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This root primarily concerns intellect, understanding, and estimation. It extends to concepts of holding, possessing, and guarding something, as well as the act of outwitting or surpassing someone in wit. It also encompasses notions of permanence and being worthy or deserving.

Derived headwords

الحِجَاnoun
  1. 1.
    intellectboth

    Intellect, mind, and understanding.

  2. 2.
    measureclassical

    A measure or quantity.

العقلnoun
  1. 1.
    intellectboth

    Intellect, mind, and understanding.

الفطنةnoun
  1. 1.
    acumenboth

    Intelligence, shrewdness, and keen insight.

المقدارnoun
  1. 1.
    measureboth

    A measure or quantity.

أحجاءnoun
  1. 1.
    intellectsboth

    Plural of الحجا, referring to intellects or minds.

  2. 2.
    sidesclassical

    Plural of حجا, referring to sides or directions.

  3. 3.
    water blistersclassical

    Blisters of water from raindrops, plural of حجاة.

الناحيةnoun
  1. 1.
    directionboth

    A side, direction, or region.

حجاةnoun
  1. 1.
    water blistersclassical

    Blisters of water from raindrops.

الزمزمةnoun
  1. 1.
    mutteringclassical

    A low, indistinct sound or muttering.

الحجاءnoun
  1. 1.
    intellectclassical

    Intellect, mind, and understanding.

  2. 2.
    combatclassical

    Fighting or combat.

التحجيnoun
  1. 1.
    intellectclassical

    Intellect, mind, and understanding.

محجيةadjective
  1. 1.
    contrary to meaningclassical

    A word whose meaning contradicts its literal form.

الأحجيةnoun
  1. 1.
    riddleboth

    A riddle or enigma, a word contrary to its meaning.

الأحجوةnoun
  1. 1.
    riddleclassical

    A riddle or enigma, a word contrary to its meaning.

حاجيتهverb
  1. 1.
    to outwitclassical

    To contend with someone in wit and overcome them.

محاجاةnoun
  1. 1.
    contention in witclassical

    The act of contending with someone in wit.

حجاءnoun
  1. 1.
    contention in witclassical

    The act of contending with someone in wit.

فاطنتهverb
  1. 1.
    to outwitclassical

    To contend with someone in wit and overcome them.

غلبتهverb
  1. 1.
    to overcomeclassical

    To overcome or defeat someone in wit.

الحجوىnoun
  1. 1.
    witclassical

    The faculty of wit or understanding.

الحجياnoun
  1. 1.
    witclassical

    The faculty of wit or understanding.

حجا بالمكانverb
  1. 1.
    to resideclassical

    To stay or reside in a place.

أقامverb
  1. 1.
    to resideboth

    To stay or reside in a place.

تحجىverb
  1. 1.
    to resideclassical

    To stay or reside in a place.

بالشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyclassical

    To be stingy or parsimonious with something.

ضنverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyboth

    To be stingy or parsimonious with something.

الريح السفينةverb
  1. 1.
    to propel the shipclassical

    For the wind to drive or propel the ship.

ساقتهاverb
  1. 1.
    to driveboth

    To drive, propel, or lead.

السرverb
  1. 1.
    to guard a secretclassical

    To guard or keep a secret.

حفظهverb
  1. 1.
    to guardboth

    To guard, protect, or keep.

الفحل الشولverb
  1. 1.
    to roar (of a camel)classical

    For a male camel to roar, indicating readiness to mate.

هدرverb
  1. 1.
    to roarboth

    To make a roaring sound, especially of a camel.

عرفت هديرهverb
  1. 1.
    to recognize its roarclassical

    To recognize the roar of the camel.

انصرفت إليهverb
  1. 1.
    to turn towards itclassical

    To turn towards or attend to it.

وقفverb
  1. 1.
    to stopboth

    To stop or halt.

منعverb
  1. 1.
    to preventboth

    To prevent, forbid, or withhold.

ظن الأمرverb
  1. 1.
    to assume somethingclassical

    To assume or suppose something without certainty.

ادعاه ظاناverb
  1. 1.
    to claim it assumingclassical

    To claim something while assuming it without certainty.

لم يستيقنهverb
  1. 1.
    not to be certain of itclassical

    Not to be certain or sure of it.

القومverb
  1. 1.
    to recompense peopleclassical

    To recompense or reward people.

جزاهمverb
  1. 1.
    to recompense themboth

    To recompense or reward them.

حجي بهverb
  1. 1.
    to be obsessed withclassical

    To be obsessed with or devoted to something.

  2. 2.
    to be contrary toclassical

    To be contrary to or the opposite of something.

أولع بهverb
  1. 1.
    to be obsessed withboth

    To be obsessed with or devoted to something.

لزمهverb
  1. 1.
    to adhere toboth

    To adhere to, stick with, or be necessary.

عداverb
  1. 1.
    to be contraryboth

    To be contrary or the opposite.

حجي بهadjective
  1. 1.
    worthyclassical

    Worthy or deserving of something.

جديرadjective
  1. 1.
    worthyboth

    Worthy or deserving of something.

محجاةadjective
  1. 1.
    worthyclassical

    Worthy or deserving of something.

لمجدرةadjective
  1. 1.
    worthyclassical

    Worthy or deserving of something.

أحجاهverb
  1. 1.
    to be fitting forclassical

    To be fitting or appropriate for someone.

أحج بهverb
  1. 1.
    to be fitting forclassical

    To be fitting or appropriate for someone.

أخلق بهverb
  1. 1.
    to be fitting forclassical

    To be fitting or appropriate for someone.

محجadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyclassical

    Stingy or parsimonious.

شحيحadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyboth

    Stingy or parsimonious.

أبو حجيةname
  1. 1.
    a narrator's kunyaclassical

    A kunya (patronymic) referring to a narrator, Abu Hujayya.

أجلح بن عبد الله بن حجيةname
  1. 1.
    a specific narratorclassical

    A specific narrator, Ajlah bin Abdullah bin Hujayya.

حجية بن عديname
  1. 1.
    a companionclassical

    A companion (tabi'i), Hujayya bin Adi.

الحجاءnoun
  1. 1.
    combatclassical

    Fighting or combat.

عother
  1. 1.
    abbreviation for 'alayhiclassical

    An abbreviation, likely for 'alayhi (upon him) or similar.

Parallel reading

الحجا، كإلى: العقل، والفطنة، والمقدار
Al-Hija: intellect, acumen, and measure.
وبالفـتح: الناحية ج: أحجاء
And with the fatHa: the direction, plural: aHjaa'.
ونفاخات الماء من قطر المطر، جمع حجاة
And blisters of water from raindrops, plural of Hajaat.
وكلمة محجية: مخالفة المعنى للفظ، وهي الأحجية والأحجوة
And a muhajjiyyah word: contrary in meaning to the form, which is the aHjiyyah and aHjuwah.
وحاجيته محاجاة وحجاء فحجوته: فاطنته فغلبته
And I contended with him in wit (muHaajaah and Hijaa') and outwitted him: I outsmarted him and overcame him.
والاسم: الحجوى والحجيا، بضمة
And the noun: al-Hajwaa and al-Hajyaa, with a Damma.
وحجا بالمكان حجوا: أقام
And Hajaa bi-l-makaan Hujuu: he resided.
و بالشيء: ضن
And bi-sh-shay': he was stingy with the thing.
و الريح السفينة: ساقتها
And the wind (propelled) the ship: it drove it.
و السر: حفظه
And as-sirr: he guarded it.
و الفحل الشول: هدر، فعرفت هديره، فانصرفت إليه
And the male camel (to the she-camels): roared, so I recognized its roar, and turned towards it.
ووقف، ومنع، وظن الأمر فادعاه ظانا ولم يستيقنه
And he stopped, and prevented, and assumed the matter and claimed it, assuming without certainty, and not being sure of it.
و القوم: جزاهم
And al-qawm: he recompensed them.
وحجي به، كرضي: أولع به، ولزمه، وعدا، ضد
And Hujiya bihi, like ruDiya: he was obsessed with it, and adhered to it, and was contrary to it, the opposite.
وهو حجي به، كغني، وحج وحجى، كفتى: جدير
And he is Hujiyyun bihi, like ghaniyy: and Hajj and Haja, like fata: worthy.
وإنه لمحجاة: لمجدرة
And indeed he is maHjaah: worthy.
وما أحجاه وأحج به: أخلق به
And how fitting for him is aHjaahu and aHja bihi: it is fitting for him.
وإنه لمحج: شحيح
And indeed he is maHjj: stingy.
وأبو حجية، كسمية: أجلح بن عبد الله بن حجية، محدث
And Abu Hujayyah, like Sumayyah: Ajlah bin Abdullah bin Hujayyah, a traditionist.
وحجية بن عدي: تابعي
And Hujayyah bin Adi: a Tabi'i.
والحجاء: المعاركة
And al-Hija': combat.
وأحجاء: ع
And aHjaa': ' (abbreviation).