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هدج

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific ways of walking, characterized by swaying or trembling. It also extends to sounds of yearning or distress, and metaphorically to the process of rain formation. A specific type of women's litter is also derived from this root.

Derived headwords

الهُدْجانnoun
  1. 1.
    Elderly gaitclassical

    The characteristic way an old man walks, often with a swaying or unsteady motion.

هدجverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a swayclassical

    To walk with a trembling or unsteady gait, like an old man or a camel.

يهدجverb
  1. 1.
    walks with a swayclassical

    Present tense of هدج (hadaja), describing the action of walking with a trembling or unsteady gait.

هَدّاجadjective
  1. 1.
    swaying walkerclassical

    One who walks with a trembling or unsteady gait.

هدجدجadjective
  1. 1.
    swaying walkerclassical

    An intensifier or variant of هداج (haddaj), describing someone who walks with a pronounced swaying or trembling motion.

هَدّاجname
  1. 1.
    Haddaj (horse name)classical

    The name of a horse belonging to the tribe of Bahila.

الهَدْجةnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's yearning cryclassical

    The sound a female camel makes when yearning for her lost young.

  2. 2.
    wind's mournful soundclassical

    The mournful, sighing sound of the wind, likened to a mother's yearning.

هدجتverb
  1. 1.
    yearned for her youngclassical

    Past tense of هدجت (hadajat), referring to a female camel crying out in yearning for her offspring.

مِهْداجadjective
  1. 1.
    yearning (camel/wind)classical

    Describing a female camel that yearns for her young, or the wind that makes a mournful sound.

الهودَجnoun
  1. 1.
    litter (for women)both

    A covered seat or palanquin, often decorated and used by women for travel, sometimes with metal fittings.

تهدجتverb
  1. 1.
    showed affection to her youngclassical

    A female camel showing tenderness and affection towards her offspring, often accompanied by vocalizations.

  2. 2.
    voice falteredclassical

    A voice becoming broken or trembling, as if with emotion or weakness.

تهدج الصوتverb phrase
  1. 1.
    voice broke with tremblingclassical

    The sound of a voice becoming intermittent or trembling, indicating distress or weakness.

Parallel reading

الهُدْجان: مشية الشيخ.
Al-hudajan: the gait of an old man.
وقد هدج يهدج.
And he walks with a sway, he walks with a sway.
وهدج الظليم، إذا مشى في ارتعاش، فهو هداج وهدجدج.
And the male ostrich walks with a sway, if it walks with trembling, it is a haddaj and hadjadaj.
وفارس هداج أشاب النواصيا
And a rider with a swaying gait, whose forelocks have turned gray.
والهدجة: حنين الناقة على ولدها.
And al-hadjah: the yearning cry of a she-camel for her young.
وقد هدجت، فهي مهداج.
And she has yearned, so she is mahdaj.
وكذلك الريح التي لها حنين.
And likewise the wind that has a yearning sound.
حتى سلكن الشوى منهن في مسك من نسل جوابة الآفاق مهداج
Until they traversed the flanks from them into the hide, from the offspring of the far-traveler, the yearning one.
لان الريح تستدر السحاب وتلقحه فيمطر، فالماء من نسلها.
For the wind draws the clouds and impregnates them, so it rains, and the water is from its offspring.
والهودج: مركب من مراكب النساء مضبب وغير مضبب.
And al-hawdaj: a conveyance among the conveyances of women, fitted with metal and not fitted with metal.
وتهدجت الناقة: تعطفت على ولدها.
And the she-camel showed affection to her young: she was tender towards her offspring.
وتهدج الصوت: تقطعه في ارتعاش.
And the voice faltered: it was broken with trembling.