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حنج

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of deviation, twisting, or turning away from a direct course or truth. It extends to actions like bending, misleading, and concealing information, as well as physical actions like twisting rope or a horse becoming lean.

Derived headwords

حَنَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to bend, to inclineboth

    To bend or incline something away from its intended direction or face.

أَحْنَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to bend, to inclineboth

    To cause something to bend or incline away from its intended direction. This is the transitive form of the verb.

  2. 2.
    to become leanclassical

    Said of a horse, meaning it became lean or slender.

  3. 3.
    to concealclassical

    To conceal or hide information, taking it away from its true meaning.

  4. 4.
    to speed upclassical

    To speed up or hasten.

  5. 5.
    to become bentboth

    To become bent or inclined. This is the intransitive form.

حَنَجَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bend itboth

    To bend it (something) away from its face or intended direction.

أَحْنِجْverb
  1. 1.
    to bendboth

    To bend or incline. This is the intransitive form.

حَنَجَ الحَبْلَverb
  1. 1.
    to twist the ropeboth

    To twist a rope tightly.

حَنَجَتْ حَاجَةٌverb
  1. 1.
    a need aroseboth

    A need or matter presented itself or arose.

الحِنْجُnoun
  1. 1.
    the originclassical

    The origin or root of something.

الأَحْنَاجُnoun
  1. 1.
    the originsclassical

    Plural of حِنْج, referring to origins or roots.

الحِنَاجُnoun
  1. 1.
    effeminate manclassical

    An effeminate man, a term used colloquially for a 'mukhannath' (effeminate person), derived from the idea of twisting or deviating.

المُحَنَّجُadjective
  1. 1.
    looking backclassical

    Describes someone who looks backward with their head and chest when walking.

المُحَنَّجُnoun
  1. 1.
    twisted speechclassical

    Speech that is twisted or deviated from its intended meaning to avoid detection.

المِحْنِجَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    toolclassical

    A type of tool or instrument.

احتَنَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to become bentboth

    To become bent or inclined; a passive verb form.

كَاحتَنَجَverb
  1. 1.
    like becoming bentboth

    Similar to احتنج, meaning to become bent or inclined.

أَحْنِجَ الخَبَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to conceal the newsclassical

    To conceal or hide the news, deviating it from its true course.

أَحْنِجَ في كلامهverb
  1. 1.
    to speed up in his speechclassical

    To speed up in one's speech.

أَحْنِجَ كلامهverb
  1. 1.
    to twist his speechclassical

    To twist one's speech, similar to how an effeminate person might.

أَحْنَقَ الفَرَسُverb
  1. 1.
    the horse became leanclassical

    Said of a horse, meaning it became lean or slender.

Parallel reading

حنجه يحنجه من باب ضرب: أماله عن وجهه
Hanajahu yahnijuhu, from the pattern of Daraba: to incline it away from its face.
كأحنجه
As if he inclined it.
الإحناج: أن تلوي الخبر عن وجهه
Al-ihnaj: to twist the news away from its true meaning.
حنج الحبل: فتله شديدا
To twist the rope: to twist it tightly.
حنجت حاجة: عرضت
A need arose: it presented itself.
الحنج، بالكسر: الأصل
Al-hinj, with kasra: the origin.
يقال: رجع فلان إلى حنجة وبنجه، أي رجع إلى أصله
It is said: So-and-so returned to his hinjah and binjah, meaning he returned to his origin.
الحناج ككتان: المخنث
Al-hinaj, like kittan: the effeminate man.
ابتذلت العامة هاذه الكلمة فسمت المخنث حناجا؛ لتلويه، وهي فصيحة
The common people have vulgarized this word and named the effeminate person a hinaj; because of his twisting, and it is a classical word.
وأحنج: مال
And ahnaja: he inclined.
وهو صريح في أنه يقال: حنجه فأحنج، بتعدي الثلاثي ولزوم الرباعي، وهو نادر
And it is explicit that it is said: he inclined it (transitive) and it inclined (intransitive), with the transitive of the three-letter verb and the intransitive of the four-letter verb, which is rare.
يقال: حنجته أي أملت، حنجا، فاحتنج، فعل لازم
It is said: I inclined it (transitive), I inclined it, so it inclined (intransitive), a passive verb.
ويقال أيضا: أحنجته
And it is also said: I made it incline (transitive).
أحنج الخبر: أخفى
He concealed the news: he hid it.
أحنج في كلامه: أسرع
He hastened in his speech: he sped up.
كلامه: لواه، كما يلويه المخنث
His speech: he twisted it, as an effeminate person twists it.
المحنجة بالسكر: شيء من الأدوات
Al-mihnajah with sukkar: something from the tools.
المحنج: الذي إذا مشى نظر إلى خلفه برأسه وصدره، وقد أحنج، إذا فعل ذالك
Al-mihnaj: he who, when he walks, looks behind him with his head and chest, and he has ahnaja, if he does that.
المحنج على صيغة المفعول: الكلام الملوي عن جهته كيلا يفطن
Al-mihnaj in the passive form: twisted speech, deviated from its direction so as not to be noticed.
أحنج الفرس: ضمر، كأحنق
The horse became lean: it became slender, like ahnaqa.