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الهوج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of excessive length combined with foolishness, recklessness, and haste. It can refer to a person's character or actions, as well as the intense and destructive force of wind.

Derived headwords

الهَوْجnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolish hasteboth

    Excessive length combined with foolishness, recklessness, and haste.

الهَوْجَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Hasty she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is excessively fast, as if driven by heedlessness.

  2. 2.
    Destructive windclassical

    A wind that is so strong it uproots houses.

هُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of heedlessnessclassical

    The plural form of 'hawj', referring to instances of foolishness and haste.

Parallel reading

الهوج، محركة: طول في حمق وطيش وتسرع.
Al-hawj, with harakah: length in foolishness, recklessness, and haste.
والهوجاء: الناقة المسرعة حتى كأن بها هوجا،
And al-hawjā': the she-camel that is fast, as if she has heedlessness,
والريح تقلع البيوت،
And the wind uproots houses,
ج: هوج.
Plural: hawj.