هجع

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sleep, ranging from deep slumber to light naps. It also extends metaphorically to meanings of heedlessness, foolishness, and being easily deceived. Additionally, it touches upon concepts of hunger being satiated and a wide path.

Derived headwords

هَجَعَverb

1.
to sleepboth
To sleep, generally, or specifically at night.
2.
to be heedlessclassical
To be unaware or heedless of what is happening.

الهُجوعnoun

1.
sleepboth
Sleep in general, or specifically sleep at night.
2.
light sleepclassical
A light nap or brief sleep.

كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون — They used to sleep but little at night.

قفر هجعت بها، ولست بنائم — A desolate place where I slept, though not truly asleep.

الهُجاعnoun

1.
light sleepclassical
A light nap or brief sleep.

غير تهجاع — except for a light nap.

هاجعadjective

1.
sleepingboth
One who is sleeping.

لمي هاجعا لعبت به التنائف — for Layla, who was sleeping, and the deserts played with her.

هَجَعnoun

1.
sleeping peopleboth
A group of people who are sleeping.

والطير هجع — and the birds were sleeping.

وأصحابي هجوع — and my companions were sleeping.

هُجوعnoun

1.
sleeping peopleboth
A group of people who are sleeping.

والطير هجع — and the birds were sleeping.

وأصحابي هجوع — and my companions were sleeping.

الهَجِيعnoun

1.
part of the nightboth
A portion or segment of the night.

الهَجْعnoun

1.
heedless personclassical
A heedless or foolish person, unaware of what is intended for them.

الهَجْعَةnoun

1.
heedless personclassical
A heedless or foolish person, unaware of what is intended for them.
2.
napclassical
A light sleep or nap.

بعد هجعة منه — after a nap from the beginning of the night.

الهَجَعnoun

1.
heedless personclassical
A heedless or foolish person, unaware of what is intended for them.

المَهْجَعnoun

1.
heedless personclassical
A heedless or foolish person, unaware of what is intended for them.

مهجع بن صالحname

1.
companionclassical
A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, martyred at Badr.

هَجَعَ جوعهverb

1.
to break hungerboth
To break one's hunger, meaning to alleviate it slightly without being fully satisfied.

فهجع جوعه، أي انكسر — so his hunger was broken, meaning it was alleviated.

أَهْجَعَهُverb

1.
to break hungerboth
To alleviate someone's hunger.

كأهجعه إهجاعا — as to alleviate his hunger with alleviation.

طريق تهجعadjective

1.
wide pathclassical
A wide and spacious road.

هَجَاعnoun

1.
reckless chargeclassical
To charge headlong or recklessly.

وقد ركبوا على لومي هجاع — And they charged recklessly at my blame.

هَوَاجِعَاتnoun

1.
womenclassical
A plural of plural for women, implying a large gathering.

تهجيعverb

1.
to sleepclassical
To sleep.

ناموا نقله الجوهري — they slept, as narrated by Al-Jauhari.

هَجْعَةnoun

1.
part of the nightboth
A portion or segment of the night.
2.
light sleepclassical
A light sleep or nap.

بعد هجع من الليل — after a portion of the night.

بعد نومة خفيفة من أول الليل — after a light sleep from the beginning of the night.

رجل هَجْعَةadjective

1.
foolish, heedless manclassical
A foolish and heedless man.

Parallel reading

الهجوع بالضم والتهجاع، بالفتح: النوم مطلقا، وقيل: ليلا

Al-hujūʿ (with damma) and al-tahjāʿ (with fatha): sleep absolutely, and it is said: at night.

كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون

They used to sleep but little at night.

وقد يكون الهجوع بغير نوم

And sleep (al-hujūʿ) may occur without actual sleep.

قفر هجعت بها، ولست بنائم

A desolate place where I slept, though not truly asleep.

أو التهجاع: النومة الخفيفة

Or al-tahjāʿ: a light nap.

وأنشد الجوهري لأبي قيس بن الأسلت: (قد حصت البيضة رأسي فما ... أطعم نوما غير تهجاع)

And Al-Jauhari narrated for Abi Qays bin Al-Aslat: (The helmet has grazed my head, so I do not taste sleep except for a light nap).

فهو هاجع

So he is sleeping.

زار الخيال لمي هاجعا لعبت ... به التنائف والمهرية النجب

The vision visited Layla, who was sleeping, and the deserts and the noble desert steeds played with her.

وهم هجع، وهجوع

And they are sleeping (hujʿ), and sleeping (hujūʿ).

بمخطفة الأرجاء أزرى بنيها ... جذاب السرى بالقوم والطير هجع

With a swift-footed one whose companions were surpassed by its offspring... the night traveler with the people, and the birds are sleeping.

وأصحابي هجوع

And my companions were sleeping.

والهجيع، من الليل، كأمير: الطائفة منه، كالهزيع

And al-hajīʿ, from the night, like amīr: a portion of it, like al-hazīʿ.

والهجع والهجعة، بكسرهما، وهجع، كصرد، وهجع، مثل: كتف، والمهجع، كمنبر: نقل الجوهري منها الثالثة والخامسة: الغافل عما يراد به، الأحمق

And al-hajaʿ and al-hajʿah (with kasra), and hajiʿ like ṣurad, and hajiʿ like katif, and al-mahjaʿ like minbar: Al-Jauhari narrated from them the third and fifth: the heedless of what is intended for him, the foolish.

وهو مجاز

And it is a metaphor.

وهو رجل هجع: يستنيم إلى كل أحد

And he is a hajiʿ man: he trusts everyone.

وهجع الطعام جوعه: كسره

And hajiʿ food broke his hunger: it lessened it.

فهجع جوعه، أي انكسر

So his hunger was broken, meaning it was alleviated.

وطريق تهجع، كتمنع: واسع

And a tahjaʿ road, like tamanaʿ: wide.

وركب الرجل هجاع، كقطام: أي: ركب رأسه

And the man rode recklessly, like qaṭṭām: meaning, he charged headlong.

وقد ركبوا على لومي هجاع

And they charged recklessly at my blame.

ونساء هجع، وهجوع، وهواجع، وهواجعات: جمع الجمع

And women (hujʿ), and (hujūʿ), and hawājiʿ, and hawājiʿāt: a plural of plural.

وهجع القوم تهجيعا: ناموا

And the people slept (tahjīʿan): they slept.

وطرقني بعد هجع من الليل، وهجعة منه، أي: طائفة منه

And it came to me after a portion of the night, and a portion of it, meaning: a segment of it.

وأتيت فلانا بعد هجعة، أي: بعد نومة خفيفة من أول الليل

And I came to so-and-so after a nap, meaning: after a light sleep from the beginning of the night.

والهجعة، بالكسر، من الهجوع، كالجلسة من الجلوس

And al-hajʿah (with kasra), from al-hujūʿ, like al-jalsah from al-julūs.

ورجل هجعة، كهمزة: أحمق غافل

And a hajʿah man, like hamzah: foolish and heedless.

ويقال: هجعت إليه فخدعني، وهو مجاز

And it is said: I was heedless towards him and he deceived me, and it is a metaphor.