Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ هزج

هَزِجَ, aor. ـَ {يَهْزَجُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. هَزَجٌ; (L;) He sang in a certain manner, with trilling, or quavering; as alsoتهزّج↓; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) andهزّج↓: (Ḳ:) orتهزّج↓ signifies he reiterated, or made to reciprocate, the graceful modulations of his voice: or prolonged his voice, without elevating it: (Aboo-Is-ḥáḳ, L:) or هَزَجٌ does not at all signify trilling, or quavering; and therefore IAạr has applied هَزِجٌ as an epithet to a dog that barks much. (L.)

Root: هزج - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

He read, or recited, with a prolonging and trilling of the voice, making the sounds to follow closely, one upon another; as alsoتهزّج↓. (TA.)


2. ⇒ هزّج

هزّج الصَّوْتَ, inf. n. تهْزِيجٌ, He (a singer [or a reader or reciter]), made the sounds of the voice to be closely consecutive, and uttered in a light and quick manner. (L.)

Root: هزج - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

هزّج صَوْتَهُ, andتهزّجهُ↓, [the latter app. a mistake for تهزّج فِيهِ,] He made the sounds of his voice to be closely consecutive, or near together. (TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: 2. Signification: A3

4. ⇒ اهزج

اهزج He (a poet) composed, or uttered, verses of the metre termed الهَزَج. (Ḳ.)


5. ⇒ تهزّج

تهزّجت القَوْسُThe bow twanged, on the archer's loosing the string after drawing it. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

هَزَجٌ

[هَزَجٌ ‡ The twanging of a bow, on the archer's loosing the string after drawing it; and of a lutestring: in the TA, i. q. رَنّةٌ: pl. أَهْزَاجٌ and pl. pl. أَهَازِيجُ: or perhaps this latter is a pl. of which the sing. is أُهْزُوجَةٌ↓, like as أَرَاجِيزُ is pl. of أُرْجُوزَةٌ: and the twanging of a bow-string or lute-string may be likened to an ode or a song of the metre termed الهَزَج, which is perhaps, judging from analogy, the proper signification of اهزوجة.] لِلْعُودِ وَالقَوْسِ أَهَازِيجُ[To the lute and the bow there are twangings]. (A.) El-Kumeyt says, [speaking of a bow,]

* لَمْ يَعِبْ رَبُّهَا وَلَا النَّاسُ مِنْهَا *
* غَيْرَ إِنْذَارِهَا عَلَيْهِ الحَمِيرَا *
* بِأَهَازِيجَ مِنْ أَغَانِيِّهَا الجُشِ *
* وَإِتْبَاعِهَا النَّحِيبَ الزَّفِيرَا *

[Neither its owner nor the people imputed a fault to any of its properties, except its warning the (wild) asses of his presence by the twangings of its harsh singings, and its causing a groaning sound to follow the loud, or prolonged, wailing]. (Ṣ.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A2

هَزَجٌ One of the modes of singing (الأَغَانِىّ), in which is a trilling, or quavering: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. أَهْزَاجٌ. (L.) [But see 1.]

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A3

A voice that excites lively emotions of joy or grief. (Ḳ.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A4

A fine, or delicate, and elevated, voice. (TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A5

A voice in which is hoarseness, or harshness. (Ḳ.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A6

Any speech of which the component parts are closely consecutive, or near together, (Ḳ,) uttered in a light, or quick, manner: pl. as above. (L.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A7

الهَزَجٌ The name of a certain kind of metre of verse; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) consisting of four feet, each of the measure مَفَاعِيلُنْ: originally of six feet, like the رَجَز and the رَمَل, in each of which, [as in the هَزَج,] each foot consists of one element of the kind termed وَتِدٌ مَجْمُوعٌ, and of two elements of the kind termed سَبَبٌ خَفِيفٌ: so called because of the mutual nearness of its component parts. (TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A8

هَزَجٌ Lightness, or agility. (TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A9

Quickness in the falling, and putting down, of the legs [upon the ground]. (TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A10

‡ The sound of thunder. (Ṣ.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزَجٌ Signification: A11

† The buzzing of flies. (L.)


هَزِجٌ

هَزِجٌ A singer [or reader or reciter] who prolongs his voice, with trilling, or quavering, making the sounds to follow close, one upon another. (A.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزِجٌ Signification: A2

هَزِجُ العَسِىِّ, occurring in a verse of 'Antarah, cited voce دَفٌّ, The cat that cries for food at supper-time: (EM, p. 233:) or the dog that barks much in the evening; meaning, in the night: or buzzing flies in the evening. (L.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزِجٌ Signification: A3

هَزِجٌ A child, and a horse, whose legs fall, or are put down, quickly [upon the ground]. (TA.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزِجٌ Signification: A4

Sounding thunder, as alsoمُتَهَزِّجٌ↓. (L.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزِجٌ Signification: A5

‡ A twanging lute [and bow]. (A.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزِجٌ Signification: A6

‡ A cloud sounding with thunder. (A.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزِجٌ Signification: A7

هَزِجُ الصَّوْتِ, andهُزَامِجُهُ↓, One who makes the sounds of his voice to follow close, one upon another. (L.)


هَزْمَجَةٌ

هَزْمَجَةٌ Uninterrupted speech or language. (Ḳ.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزْمَجَةٌ Signification: A2

Confusion of voice or sound beyond measure; (Ḳ;) as also هَزْلَجَةٌ. (Ḳ, TA, art. هزلج.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هَزْمَجَةٌ Signification: A3

[The م is an augmentative letter: see هُزَامِجٌ.]


هُزَامِجٌ

هُزَامِجٌ A voice, or the like, of which the sounds are closely consecutive. The م is an augmentative letter. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هُزَامِجٌ Signification: A2

صَوْتٌ هُزَامِجٌ A confused voice or sound. The sound so called is less than what is termed رُغَآءٌ. (L.)

Root: هزج - Entry: هُزَامِجٌ Signification: A3

أُهْزُوجَةٌ

أُهْزُوجَةٌ: see هَزَجٌ.


مُتَهَزِّجٌ

مُتَهَزِّجٌ: see هَزِجٌ.


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