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هبرج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of fast, light, or mixed gait, often associated with pride or affectation. It also extends to describe things that are patterned or mixed, and can refer to large, fat animals or men.

Derived headwords

الهبرجnoun
  1. 1.
    fast, light walkclassical

    A fast and light manner of walking, sometimes implying affectation or mixing of gaits.

  2. 2.
    proud, strutting personclassical

    A proud and ostentatious person, characterized by a long tail-like gait, as described by Al-Asma'i.

  3. 3.
    man with a mixed gaitclassical

    A man whose walk is mixed or uneven, as explained by Al-Asma'i.

  4. 4.
    patterned garmentclassical

    A garment that is patterned or embroidered, similar to 'mowsha'.

  5. 5.
    large, fat manclassical

    A large and corpulent man. The pronunciation can be with a fatha or damma on the first syllable.

  6. 6.
    bullclassical

    A bull.

  7. 7.
    old gazelleclassical

    An old or mature gazelle.

الهبرجةnoun
  1. 1.
    embroidery, patterningclassical

    Embroidery or patterning, especially on garments.

  2. 2.
    mixing of gaitsclassical

    A mixed or uneven manner of walking, as previously mentioned.

مهبرجadjective
  1. 1.
    corrupt, mixed stringclassical

    Referring to strings (likely of a musical instrument) that are corrupt, mixed, or faulty in their composition.

Parallel reading

الهبرج: المشي السريع الخفيف
Al-habaraj: The fast, light walk.
الهبرج: المختال الذيال الطويل الذنب
Al-habaraj: The proud, strutting one with a long tail.
الهبرج: الرجل المهلط في مشيه
Al-habaraj: The man with a mixed gait.
سألت الأصمعي مرة: أي شيء هبرج؟ قال: مخلط في مشيه.
I asked Al-Asma'i once: What is 'habaraj'? He said: Mixed in his walk.
الهبرج: الموشى من الثياب
Al-habaraj: The patterned garment.
يتبعن ذيالا موشى هبرجا
They follow a patterned, habaraj-like trailing garment.
الهبرج: الضخم السمين من الرجال
Al-habaraj: The large, fat man.
الهبرج: الثور.
Al-habaraj: The bull.
الهبرج: الظبي المسن
Al-habaraj: The old gazelle.
والهبرجة: الوشي، والاختلاط في المشي
And al-habarajah: The patterning, and the mixing in walking.
والمهبرج، كمسرهد، من الأوتار: الفاسد المختلف المتن
And al-mahbardaj, like 'masardad', of the strings: corrupt, mixed in composition.