هجع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sleep, its various states, and related concepts like drowsiness or light slumber. It also extends to meanings of heedlessness, foolishness, and even physical descriptions of being large or broken.

Derived headwords

الهُجوعnoun

1.
sleepboth
The state of being asleep; slumber.

تَهَجَّاعnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A light or brief sleep; a nap.

قد حصت البيضة رأسي فما * أطعم نوما غير تهجاع — The eggshell has grazed my head, and I have not tasted sleep except for a light nap.

هَجيعnoun

1.
part of the nightclassical
A portion or division of the night, similar to 'huzay'

هَجَعَverb

1.
to sleepboth
To fall asleep; to slumber.

تَهْجِيعًاnoun

1.
sleepingboth
The act of sleeping, used as a masdar for the verb 'haja'a'.

هَجْعَةnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A light sleep or nap, particularly one taken early in the night.

هَجْعَةadjective

1.
heedlessclassical
Describing someone who is heedless or unaware of what is happening around them; foolish.

هَجَعadjective

1.
heedlessclassical
Describing someone who is heedless or unaware of what is happening around them; foolish.

مَهْجَعadjective

1.
heedlessclassical
Describing someone who is heedless or unaware of what is happening around them; foolish.

هَجِعَverb

1.
to be brokenclassical
To be broken or lacking strength, specifically referring to hunger that has not been satisfied.

أَهْجَعَverb

1.
to quell hungerclassical
To quell or satisfy one's hunger or strong desire; to calm the pangs of hunger.

الهِجْنَعadjective

1.
tall and stoutclassical
Describing someone or something as tall and large; bulky.

Parallel reading

الهجوع: النوم.

Al-hujūʿ: sleep.

والتهجاع: النومة الخفيفة.

And al-tahajjāʿ: a light nap.

قال أبو قيس ابن الأسلت: قد حصت البيضة رأسي فما * أطعم نوما غير تهجاع *

Abū Qays ibn al-Aslatt said: The eggshell has grazed my head, and I have not tasted sleep except for a light nap.

وهجيع من الليل، مثل هزيع.

And a portion of the night, like a division (huzayʿ).

وهجع القوم تهجيعا، أي نوموا.

And the people slept (hajaʿū) with a sleeping (tahjīʿan), meaning they slept.

ويقال: أتيت فلانا بعد هجعة، أي بعد نومة خفيفة من أول الليل.

And it is said: I came to so-and-so after a hijʿah, meaning after a light sleep from the early part of the night.

والهجعة منه، كالجلسة من الجلوس.

And al-hijʿah is from it, like al-jalsah is from al-julūs (sitting).

ويقال: رجل هجعة، مثال همرة، وهجع، ومهجع، للغافل عما يراد به، الأحمق.

And it is said: a man (rajul) hijʿah, like humrah, and hajaʿ, and mahjaʿ, meaning heedless of what is intended for him, foolish.

وأصله من الهجوع.

And its origin is from al-hujūʿ (sleep).

وهجع جوعه مثل هجأ، إذا انكسر ولم يشبع.

And his hunger was broken (hajaʿa) like (hajaʾa), when it is weakened and not satisfied.

وأهجع فلان غرثه، إذا سكن ضرمه، متل أهجأ.

And so-and-so quelled his hunger (ahjaʿa gharthahu), if his burning desire subsided, like ahjaʾa.

والهجنع بتشديد النون: الطويل الضخم عن الأصمعي.

And al-hinjaʿ (with shaddah on the nūn): tall and large, according to Al-Aṣmaʿī.

قال ذو الرمة يصف ظليما: هجنع راح في سوداء مخملة * من القطائف أعلى ثوبه الهدب

Dhū al-Rūmmah said, describing an ostrich: A tall, stout one went off into a black, velvety expanse * from brocades, the fringe adorning the top of its garment.