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hajʿa

sleep

هَجْعَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْلَة

Root

ه ج ع

In the library

واستأذن رجل على أمير، فقال للحاجب: قل له إن الكرى قد خطب إلي نفسي وإنما هي هجعة وأهب، فخرج الحاجب، فقال له الرجل: ما الذي قال لك؟

The Exquisite in Every Art, page 140 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • تَهَجَّعَ Form V He slept
    He slept. (1001 Nights, ii. 321.)
  • هَجْعَةٌ setting
    (assumed tropical:) The setting of a star. (Sgh in TA, art. شرط.) See شَرَطٌ. ― -b2- A light sleep in the first part of the night. (S.)

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