الهمج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns small, bothersome insects like gnats, and by extension, refers to weak, emaciated, or foolish individuals. It also extends to concepts of excessive drinking, poor management, and rapid movement.

Derived headwords

الهَمَجnoun

1.
gnatsboth
Small flies similar to mosquitoes that alight on the faces of sheep and donkeys.
2.
emaciated sheepclassical
Weak and emaciated sheep, with the singular being 'bahā'.
3.
foolsboth
Foolish people.
4.
old ewesclassical
Old and worn-out ewes.
5.
hungerclassical
Hunger.
6.
poor managementclassical
Bad management of livelihood.

هَمَجٌ هَامِجٌadjective

1.
emphaticclassical
Used as an emphatic repetition of 'hamaj'.

هَمَجَتِ الإِبِلُverb

1.
drank greedilyclassical
Camels drank from the water in one go, greedily.

همجت الإبل من الماء — The camels drank greedily from the water.

أَهْمَجَverb

1.
hidclassical
To hide something.
2.
ran fastclassical
A horse exerted itself greatly in its running.

الهَمِيجnoun

1.
young gazellesclassical
The young, vigorous ones among gazelles.
2.
lean and hungryclassical
A lean-bellied animal, or one with two prominent humps on its sides.
3.
wasted faceclassical
An animal that has suffered from pain, causing its face to become gaunt.

اِهْتَمَجَverb

1.
weakenedclassical
To become weak due to heat or other causes.
2.
face witheredclassical
A face became gaunt or withered.

الهَامِجnoun

1.
intermingledclassical
Something left to move and intermingle with itself.

Parallel reading

ذباب صغير كالبعوض، يسقط على وجوه الغنم والحمير.

Small flies like mosquitoes, that alight on the faces of sheep and donkeys.

والغنم المهزولة، واحدته بهاء، والحمقى، والنعاج الهرمة، والجوع، وسوء التدبير في المعاش.

And emaciated sheep, the singular of which is 'bahā', and fools, and old ewes, and hunger, and poor management of livelihood.

وهمج هامج: توكيد.

And 'hamaj hamij': emphasis.

وهمجت الإبل من الماء: شربت منه دفعة واحدة.

And the camels drank from the water: they drank from it in one go.

وأهمجه: أخفاه، و الفرس: جد في جريه.

And 'ahmajahu': he hid it, and the horse: it exerted itself greatly in its running.

والهميج: الفتية من الظباء، والخميص البطن، أو التي لها جدتان في طرتيها، أو التي أصابها وجع فذبل وجهها.

And 'al-hamij': the vigorous young ones among gazelles, and the lean-bellied one, or the one with two prominent humps on its sides, or the one that was afflicted with pain so its face withered.

واهتمج: ضعف من حر أو غيره، و وجهه: ذبل.

And 'ihtamaja': it weakened from heat or other causes, and his face: it withered.

والهاامج: المتروك يموج بعضه في بعض.

And 'al-hamij': that which is left to move and intermingle with itself.