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حمج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of looking, specifically focusing on the intensity, manner, and physical appearance of the eye during intense observation. It also relates to the eye becoming sunken or appearing smaller due to such intense gazing.

Derived headwords

حَمَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to squintboth

    To narrow one's eyes, to make them smaller, often in order to see better or to express intensity.

تَحْمِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    squintingboth

    The act of narrowing the eyes, making them appear smaller.

  2. 2.
    sunkenness of the eyeclassical

    The condition of the eye appearing sunken or deep-set.

  3. 3.
    intense gazeclassical

    The act of looking with great intensity or force.

مُحَمَّجadjective
  1. 1.
    squintingclassical

    Describing someone whose eyes are narrowed or appear smaller.

Parallel reading

حمج الرجل عينه تحميجا يستشف النظر، إذا صغرها.
A man squints his eye, making it smaller, in order to see better.
وتحميج العين أيضا: غؤورها
And the squinting of the eye also means its sunkenness.
وقال أبو عبيدة: التحميج: شدة النظر.
And Abu Ubaidah said: Al-tahmij means the intensity of the gaze.
إنى رأيت بنى أبي ك محمجين إلى شوسا
Indeed, I saw the sons of my father squinting towards the proud ones.