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الهوع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense desire, greed, and hostility. It also extends to meanings related to vomiting, shouting in war, and a specific month.

Derived headwords

الهوعnoun
  1. 1.
    greedboth

    Intense and excessive desire for something, often to the point of avarice.

  2. 2.
    hostilityclassical

    A state of animosity or enmity.

هَاعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    greedyboth

    A man who is excessively desirous and eager for things.

هاعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be eagerclassical

    To be intensely desirous or greedy.

  2. 2.
    to grieveclassical

    To feel deep sorrow or sadness.

هاعَ القوم بعضهم إلى بعضverb
  1. 1.
    to conspire to attackclassical

    When people intend to leap upon or attack one another.

تهاوعverb
  1. 1.
    to vomitclassical

    To vomit without effort or force.

يهوعverb
  1. 1.
    to vomitclassical

    To vomit without effort or force.

الهُوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    vomitingclassical

    The act of vomiting.

الهَيْعَوْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shouting in warclassical

    Loud shouting, particularly during warfare.

المَهْوَعnoun
  1. 1.
    shouting in warclassical

    Loud shouting, particularly during warfare.

المِهْوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    shouting in warclassical

    Loud shouting, particularly during warfare.

ذو القعدةname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Qi'dahboth

    The eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar.

هَوَاعَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutsclassical

    Plural of shouting, especially in war.

أَهْوِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutsclassical

    Plural of shouting, especially in war.

تَهَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to force vomitingboth

    To induce vomiting, to make oneself vomit.

هَوَّعَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make vomitclassical

    To cause someone to vomit what they have eaten.

Parallel reading

الهوع، سوء الحرص وشدته، والعداوة
Al-haw' is bad greed and its intensity, and hostility.
ورجل هاع: حريص
And a man is haa': greedy.
وهاع: خف، وحزن
And haa': he was light (in spirit), and he grieved.
وهاع القوم بعضهم إلى بعض: هموا بالوثوب
And the people haa'ed to each other: they intended to leap upon (each other).
وهاع: قاء من غير تكلف، يهاع ويهوع
And haa': he vomited without effort, yahaa'u and yahuu'u.
والاسم: الهوع، والهواع، بالضم، والهيعوعة
And the noun is: al-haw', and al-huwaa' (with damma), and al-hay'aw'ah.
والمهوع والمهواع، بكسرهما: الصياح في الحرب
And al-mahwu' and al-mihwaa' (with kasra in both): the shouting in war.
وكغراب: اسم ذي القعدة، ج: هواعات، بالضم، وأهوعة
And like ghurab: the name of Dhu al-Qi'dah, plural: huwaa'aat (with damma), and ahwi'ah.
وتَهَوَّعَ القيء: تكلفه
And tahaawwa'a the vomit: he forced it.
وهوعته ما أكل: قيأته إياه
And hawwa'tuhu ma akala: I made him vomit what he ate.