hajā

ridicule, satirize

هَجاَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ه ج ء

Forms

Present: يَهْجُو

In the library

إن مدح كذب، وإن هجا كذب، وإن أيس كذب، وإن طمع كذب.

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Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	هَجا	يَهْجُو
she هِيَ	هَجَت	تَهْجُو
they two (m.) هُما	هَجَوا	يَهْجُوانِ
they two (f.) هُما	هَجَتا	تَهْجُوانِ
they (m.) هُمْ	هَجَوْا	يَهْجُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ	هَجَوْنَ	يَهْجُونَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	هَجَوْتَ	تَهْجُو
you (f.) أَنْتِ	هَجَوْتِ	تَهْجِينَ
you two أَنْتُما	هَجَوْتُما	تَهْجُوانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	هَجَوْتُم	تَهْجُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	هَجَوْتُنَّ	تَهْجُونَ
I أَنا	هَجَوْتُ	أَهْجُو
we نَحْنُ	هَجَوْنا	نَهْجُو

From the same root

All words from ه ج ء →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

هَجَأَ Form I It (his hunger) became appeased

, (S, K,) aor. , inf. n. هَجْءٌ and هُجُوْءٌ, (K,) It (his hunger) became appeased, (S, K,) and departed, or ceased. (K.) ― -b2- هَجَأَ He ate food. (K.) ― -b3- هَجَأَ, (K,) inf. n. هَجْءٌ, (TA,) He filled his belly. (K.) ― -b4- هَجَأَ and ↓ اهجأ He stayed, or restrained, camels (K) or sheep or goats, (TA,) that they might pasture. (K, TA.) هَجِيأَ, aor. , He had raging hunger. (K.)
أَهْجَاَ Form IV It (food) appeased his hunger; or caused it to depart, or cease

see 1. ― -b2- اهجأ جُوعَهُ, inf. n. إِهْجَاءٌ, It (food) appeased his hunger; or caused it to depart, or cease. (S, K.) ― -b3- اهجأهُ حَقَّهُ, (K,) and اهجى, (TA,) He paid him his due. (K.) ― -b4- اهجأهُ شَيْيأًا He gave him a thing to eat. (K.)
تهجّأ الحَرْفَ Form V Open entry

i. q. تهجّى. (K.)
هَجَأٌ Any state, or case, in which one has been, and which has ceased

Any state, or case, in which one has been, and which has ceased. (K.) It also occurs without ء, هَجًا (TA.)
هُجَأَةٌ Foolish; stupid

Foolish; stupid. (K.)

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