هوء

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of ambition, aspiration, and elevated purpose. It also extends to meanings related to giving and taking, and the vastness of a desert.

Derived headwords

الهوءnoun

1.
ambitionboth
High aspiration or lofty purpose, often referring to a person's elevated goals.
2.
purposeclassical
The aim or intention behind an action or endeavor.

هاءverb

1.
meaning: here you are (masculine singular)both
meaning: here you are (masculine singular)
2.
like 'hāk'both
like 'hāk'

هاء الرجل — The man aspired (elevated himself).

وإنه ليهوء بنفسه — And indeed he elevates himself (with pride/ambition).

يهوءverb

1.
to aspireboth
Present tense of 'to aspire', indicating the ongoing action of elevating oneself towards noble goals.

هؤتverb

1.
to judge well ofclassical
To have a good opinion of someone or something, or to assess them favorably.

هؤت به خيرا — I judged well of him (I had a good opinion of him).

المهوأنnoun

1.
vast desertclassical
A large, open, and desolate expanse of land, typically a desert.

في مهوأن بالدبا مدبوش — In a vast desert covered with locusts.

هاءparticle

1.
meaning: here you are (masculine singular)both
meaning: here you are (masculine singular)
2.
like 'hāk'both
like 'hāk'

هاء يا رجل — Here, man! / Take it, man!

هاء يا رجل بفتح الهمزة — 'Haa', O man (with the hamza open), means 'take this'.

هائيparticle

1.
meaning: give (feminine singular)both
meaning: give (feminine singular)

وللمرأة هائي بإثبات الياء — And for the woman, 'haai' with the yaa affirmed.

هاؤماparticle

1.
like 'hākumā' and 'hākum'both
like 'hākumā' and 'hākum'

وللاثنين: هاؤما — And for the two: 'ha'uma'.

هاؤمparticle

1.
take (plural)both
Plural imperative form of 'haa', used when addressing a group of males or a mixed group.

وللجميع: هاؤم — And for the group: 'ha'um'.

هاءparticle

1.
meaning: here you are (masculine singular)both
meaning: here you are (masculine singular)
2.
like 'hāk'both
like 'hāk'

وللمرأة: هاء بالكسر بلا ياء — And for the woman: 'haa' with kasra without yaa.

هاؤنparticle

1.
with fatḥa on the wāw: that in which something is pounded, arabicizedboth
with fatḥa on the wāw: that in which something is pounded, arabicized

وهاؤن — And 'ha'un'.

هأparticle

1.
a particle of warning/attention, and it is a substitute for what 'ayy' used to be annexed toboth
a particle of warning/attention, and it is a substitute for what 'ayy' used to be annexed to
2.
they substituted the alif with haboth
they substituted the alif with ha
3.
a letter of the alphabet and one of the augmentative lettersboth
a letter of the alphabet and one of the augmentative letters
4.
a particle of warning/attentionboth
a particle of warning/attention
5.
it can be a pronoun for the absent male and femaleboth
it can be a pronoun for the absent male and female
6.
it is added in pause to clarify the vowelboth
it is added in pause to clarify the vowel
7.
a substitute for the hamzaboth
a substitute for the hamza
8.
shortened for proximityboth
shortened for proximity

هأ يا رجل بهمزة ساكنة — 'Ha' O man with a sakin hamza.

هائيparticle

1.
meaning: give (feminine singular)both
meaning: give (feminine singular)

وللمرأة هائي — And for the woman, 'haai'.

هاءاparticle

1.
take (dual, sakin hamza)classical
Dual imperative form of 'ha'' (with sakin hamza), meaning 'take'.

وللرجلين والمرأتين: هاءا — And for the two men and the two women: 'haa'a'.

هأنparticle

1.
take (feminine plural, sakin hamza)classical
Feminine plural imperative form of 'ha'' (with sakin hamza), meaning 'take'.

وللنساء: هأن — And for the women: 'haan'.

أهاءverb

1.
to takeclassical
First-person singular form of the verb 'to take' in response to being offered something.

ما أهاء — What do I take?

Parallel reading

فلان بعيد الهوء بالفتح، أي: بعيد الهمة.

So-and-so is far in 'al-haw' (with fathah), meaning: far in ambition.

تقول منه: هاء الرجل، وإنه ليهوء بنفسه، أي: يسمو بها إلى المعالي، والعامة تقول: يهوى بنفسه.

You say from it: 'haa al-rajul' (the man aspired), and indeed he elevates himself (with pride/ambition), meaning: he elevates it (his soul) to the heights, and the common people say: 'yahwa bi-nafsihi'.

أبو زيد: هؤت به خيرا، إذا أزننته به.

Abu Zayd said: 'ha'tu bihi khayran' (I judged well of him), if you assess him favorably.

والمهوأن بضم الميم: الصحراء الواسعة

And 'al-mahwaan' (with dammah on the mim): the vast desert.

في مهوأن بالدبا مدبوش

In a vast desert covered with locusts.

وقولهم: هاء يا رجل بسكر الهمز، معناه: هات، وللمرأة هائي بإثبات الياء، مثل: هاتي، وللرجلين والمرأتين: هائيا، مثل: هاتيا، وللرجال: هاءوا، وللنساء، هائين، مثل: هاتين، تقيم الهمزة في جميع هذا مقام التاء.

And their saying: 'haa ya rajul' (here, man!) with a sakin hamza, means: 'haat' (give!), and for the woman: 'haai' with the yaa affirmed, like: 'haati', and for the two men and the two women: 'haaiyaa', like: 'haatiyaa', and for the men: 'haaoo', and for the women: 'haaiin', like: 'haatiin', the hamza stands in all of this in place of the taa.

وإذا قلت: هاء يا رجل بفتح الهمزة، كان معناه: هاك، وللاثنين: هاؤما، وللجميع: هاؤم، مثل: هاكما وهاكم، وللمرأة: هاء بالكسر بلا ياء، مثال: هاك، وهاؤما وهاؤن، تقيم الهمزة في هذا كله مقام الكاف.

And if you say: 'haa ya rajul' (take, man!) with the hamza open, its meaning is: 'haak' (take!), and for the two: 'ha'uma', and for the group: 'ha'um', like: 'haakumaa' and 'haakum', and for the woman: 'haa' (with kasrah) without a yaa, for example: 'haak', and 'ha'umaa' and 'ha'un', the hamza stands in all of this in place of the kaaf.

وفيه لغة أخرى، هأ يا رجل بهمزة ساكنة، مثل: هع، أي: خذ، وأصله هاء أسقطت الألف لاجتماع الساكنين، وللمرأة هائي، مثل: هاعي، وللرجلين والمرأتين: هاءا، مثال: هاعا، وللرجال هاءوا، وللنساء: هأن، مثال: هعن بالتسكين.

And there is another dialect: 'ha'' O man with a sakin hamza, like: 'ha'' (take!), meaning: 'take', and its origin is 'haa' from which the alif was dropped due to the meeting of two sakin letters, and for the woman: 'haai', like: 'haai', and for the two men and the two women: 'haaa', for example: 'haacaa', and for the men: 'haaoo', and for the women: 'haan', for example: 'haan' (with sakin).

وإذا قيل لك هاء بالفتح قلت: ما أهاء، أي ما آخذ، وما أهاء على ما لم يسم فاعله، أي ما أعطى.

And if it is said to you 'haa' (take!) with the fathah, you say: 'maa ahaa' (what do I take?), meaning what I take, and 'maa yuhaa' (what is given) in the passive voice, meaning what is given.