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حبج

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of abdominal distension in camels, often due to eating specific plants. It also extends to the action of striking someone with a stick and, metaphorically, to the plant basil.

Derived headwords

حَبَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became distendedclassical

    Said of camels whose bellies have become swollen from eating certain plants like 'urfuj and da'ah.

تَحَبَّجُverb
  1. 1.
    to become distendedclassical

    The present tense verb form indicating the state of abdominal distension in camels.

حَبْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    distensionclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the state of camels' bellies becoming distended.

بَعِيرٌ حَبِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    distended-belliedclassical

    An adjective describing a camel with a swollen belly, typically from overeating.

إِبِلٌ حَبْجَىadjective
  1. 1.
    distended-bellied camelsclassical

    A plural adjective form describing camels with swollen bellies.

جَبَاجِىadjective
  1. 1.
    distended-belliedclassical

    An alternative plural adjective form for camels with swollen bellies, similar to 'hamqa' and 'hamaqa'.

الحَبَجُnoun
  1. 1.
    basilclassical

    The name of the herb basil.

حَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell of basilclassical

    To have the scent of basil.

حَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell of basilclassical

    To emit the fragrance of basil.

حَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To hit someone with a stick, with multiple strikes.

حَبَجَاتٍnoun
  1. 1.
    strikesclassical

    The verbal noun for striking someone multiple times with a stick.

Parallel reading

حبجت الإبل بالكسر، تحبج حبجا، إذا انتفخت بطونها عن أكل العرفج والضعة
Camels become distended (with a kasra), they become distended (tahabjaj) with distension (habjan), if their bellies swell from eating 'urfuj and da'ah.
لأنه يتعقد فيها وييبس حتى تتمرغ من وجعه وتزحر
Because it (the food) congeals and dries within them, until they roll around from their pain and strain.
بعير حبج
A distended-bellied camel.
إبل حبجى وجباجى
Distended-bellied camels (habja) and (jabaji).
مثل حمقى وحماقى
Like 'hamqa' (foolish, singular) and 'hamaqa' (foolish, plural).
والحبج: الحبق
And al-habaj: basil.
حبج الرجل بالفتح، يحبج حبجا، أي حبق
A man smells of basil (with a fatha), he smells of basil (yuhibaj) with the scent (habajan), meaning he smells of basil (habiq).
حبج بها ورب الكعبة
By the Lord of the Ka'bah, he smells of basil.
وحبجه بالعصا حبجات: ضربه بها
And he struck him with the stick multiple times (habajahu bil-'asa habajat): he hit him with it.
مثل خبجه وهبجه
Like khabajahu (he struck him) and habajahu (he struck him).