وإنما حركه الشاعر ضرورة.
And 'Hajj Hajj', with sukoon: is a call to drive sheep, and Al-Jawhari was mistaken in constructing it with fath, the poet only moved it out of necessity.
وهجا وهج: زجر للكلب، وينون.
And 'Hajjā' and 'Hajj': is a call to drive a dog, and it is tanweened.
وهجهج بالسبع: صاح، و بالجمل: زجره فقال: هيج.
And he said 'Hajhaj' to the lion: he shouted, and to the camel: he drove it, saying: 'Heej'.
والهجهج: الأرض (الصلبة) الجدبة.
And Al-Hahhaj: the (hard) barren land.
وكعلبط: الكبش، والماء الشروب.
And like 'Albaṭ': the ram, and drinkable water.
وكعلابط: الضخم.
And like 'Alābiṭ': the huge one.
والهجهجة: حكاية صوت الكرد عند القتال.
And Al-Hahhajah: the imitation of the sound of the Kurds during combat.
وتهجهجت الناقة: دنا نتاجها.
And the she-camel 'tahajjajat': her offspring approached (birth).
وهج البيت هجا وهجيجا: هدمه.
And he 'hajaja' the house, 'hajjā' and 'hajījan': he demolished it.
والهج، بالضم: النير على عنق الثور.
And 'Al-Hujj', with dammah: the yoke on the neck of the ox.
وسير هجاج، كسحاب: شديد.
And a 'sayr hajjāj', like 'sahāb': intense.
واستهج: ركب رأيه، و السائرة: استعجلها.
And 'istahajja': he insisted on his opinion, and the traveler: he hastened them.
واهتج فيه: تمادى.
And 'ihtajja fīhi': he persisted in it.