لهج

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root لهج (lahaja) primarily concerns the concept of being accustomed to, fond of, or addicted to something. It extends to the tongue, language, and dialect, as well as the act of feeding or tasting. It also encompasses meanings related to mixing, confusion, and incompletely cooked food.

Derived headwords

لَهَجَverb

1.
to be accustomed toboth
To become habitually fond of or addicted to something, to the point of being engrossed in it.
2.
to be eager forboth
To be strongly inclined or desirous of something.

أُلْهِجَverb

1.
to be made eagerboth
To be strongly inclined or made fond of something.
2.
to be accustomed toboth
To be habituated to something.

أَلْهَجَverb

1.
to make eagerboth
To cause someone or something to become strongly inclined or fond of something.
2.
to accustomboth
To habituate someone or something to something.

وألهجته به — And I made him fond of it.

ألهج الراعي — The shepherd made the young camels accustomed (to their mothers).

لَهَجًاnoun

1.
fondnessboth
A state of being strongly inclined or addicted to something.

لَهُوجٌnoun

1.
fondnessboth
A strong inclination or addiction to something.

مُلْهَجٌadjective

1.
addictedboth
One who is strongly inclined or accustomed to something.
2.
confusedboth
Describing something that is mixed or not fully formed, like half-formed sleepiness or incompletely cooked food.
3.
under-cookedboth
Describing food that has not been cooked thoroughly or tenderly.

رأسا بتهضاض الأمور ملهجا — Headlong into the rush of affairs, engrossed.

وهو ملهاج — And it is half-formed (sleepiness).

طعام ملهوج — Under-cooked food.

لَهْجَةٌnoun

1.
tongueboth
The organ of speech; the tongue.
2.
dialectboth
The specific language or dialect spoken by a person or group, often indicating their origin or upbringing.
3.
accentboth
The sound or tone of voice used by a person or group, especially as characteristic of a particular region or social class.

واللهجة، بالتسكين، (ويحرك: اللسان) — And al-lahjah, with sukun, (and with harakah): the tongue.

وهو فصيح اللهجة — And he is eloquent in his dialect.

ما من ذي لهجة أصدق من أبي ذر — There is no one with a tongue more truthful than Abu Dharr.

مَلْهَجٌnoun

1.
one who sleepsclassical
A person who sleeps and is unable to work.

الْهَاجَverb

1.
to mixboth
To become mixed or confused, applicable to various states of mixing.
2.
to be drowsyboth
Describing the eye when sleepiness begins to mix with wakefulness.
3.
to curdleboth
Describing milk that has begun to curdle but has not fully solidified.

الهاجت عينه — His eye became drowsy.

الهاج اللبن خثر حتى يختلط بعضه ببعض ولم تتم خثورته — The milk curdled until parts of it mixed, without its curdling being complete.

هَيَاجٌnoun

1.
mixingboth
The state of being mixed or confused.

رأيت أمر بني فلان ملهاجا — I saw the affair of the Banu Fulan in a state of confusion.

لَهُوجٌadjective

1.
unresolvedboth
Describing a matter or affair that has not been finalized or properly handled.
2.
under-cookedboth
Describing food, especially roasted meat, that has not been cooked thoroughly or tenderly.

لهوج الرجل أمره — The man left his affair unresolved.

لهوج الشواء: لم ينضجه — The roast was under-cooked, not fully cooked.

تَلَهْوَجَverb

1.
to cook poorlyboth
To not cook food thoroughly or tenderly.
2.
to hastenclassical
To do something hastily or without proper care.

تلهوجته — You did not cook it tenderly.

تلهوجوها — Hasten it (as they obtained it from the camel).

لَمْجَةٌnoun

1.
small portionboth
A small amount of food or drink, often taken before a meal as an appetizer.

واللهجة والسلفة واللمجة: بمعنى واحد — And al-lahjah, al-sulafah, and al-lamjah: are synonymous.

لَهَّجَهُمْverb

1.
to feedboth
To give someone a small portion of food or drink, especially as an appetizer before a meal.

لهجت القوم، إذا عللتهم قبل الغداء بلهنة يتعللون بها — I gave the people a small portion (as an appetizer) when I gave them something to stave off hunger before lunch.

لَاهِجٌadjective

1.
accustomedboth
A young camel accustomed to suckling its mother.

فصيل لاهج بأمه — A young camel accustomed to its mother.

تَلَهْوُجٌnoun

1.
hasteningclassical
The act of doing something hastily or without proper care.

تلهوجوها كما نالوا من العير — Hasten it as they obtained it from the camel.

Parallel reading

لهج به، أي بالأمر، (كفرح)، لهجا محركة ولهوج وألهج: (أغري به) وأولع (فثابر عليه) واعتاده.

He was fond of it, meaning the matter, (like faraha), lahjan (with harakah), lahuj, and alhaja: he was made eager for it and obsessed (so he persisted in it) and became accustomed to it.

ويقال: فلان ملحج بهاذا الأمر: أي مولع به.

And it is said: So-and-so is engrossed in this matter: meaning obsessed with it.

واللهج بالشيء: الولوع به.

And al-lahj with a thing: is being obsessed with it.

وألهجت زيد: إذا لهجت فصاله برضاع أمهاتها فيعمل عند ذالك أخلة يشدها في الأخلاف لئلا يرتضع الفصيل.

And Zayd made (the camels) accustomed: if their young camels became accustomed to suckling their mothers, so he would make a device that he would tie to the udders so that the young camel would not suckle.

رأى بسفى البهمى أخلة ملهج

He saw in the down of the Bahaama grass a device for the young camel (to prevent suckling).

والملهج: الراعي الذي لهجت فصال إبله بأمهاتها فاحتاج إلى تفليكها وإجرارها.

And al-malhaj: is the shepherd whose young camels became accustomed to their mothers, so he needed to apply the 'taflik' and 'ijrar' to them.

والتفليك: أن يجعل الراعي من الهلب مثل فلكة المغزل، ثم يثقب لسان الفصيل فيجعل فيه لئلا يرضع.

And al-taflik: is for the shepherd to make from the coarse hair something like the spindle-whorl, then pierce the young camel's tongue and put it in so it does not suckle.

والإجرار: أن يشق لسان الفصيل لئلا يرضع، وهو البدح أيضا.

And al-ijrar: is to slit the young camel's tongue so it does not suckle, and it is also called al-badh.

وأما الخل: فهو أن يأخذ خلالا فيجعله فوق أنف الفصيل يلزقه به، فإذا ذهب يرضع خلف أمه أوجعها طرف الخلال، فزبنته عن نفسها.

And as for al-khall: it is for him to take thorns and place them on the young camel's nose, sticking them to it, so when it goes to suckle its mother, the tip of the thorns hurts her, so she pushes it away from herself.

ولا يقال: ألهجت الفصيل، إنما يقال: ألهج الراعي، إذا لهجت فصاله.

And it is not said: I made the young camel accustomed; rather, it is said: The shepherd made (them) accustomed, if his young camels became accustomed.

وشبه شوك السفى لما يبس بالأخلة التي تجعل فوق أنوف الفصال ويغرى بها.

And he likened the thorns of the downy grass when it dried to the device placed on the noses of the young camels, which makes them eager (for it).

واللهجة، بالتسكين، (ويحرك: اللسان).

And al-lahjah, with sukun, (and with harakah): the tongue.

وهو فصيح (اللهجة) ويقال فلان فصيح اللهجة واللهجة: وهي لغته التي جبل عليها واعتادها ونشأعليها.

And he is eloquent in (his) dialect, and it is said: So-and-so is eloquent in his dialect and his dialect: meaning his language which he was created with, accustomed to, and grew up with.

والهاج الشيء كاحمار (الهيجاجا: اختلط) ، عام في كل مختلط.

And al-haaja the thing, like ihmaara (al-hayaja: mixed), is general in everything mixed.

وأيقظه حين الهاجت عينه: وذالك إذا اختلط بها النعاس.

And it woke him when his eye became drowsy: and that is when sleepiness mixed with it.

والهاج اللبن خثر حتى يختلط بعضه ببعض ولم تتم خثورته.

And the milk curdled until parts of it mixed, without its curdling being complete.

عن أبي زيد: (لهوج) الرجل (أمره) ؛ إذا (لم يبرمه) ولم يحكمه.

From Abu Zayd: The man's (affair) was 'lahuj'; if he did not finalize it and did not manage it properly.

ورأي ملهوج، وحديث ملهوج، وهو مجاز.

And an unresolved opinion, and an unresolved speech, and it is metaphorical.

ولهوج الشواء: لم ينضجه، أو لهوج اللحم: إذا لم ينعم طبخه وشيه.

And 'lahuj' of the roast: not cooking it thoroughly, or 'lahuj' of the meat: if its cooking and roasting were not done tenderly.

طعام ملهوج وملغوس، وهو الذي لم ينضج.

Under-cooked food and mishandled food, and it is that which is not cooked.

خير الشواء الطيب الملهوج قد هم بالنضج ولما ينضج.

The best of the good roast is the under-cooked one, almost cooked but not yet cooked.

والأمر ما رامقته ملهوجا يضويك ما لم تجن منه منضجا.

And the matter is what you observed as under-cooked; it will make you weak unless you prepare it cooked.

ولهوجت اللهم وتلهوجته: إذا لم تنعم طبخه.

And I cooked it poorly, O Allah, and I did not cook it tenderly: if you did not cook it tenderly.

ثرمل الطعام: إذا لم ينضجه صانعه ولم ينفضه من الرماد إذ مله، ويعتذر إلى الضيف فيقال: قد رملنا لك العمل، ولم نتنوق فيه للعجلة.

Tharmala the food: if its maker did not cook it thoroughly and did not remove it from the ashes when it was done, and he apologizes to the guest and says: We have prepared the work for you, and we did not refine it due to haste.

واللهجة والسلفة واللمجة: بمعنى واحد.

And al-lahjah, al-sulafah, and al-lamjah: are synonymous.

ولهجهم تلهيجا: أطعمهم إياها، قال الأموي: لهجت القوم، إذا عللتهم قبل الغداء بلهنة يتعللون بها.

And he gave them a small portion (lahhajahum): he fed them with it. Al-Umavi said: I gave the people a small portion (lahajtu al-qawm), when I gave them something to stave off hunger before lunch.

وتقول العرب: سلفوا ضيفكم ولمجوه ولهجوه ولمكوه وعسلوه وشمجوه (وعيروه) وسفكوه ونشلوه وسودوه، بمعنى واحد.

And the Arabs say: Give your guest a starter (salifu), and give him a starter (lamjuhu), and give him a starter (lahjuhu), and give him a starter (lamkuhu), and give him a starter (asaluhu), and give him a starter (shamjuhu), (and give him a starter (ayyaruhu)), and give him a starter (safakuhu), and give him a starter (nashaluhu), and give him a starter (sawwaduhu), meaning one thing.

والملهج، كمحمد: من ينام ويعجز عن العمل.

And al-malhaj, like Muhammad: one who sleeps and is unable to work.

الفصيل يلهج أمه: إذا تناول ضرعها يمتصه.

The young camel suckles its mother: if it takes hold of her udder to suck it.

ولهجت الفصال: أخذت في شرب اللبن.

And the young camels began to suckle: they started drinking milk.

ولهج الفصيل بأمه يلهج: إذا اعتاد رضاعها.

And the young camel became accustomed to its mother, it suckles: if it became accustomed to her milk.

فهو فصيل لاهج، وفصيل راغل: لاهج بأمه.

So it is a accustomed young camel, and a stray young camel: accustomed to its mother.

وهو لهوج.

And it is lahuj (unresolved/under-cooked).

وفصال لهج.

And young camels that are accustomed (to suckling).

وتلهوج الشيء: تعجله.

And tahlawhuj of a thing: is hastening it.

لولا الإلاه ولولا سعي صاحبنا تلهوجوها كما نالوا من العير.

Were it not for God and were it not for the effort of our companion, hasten it as they obtained it from the camel.