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حشرج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes sounds of distress or difficulty, particularly the gurgling sound made during death or the labored breathing associated with it. It can also refer to the sounds made by animals in their throats or the sound of water in a confined space.

Derived headwords

الحشرجةnoun
  1. 1.
    Gurgling sound at deathclassical

    The gurgling sound made in the throat during the process of dying, and the labored, rattling sound of breathing.

  2. 2.
    Animal throat soundclassical

    The sound made by a donkey, which it repeats in its throat.

حشرجةverb
  1. 1.
    To gurgle (at death)classical

    To make the gurgling sound associated with death or extreme distress.

  2. 2.
    To make a rattling soundclassical

    To produce a rattling or gurgling sound in the throat.

حشرجnoun
  1. 1.
    Watery depressionclassical

    A hollow or depression filled with water, often found among pebbles.

Parallel reading

الحشرجة: الغرغرة عند الموت، وتردد النفس.
Al-hashraja: The gurgling at death, and the repetition of breath.
وحشرجة الحمار: صوته يردده في حلقه.
And the hashraja of the donkey: its sound which it repeats in its throat.
وإذا له علز وحشرجة
And when he had a grip and a gurgle
مما يجيش به من الصدر
from what was churning within his chest.
الحشرج: الحسي يكون في حصى.
Al-hashraj: The hollow that is among pebbles.
فلثمت فاها آخذا بقرونها
So I kissed her mouth, holding her horns
شرب النزيف ببرد ماء الحشرج
like a thirsty person drinking the coolness of the water of the hollow.