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هرج

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of confusion, commotion, and intense activity. It extends to meanings of excessive running, agitation, and even intoxication or exhaustion.

Derived headwords

الْهَرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    Al-harj: discord and confusion, with two fatḥas, and the Prophet interpreted it as killing among the signs of the Hour.both

    Al-harj: discord and confusion, with two fatḥas, and the Prophet interpreted it as killing among the signs of the Hour.

هرجverb
  1. 1.
    To be in commotionboth

    The people were engaged in strife and confusion.

  2. 2.
    To run excessivelyclassical

    Used to describe a horse that runs a great deal.

  3. 3.
    To become dazedclassical

    A camel becomes dazed due to intense heat and frequent application of tar.

هرجاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Commotion, strifeboth

    The masdar form indicating the act or state of being in commotion or strife.

  2. 2.
    Killing, slaughterclassical

    The act of widespread killing.

  3. 3.
    Abundance, excessclassical

    The state of being abundant or excessive.

مِهْرَاجadjective
  1. 1.
    Running excessivelyclassical

    Describes a horse that runs a great deal or is very swift.

هَرَّاجadjective
  1. 1.
    Running excessivelyclassical

    Describes a horse that runs a great deal or is very swift.

يَهْرِجverb
  1. 1.
    To be in commotionboth

    The people are engaged in strife and confusion (present tense).

  2. 2.
    To run excessivelyclassical

    A horse runs a great deal (present tense).

  3. 3.
    To become dazedclassical

    A camel becomes dazed (present tense).

يُهْرِجُverb
  1. 1.
    To be in commotionboth

    The people are engaged in strife and confusion (present tense, passive implied or general).

  2. 2.
    To run excessivelyclassical

    A horse runs a great deal (present tense, passive implied or general).

  3. 3.
    To become dazedclassical

    A camel becomes dazed (present tense, passive implied or general).

يُهْرِجُونverb
  1. 1.
    To be in commotionboth

    The people are engaged in strife and confusion (plural present tense).

  2. 2.
    To run excessivelyclassical

    Horses run a great deal (plural present tense).

  3. 3.
    To become dazedclassical

    Camels become dazed (plural present tense).

هَرَّجَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    To have intercourse with herclassical

    He had intercourse with her all night long.

مُرٌّ يَهْرُجverb
  1. 1.
    To run excessivelyclassical

    Said of a horse that runs a great deal.

مُهَرَّجadjective
  1. 1.
    a cistern, with a kasra on the ṣād: a basin where water collectsboth

    a cistern, with a kasra on the ṣād: a basin where water collects

  2. 2.
    and the plural is ṣahārīj, with a fatḥa on the ṣādboth

    and the plural is ṣahārīj, with a fatḥa on the ṣād

هَرَجَ الْبَعِيرُverb
  1. 1.
    The camel became dazedclassical

    The camel became dazed from intense heat and frequent application of tar.

يَهْرِجُverb
  1. 1.
    The camel becomes dazedclassical

    The camel becomes dazed from intense heat and frequent application of tar (present tense).

تَهْرِيجًاverb
  1. 1.
    To urge on in the heatclassical

    To push a camel hard in the midday heat until it becomes dazed.

أَهْرَجْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    To urge on in the heatclassical

    To push a camel hard in the midday heat until it becomes dazed.

هَرَجَ النَّبِيذُverb
  1. 1.
    The wine overcameclassical

    The wine affected him strongly and exhausted him.

انْهَرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To be overcome, exhaustedclassical

    To be overcome and exhausted, often by wine or exertion.

هَرَجْتُ بِالسَّبْعِverb
  1. 1.
    To shout at, urge onclassical

    To shout at and urge on an animal, specifically a lion.

Parallel reading

الْهَرْجُ: الْفِتْنَةُ وَالْاخْتِلَاطُ
Al-harj: sedition and confusion.
وَقَدْ هَرَجَ النَّاسُ يَهْرِجُونَ بِالْكَسْرِ هَرْجًا
And the people were in commotion, engaging in strife.
يَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ
Al-harj will be abundant.
قِيلَ: وَمَا الْهَرْجُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: الْقَتْلُ
It was asked: And what is al-harj, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Killing.
لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَأَوَّلُ الْهَرْجِ هَذَا
I wish I knew if this is the beginning of the strife.
أَمْ زَمَانٌ مِنْ فِتْنَةٍ غَيْرِ هَرْجٍ
Or a time of a sedition other than this strife.
وَأَصْلُ الْهَرْجِ الْكَثْرَةُ فِي الشَّيْءِ
And the origin of al-harj is abundance in a thing.
بَاتَ يَهْرُجُهَا لَيْلَتَهُ جَمْعَاءَ
He had intercourse with her all night long.
وَيُقَالُ لِلْفَرَسِ: مُرٌّ يَهْرُجُ
And it is said of a horse: It runs excessively.
وَإِنَّهُ لَمُهَرَّجٌ وَهَرَّاجٌ، إِذَا كَانَ كَثِيرَ الْجَرْيِ
And indeed it is one that runs excessively, if it is much in running.
مِنْ كُلِّ هَرَّاجٍ نَبِيلٍ مُحْزَمِهِ
From every swift, noble runner, its girth.
وَهَرَجَ الْبَعِيرُ بِالْكَسْرِ يَهْرِجُ هَرْجًا، إِذَا سَدِرَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ وَكَثْرَةِ الطِّلَاءِ بِالْقَطِرَانِ
And the camel became dazed, if it became dazed from intense heat and frequent application of tar.
وَرَهْبًا مِنْ حِنْذِهِ أَنْ يَهْرَجَا
And fearing from its heat that it might become dazed.
وَهَرَّجْتُ الْبَعِيرَ تَهْرِيجًا وَأَهْرَجْتُهُ، إِذَا حَمَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ فِي السَّيْرِ فِي الْهَاجِرَةِ حَتَّى يَسْدَرَ
And I urged the camel on, causing it to become dazed, if you pushed it hard in travel during the midday heat until it became dazed.
وَهَرَجَ النَّبِيذُ فُلَانًا، إِذَا بَلَغَ مِنْهُ فَانْهَرَجَ وَأَنْهَكَهُ
And the wine affected so-and-so, if it affected him strongly and exhausted him.
وَهَرَجْتُ بِالسَّبْعِ، إِذَا صِحْتَ بِهِ وَزَجَرْتَهُ
And I shouted at the lion, if you shouted at it and drove it away.
هَرَجْتُ فَارْتَدَّ ارْتِدَادَ الْأَكْمَهِ
I shouted, and he recoiled like a blind man recoiling.