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هجل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes low-lying, secluded areas, often associated with unpleasantness or difficulty. It extends to concepts of hearing harsh words, throwing objects, and describes swiftness or erratic movement in animals and people, as well as desolate, featureless terrain.

Derived headwords

الهَجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying areaboth

    A low-lying, secluded area, often found between mountains.

  2. 2.
    fecesclassical

    Excrement, particularly in a low-lying or secluded place.

هَجَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to hear unpleasantnessclassical

    To hear something ugly or offensive, to be subjected to insults.

  2. 2.
    to throwclassical

    To throw a spear or other object.

وهجل به تهجيلا: أسمعه القبيح وشتمه — And he subjected him to hearing the ugly and insulting him.
وهجل بالقصبة وغيرها، إذا رمى بها — And he threw the spear and other things, if he threw them.
تَهْجِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    insultingclassical

    The act of causing someone to hear unpleasantness or insults.

الهَوْجَلadjective
  1. 1.
    swift (camel)both

    A swift she-camel, similar to الهوجاء (al-hawjā').

  2. 2.
    erratic (person)both

    A man who is erratic, restless, or wild.

  3. 3.
    desolate (plain)both

    A vast, featureless desert plain with no landmarks.

والهوجل من الابل: السريعة، مثل الهوجاء — And al-hawjal of the camels: the swift, like al-hawjā'.
هو جاء ليلتها هوجل — He came that night, swift.
الهَوْجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    desolate plainboth

    A vast, featureless desert plain with no landmarks.

والهوجل: الفلاة لا أعلام بها — And al-hawjal: the desert with no landmarks.
الهَوْجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    erratic personboth

    A man who is erratic, restless, or wild.

والهوجل: الرجل الأهوج — And al-hawjal: the erratic man.
الهَوْجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    shifting terrainclassical

    Land that shifts or changes direction, making it difficult to navigate.

الهوجل: الأرض تأخذ مرة هكذا ومرة هكذا — Al-hawjal: the land that goes one way and then another.

Parallel reading

بالهجل منها كأصوات الزنابير
In the low-lying area among them were sounds like those of hornets.
وهجل به تهجيلا: أسمعه القبيح وشتمه
And he subjected him to hearing the ugly and insulting him.
وهجل بالقصبة وغيرها، إذا رمى بها
And he threw the spear and other things, if he threw them.
والهوجل من الابل: السريعة، مثل الهوجاء
And al-hawjal of the camels: the swift, like al-hawjā'.
وبعد إشارتهم بالسيا ط هو جاء ليلتها هوجل
And after their signaling with the reins, he came that night, swift.
والهوجل: الرجل الأهوج
And al-hawjal: the erratic man.
سهدا إذا ما نام ليل الهوجل
Awake if the night of the erratic man slept.
والهوجل: الفلاة لا أعلام بها
And al-hawjal: the desert with no landmarks.
الهوجل: الأرض تأخذ مرة هكذا ومرة هكذا
Al-hawjal: the land that goes one way and then another.
والآل في كل مراد هوجل
And the mirage in every valley is like a shifting plain.