وهز

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root وهز (w-h-z) primarily relates to concepts of pressing, pushing, striking, and heavy or forceful stepping. It extends to descriptions of physical stature, gait, and the action of urging animals forward.

Derived headwords

الوَهَزnoun

1.
short manclassical
A man who is short in stature.
2.
strong buildclassical
Someone with a compact, sturdy, and well-built physique.
3.
thicksetclassical
A person of stout or bulky build.

أَوْهَازnoun

1.
short menclassical
The plural of وَهَز (wahaz), referring to short men.

وَهَزnoun

1.
tramplingboth
The act of treading or stepping heavily.
2.
pushingboth
A forceful push or shove.
3.
strikingboth
A blow or strike, often with force.
4.
camel with a broken humpclassical
A camel that is lame or has a broken hump.
5.
crushingclassical
The act of crushing or breaking something.
6.
leapingclassical
A sudden jump or leap.

وَهَزَهُverb

1.
to push himboth
To push or shove someone forcefully.
2.
to strike himboth
To hit or strike someone with force.
3.
to tread heavily on himboth
To step heavily upon someone or something.
4.
to urge onboth
To hasten or urge an animal forward.
5.
to crushclassical
To crush or break something.
6.
to leap uponclassical
To pounce or leap upon something.

وَهْزnoun

1.
strong pushboth
Intense pushing or shoving.

اللَّهْزnoun

1.
strike on the neckclassical
A strike specifically on the neck.

النَّهْزnoun

1.
pushingboth
The act of pushing or shoving.
2.
strikingboth
The act of striking.

البَهْزnoun

1.
strike with elbowclassical
A strike delivered with the elbow.

الأَوْهَزadjective

1.
good gaitclassical
Having a pleasing or graceful manner of walking.

الوَهازَةnoun

1.
gaitboth
A manner of walking or stepping.
2.
modestyclassical
A quality of modesty or bashfulness, particularly in women's demeanor.

المَوْهِزadjective

1.
heavy stepperclassical
A man who treads heavily or with great force.

مَوْهِزadjective

1.
like the heavy stepperclassical
Similar to موهِز (mōhiz), meaning one who treads heavily.

تَوَهَّزَverb

1.
to tread heavilyboth
To walk with a heavy or forceful step.
2.
to leapclassical
To jump or spring suddenly.

تَوْهِيزnoun

1.
making heavyclassical
The act of making something heavy or burdensome.

يَتَوَهَّزُverb

1.
to walk heavilyclassical
To walk with a heavy and forceful tread.

يَتَوَهَّسُverb

1.
to tread heavilyclassical
To tread or step heavily on the ground.

Parallel reading

الوهز، بالفتح: الرجل القصير، قاله ابن دريد

Al-wahaz, with fatha: the short man, said Ibn Duraid.

أو هو الغليظ الربعة

Or he is thickset in build.

الوهز: الوطء أو شدته

Al-wahaz: the treading or its intensity.

وفي الصحاح: البعير المقل

And in Al-Sihah: the lame camel.

الوهز: الدفع والضرب كاللهز والنهز، قاله الكسائي

Al-wahaz: the push and the strike, like al-lahz and al-nahz, said Al-Kisa'i.

وهزه وهزا: دفعه وضربه

Wahazahu wahzan: he pushed him and struck him.

وقيل: الوهز: شدة الدفع

And it was said: Al-wahaz: the intensity of the push.

اللهز: الضرب في العنق

Al-lahz: striking in the neck.

والوهز بالرجلين

And al-wahaz with the legs.

وقيل: وهزت فلانا، إذا ضربته بثقل يدك

And it was said: wahazta fulanan, if you struck him with the weight of your hand.

شهدنا الحديبية مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فلما انصرفنا عنها إذا الناس يهزون الأباعر، أي يحثونها ويدفعونها

We witnessed Al-Hudaybiyyah with the Prophet, peace be upon him, and when we departed from it, the people were urging the camels forward, meaning hastening them and pushing them.

كما وهز الوعث الهجان المزنما

As the rough ground urged on the well-bred camel with a prominent hump.

الوهز: قصع القملة وحكها بين الأصابع

Al-wahaz: crushing the louse and rubbing it between the fingers.

الأوهز: الحسن المشية

Al-awhaz: good of gait.

مشية الخفرات

The gait of modest women.

حماديات النساء غض الأطراف، وخفر الإعراض، وقصر الوهازة

The praiseworthy qualities of women are lowering their gazes, the modesty of turning away, and the brevity of their gait.

والوهازة، بالكسر: الخطو

And al-wahaza, with kasra: the step.

الموهز، كمعظم: الشديد الوطء من الرجال

Al-mōhiz, like mu'azzam: the one who treads heavily among men.

توهز، إذا وطئ وطأ ثقيلا

Tawazz, if he trod a heavy tread.

توهز الكلب: توثب

The dog tawazz: it leaped.

توهز الفهدة إثر الأرنب

The female leopard tawazz after the rabbit.

التوهز: وطء البعير المثقل

Al-tawazz: the treading of the overloaded camel.

ويقال: يتوهز، أي يمشي مشية الغلاظ ويشد وطأه

And it is said: yatawazz, meaning he walks with a heavy gait and intensifies his tread.

ووهزه توهيزا: أثقله

And wahazahu tawhizan: he made him heavy.

ومر يتوهز، أي يغمز الأرض غمزا شديدا

And he passed by yatawazz, meaning he pressed the ground with a strong press.