hajwī

defamatory, disparaging

هَجْوِيّ

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعْلِيّ

Root

ه ج و

From the same root

All words from ه ج و →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • هَجَاهُ Form I He censured, dispraised, reviled, or satirized him
    He censured, dispraised, reviled, or satirized him, (S, Msb, K,) in verse. (Msb, K) ― -b2- مَا هَجَوْتُ مِنْهُ شَيْيأًا: see 1 in art. حجو.
  • هَاجَاهُ Form III He contended with him in satirizing
    , inf. n. مُهَاجَاةٌ, He contended with him in satirizing. See 4 in art. فحم.
  • أُمْجُوَّةٌ Dispraise
    , Dispraise, is like أُسْبُوبَةٌ, contr. of أُمْدُوحَةٌ.

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