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حظظ

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of fortune, destiny, and share. It encompasses notions of having good luck, receiving a portion, and the state of being fortunate or destined. It also includes a less common meaning related to a medicinal substance.

Derived headwords

الحَظّnoun
  1. 1.
    the shareboth

    the share

  2. 2.
    luck, fortuneboth

    luck, fortune

أحَظّnoun
  1. 1.
    small number of fortunesclassical

    The plural of 'ḥaẓẓ' referring to a small quantity of fortunes or shares.

حُظُوظnoun
  1. 1.
    fortunes, sharesboth

    The plural of 'ḥaẓẓ', referring to multiple fortunes, shares, or portions.

أحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    many fortunesclassical

    A plural of 'ḥaẓẓ', used for a large number of fortunes, though considered irregular.

حَظَظْتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be fortunateboth

    To be endowed with good fortune or a favorable destiny.

تَحَظَّverb
  1. 1.
    to have fortuneboth

    To possess or experience good fortune.

حَظٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    he became fortunate in sustenanceboth

    he became fortunate in sustenance

  2. 2.
    fortunateboth

    fortunate

حَظِيظadjective
  1. 1.
    fortunateboth

    fortunate

مَحْظُوظadjective
  1. 1.
    fortunateboth

    fortunate

أحَظّadjective
  1. 1.
    more fortunateboth

    Comparative form, indicating a greater degree of fortune than another.

الحَظَظnoun
  1. 1.
    a variant of 'al-ḥaḍaḍ'both

    a variant of 'al-ḥaḍaḍ'

  2. 2.
    and it is a diseaseboth

    and it is a disease

الحِضَضnoun
  1. 1.
    a known medicineboth

    a known medicine

الحِضْظnoun
  1. 1.
    medicinal substanceclassical

    A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'ḥaḍaḍ', referring to a medicinal substance.

Parallel reading

النصيب والجد
The share and fortune.
جمع القلة أحظ
The plural for a small number is 'aḥaẓẓ'.
والكثير حظوظ وأحاظ على غير قياس
And the plural for a large number is 'ḥuẓūẓ' and 'aḥāẓ' irregularly.
ولكن أحاظ قسمت وجدود
But rather fortunes divided and destinies.
ما كنت ذا حظ
You were not a person of fortune.
ولقد حظظت تحظ فأنت حظ وحظيظ ومحظوظ
And you have indeed been fortunate, you are fortunate, lucky, and fortunate.
أي جديد ذو حظ من الرزق
Meaning destined, possessing a share of sustenance.
وأنت أحظ من فلان
And you are more fortunate than so-and-so.
الحظظ والحظظ: لغة في الحضض
Al-ḥaẓẓ and al-ḥaẓaẓ: a dialectal variation for al-ḥaḍaḍ.
وهو دواء
And it is a medicine.
أمر من صبر ومقر وحضظ
Sharper than صبر (ṣabr), مقر (maqar), and ḥaḍaḍ.