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هزج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly the rumbling of thunder and the melodious sounds of singing. It also extends to musical rhythm and poetic meter, as well as the sound of a bowstring.

Derived headwords

هَزَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to rumbleboth

    To make a rumbling sound, like thunder.

  2. 2.
    to sing melodiouslyboth

    To sing with a melodious, trilling sound, often associated with songs.

  3. 3.
    to make a twanging soundclassical

    To make a sound, like a bowstring when released.

الهَزَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Al-hazaj, with two fatḥas: a melodious sound, and their verb pattern is 'ṭariba'.both

    Al-hazaj, with two fatḥas: a melodious sound, and their verb pattern is 'ṭariba'.

  2. 2.
    And al-hazaj also: a type of song.both

    And al-hazaj also: a type of song.

تَهَزَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to singboth

    To sing with a melodious, warbling sound.

أَبْهَازِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    melodiesclassical

    Plural of 'hazaj', referring to songs or melodies with a trilling quality.

الهِزَامِجnoun
  1. 1.
    successive soundsclassical

    Successive or echoing sounds, with the addition of the letter 'mīm'.

Parallel reading

الهزج: صوت الرعد.
Al-hazaj: the sound of thunder.
والهزج أيضا من الأغاني، وفيه ترنم.
And al-hazaj is also from songs, and it contains melodious singing.
وقد هزج بالكسر وتهزج.
And he sang (with kasra) and he sang melodiously.
كأنها جارية تهزج
As if she were a singing maiden.
وتهزجت القوس، إذا صوتت عند إنباض الرامى عنها.
And the bow made a sound, when it twanged upon the archer releasing the arrow.
بأهازيج من أغانيها الجش وإتباعها النحيب الزفيرا
with melodies from her songs, the roaring and following it with wailing and sighing.
والهزج: جنس من العروض.
And al-hazaj: a genre of prosody.
والهزامج بالضم: الصوت المتدارك، بزيادة الميم.
And al-hazamij (with damma): the successive sound, with the addition of the mīm.