هوء

Root entry · 42 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of elevation, lifting, and aspiration, often related to ambition and high aims. It also extends to notions of opinion, judgment, and estimation, as well as specific interjections and demonstratives.

Derived headwords

يهوءverb

1.
to lift oneself upclassical
To elevate oneself, particularly towards high aspirations or noble goals.

هوءnoun

1.
ambitionclassical
High aspiration, lofty ambition, or great determination.
2.
opinionclassical
Sound judgment or decisive opinion.

الهوءnoun

1.
ambitionclassical
The quality of having high aspirations or great determination.

يهوء بنفسهverb

1.
to elevate oneselfclassical
To lift oneself up, especially towards high goals or ambitions.

هؤت به خيراverb

1.
to suspect of goodclassical
To suspect someone of having good intentions or qualities.

أهوء بهverb

1.
to suspect ofclassical
To suspect someone of something, whether good or bad.

هؤتهverb

1.
to suspect ofclassical
To suspect someone of having something, like good fortune, bad intentions, or wealth.

هوأnoun

1.
suspicionclassical
An act of suspecting someone of something.

هوت بهverb

1.
to suspect ofclassical
To suspect someone of something, used without hamza.

هوائيnoun

1.
my guessclassical
My conjecture or assumption.

هوائيnoun

1.
my guessclassical
My conjecture or assumption.

هؤت بهverb

1.
to rejoice inclassical
To be pleased or delighted with someone or something.

شؤت بهverb

1.
to rejoice inclassical
To be pleased or delighted with someone or something.

هوىء إليهverb

1.
to aspire toclassical
To have a strong desire or aspiration towards something.

هاءparticle

1.
here you are
An interjection used when handing something over, similar to 'here you go'.
2.
yesclassical
A word used in response, akin to 'yes' or 'indeed', sometimes in place of a labbayk (here I am).

هاءاparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for dual masculine or feminine.

هائياparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for dual masculine or feminine.

هاءواparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for plural masculine.

هاءونparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for plural masculine.

هاؤماparticle

1.
here you two
A demonstrative particle meaning 'here you two' for masculine.
2.
here you twoclassical
A demonstrative particle meaning 'here you two' for feminine.

هاؤمparticle

1.
here you all
A demonstrative particle meaning 'here you all' for masculine.

هاءparticle

1.
takeclassical
An imperative particle meaning 'take' or 'here you are'.

هائياparticle

1.
takeclassical
An imperative particle meaning 'take' for dual feminine.

هاؤواparticle

1.
takeclassical
An imperative particle meaning 'take' for plural masculine.

هائيparticle

1.
takeclassical
An imperative particle meaning 'take' for feminine singular.

هائينparticle

1.
takeclassical
An imperative particle meaning 'take' for plural feminine.

هاؤمنparticle

1.
here you allclassical
A demonstrative particle meaning 'here you all' for feminine plural.

هاؤنparticle

1.
here you allclassical
A demonstrative particle meaning 'here you all' for feminine plural.

هأparticle

1.
here you areclassical
An interjection used when handing something over, with a quiescent hamza.

هائيparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for feminine singular.

هاءاparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for dual masculine or feminine.

هأنparticle

1.
here you areclassical
A form of the interjection 'ha'' used for feminine plural.

أهاءverb

1.
what do I take?classical
An interrogative phrase asking 'What am I taking?'.

أهاءverb

1.
what do I give?classical
An interrogative phrase asking 'What am I giving?'.

هاؤمparticle

1.
readclassical
An imperative particle meaning 'read' or 'take and read'.

المهوأنnoun

1.
vast desertclassical
A large, open, and barren desert area.
2.
habitclassical
A customary practice or routine.
3.
part of the nightclassical
A portion or segment of the night.

مهوأناnoun

1.
distant placeclassical
A place that is far away or remote.

لاهاء الله ذاparticle

1.
By God!classical
An oath, meaning 'By God!', with a lengthened 'ha'.

لاها الله ذاparticle

1.
By God!classical
An oath, meaning 'By God!', without the lengthened 'ha'.

هاوأتهverb

1.
to compete withclassical
To engage in a contest or rivalry with someone, similar to 'haawituhu'.

هؤت هوأهverb

1.
I did not noticeclassical
I did not perceive or become aware of it.

لأهوء بكverb

1.
to lift you fromclassical
To elevate you or remove you from a particular matter or situation.

Parallel reading

فلان (بنفسه إلى المعالي) {يهوء} هوءا (: رفعها) وسما بها إليها.

So-and-so {yahoo'} himself towards high aspirations, elevating himself and rising to them.

وإنه لبعيد} الهوء، وبعيد الشأو، أي بعيد الهمة

And indeed he is far in ambition, and far in reach, meaning far in aspiration.

قال الراجز: لا عاجز الهوء ولا جعد القدم

The poet said: Not lacking in ambition, nor slow of foot.

وإنه لذو هوء أي صائب (الرأي الماضي)

And indeed he is possessed of sound opinion, decisive and forward-looking.

وفلان {يهوء (بنفسه) إلى المعالي أي يرفعها ويهم بها

And so-and-so {yahoo' (himself)} towards high aspirations, meaning he elevates himself and aspires to them.

وهؤت به خيرا فأنا {أهوء به هوءا (أو شرا) أي (أزننته به)

And I suspected him of good, so I {ahu'u bihi} him with suspicion (or evil), meaning I suspected him.

قال اللحياني: (} هؤته بخيرو) {هؤته (بشر) } وهؤته بمال كثير {هوأ، أي أزننته به

Al-Lihyani said: {I suspected him of good} {I suspected him of evil} and I suspected him of much wealth, meaning I suspected him.

وفي (الحكم) : والصحيح} هوت به، بغير همز، كذلك حكاه يعقوب.

And in (Al-Hukm): And the correct is {hawat bihi}, without hamza, as Ya'qub narrated it.

ووقع) ذلك (في {- هوئي) بالفتح (} - وهوئي) بالضم (أي ظني

And that occurred in {- hu'a'i} (with fatha) - {- hu'a'i} (with damma), meaning my guess.

وعن أبي عمرو: ( {هؤت به) وشؤت به، أي (فرحت) به.

And from Abu Amr: {ha'tu bihi} and {shu'tu bihi}, meaning I rejoiced in it.

(} وهوىء إليه) كفرح (: هم) ، نقله اليزيدي.

And {hawa'a ilayhi} (like faraha): he aspired, as narrated by Al-Yazidi.

ها، كجاء) مفتوح الهمزة ممدود (تلبية) أي بمعنى التلبية، هكذا في نسختنا الصحيحة، وقد وقع التصحيف هنا في نسخ كثيرة فليحذر، (قال) الشاعر: لا بل يجيبك حين تدعو باسمه فيقول هاء وطال ما لبي (هاء) أي لبيك.

Ha', like jaa' (with open hamza and lengthened) means 'labbayk' (here I am), meaning in the sense of a response. This is how it is in our correct copy, and this has been mistranscribed in many copies, so beware. The poet said: Rather, he answers you when you call his name, and says 'Ha'', and for a long time he responded 'Ha'' meaning 'Labbayk'.

هاء كلمة تستعمل عند المناولة، تقول} هاء يا رجل.

'Ha'' is a word used when handing something over, you say 'Ha'', O man.

تقول للمذكر والمؤنث {هاءا، على لفظ واحد وللمذكرين: هاءا، وللمؤنثين:} هائيا، وللمذكرين {هاءوا، ولجماعة المؤنث} هاءون

You say to the masculine and feminine {ha'an}, in one form. And to two males: {ha'an}, and to two females: {ha'iyan}. And to two males: {ha'u}, and to a group of females: {ha'un}.

ومنهم من يقول للمذكر (هاء، بالكسر، أي هات) وللمذكرعين ( {هائيا) ولجمع المذكر (} هاؤوا) وللمؤنثة ( {- هائي) بإثبات الياء واللمؤنثين (} هائيا) ولجماعة المؤنث ( {هائين) كهاتيا هاتوا هاتي هاتين، تقيم الهمزة في جميع هذا مقام التاء

And some say to the masculine (ha', with kasra, meaning 'take') and to two males ({ha'iyan}), and to a group of males ({ha'u}), and to the feminine ({- ha'i}) with the affirmation of the ya', and to two females ({ha'iyan}), and to a group of females ({ha'in}), like hatiya, hatu, hati, hatayni, where the hamza in all of this takes the place of the ta'.

ومنهم من يقول (هاء) بالفتح (كجاء، أي) كأن معناه (هاك) و (} هاؤما) يا رجلان و ( {هاؤم) يا رجال، و (} هاء، بلا ياء) و (هاؤما) للمؤنثين، ولجماعة النسوة كما في (لسان العرب) {هاؤمن.

And some say (ha') with fatha (like jaa'), meaning 'here you are'. And ({ha'uma}) O two men, and ({ha'um}) O men, and ({ha'}) without ya', and ({ha'uma}) for two females, and for a group of women as in (Lisan al-Arab) {ha'umn}.

وفي (الصحاح) (} هاؤن) تقيم الهمز في ذلك مقام الكاف

And in (Al-Sihah) ({ha'un}), the hamza in that takes the place of the kaf.

وفيه لغة أخرى: {هأ يا رجل) بهمزة ساكنة (كهع) وأصله هاء، أسقطت الألف لاجتماع الساكنين

And there is another dialect: {ha', O man} with a quiescent hamza (like 'a'in), and its origin is ha', the alif was dropped due to the meeting of two quiescent letters.

(} - وهائي، كهاعي، للمرأة، وللمرأتين) وكذا الذكرين ( {هاءا) مثل هاعا، (ولهن) أي للنسوة (} هأن، كهعن) بالتسكين.

And {- ha'i}, like ha'i, for the woman, and for the two women) and likewise for the two men ({ha'an}) like ha'a, and for them (i.e., the women) ({ha'n}, like 'a'n) with sukūn.

وأما حديث الربا (لا تبيعوا الذهب بالذهب إلا هاء وهاء) فسيأتي ذكره في باب المعتل إن شاء الله تعالى.

As for the hadith about usury (Do not sell gold for gold except ha' and ha'), its mention will come later in the chapter on defective verbs, God willing.

وإذا قيل لك: هاء، بالفتح، قلت: ما {أهاء، أي (ما) آخذ؟

And if it is said to you: Ha', with fatha, you say: Ma {ahaa'}, meaning 'What am I taking?'.

ولا أدري ما أهاء، أي ما أعطي وما أهاء أي على ما لم يسم فاعله أي ما أعطى

And I do not know what I am giving, meaning what I give, and what is given, meaning what was given (passive voice).

وفي التنزيل {1. 036 هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه} (الحاقة: 19)

And in the Quran {1036 Ha'um, read my record} (Al-Haqqah: 19).

(} والمهوأن) بضم الميم وفتح الهمزة (وتكسر همزته) عن ابن خالويه هو (: الصحراء الواسعة)

And {Al-mahu'an} (with damma on the mim and fatha on the hamza, and its hamza can be kasra) from Ibn Khilawayh is: {the vast desert}.

قال رؤبة: جاءوا بأخراهم على خنشوش في مهوأن بالدبا مدبوش المدبوش: الذي أكل الجراد نبته.

Ru'bah said: They came with their last ones on Khanshush in a vast desert, with locusts having eaten its plants.

(و) المهوأن (: العادة) نقله الصاغاني، (والطائفة من الليل) يقال: مضى {مهوأن من الليل أي هوي منه

And {Al-mahu'an} is: {the habit}, as narrated by Al-Saghani, and {a portion of the night}. It is said: {A portion of the night} passed, meaning a part of it.

و (قال ابن بري (ذكره هنا وهم للجريري، لأن) } مهوأنا (وزنه مفوعل) وكذلك ذكره ابن جني، قال: (والواو) فيه (زائدة، لأنها) أي الواو (لا تكون أصلا في بنات الأربعة) وقد ذكره ابن سيده في مقلوب هنأ، قال: المهوأة: المكان البعيد، قال: وهو مثال لم يذكره سيبويه.

And (Ibn Bury said: Jareeri mentioned it here by mistake, because) {mahwa'ana} has the pattern mafaw'al. Ibn Jinni also mentioned it, saying: And the waw in it is extra, because the waw is not an original letter in four-letter roots. Ibn Sida mentioned it in the inverted roots of hana', saying: Al-mahwa'ah: the distant place. He said: And it is a pattern that Sibawayh did not mention.

(و {لاهاء الله ذا، بالمد، أي لا والله، أو الأفصح) فيه (لاها الله ذا، بترك المد، أو) أن (المد) فيه (لحن) كما ادعاه بعض منهم (والأصل لا والله، هذا ما أقسم به. فأدخل اسم الله بين ها، وذا

And {Laha' Allahu dha}, with madd, meaning 'By God!', or the more eloquent is {Laha Allahu dha}, without madd, or that (the madd) in it is an error, as some claimed. The origin is 'La والله', this is what I swear by. So the name of God was inserted between ha' and dha'.

ومما يستدرك عليه: } هاوأته: فاخرته، لغة في هاويته، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And among what is added: {Hawa'tuhu}: I boasted to him, a dialectal variant of {haawituhu}, from Ibn Al-A'rabi.

وما {هؤت} هوأه أي ما شعرت به ولا أردته.

And I did not {hu'tu} it, meaning I did not feel it nor intend it.

وإني {لأهوء بك عن هذا الأمر، أي أرفعك عنه، نقله اللحياني.

And indeed I {la-ahu'u bika} from this matter, meaning I lift you from it, as narrated by Al-Lihyani.