أحوج

Arabic

Root
ح و ج (ḥ-w-j)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaħ.wa.d͡ʒa/

Verb

أَحْوَجَ • (ʔaḥwaja) IV, non-past يُحْوِجُ‎ (yuḥwiju)

  1. to need (إِلَى (ʔilā) something)
  2. to require (someone إِلَى (ʔilā) something = to require something of someone)
  3. to compel, to oblige

Conjugation

Adjective

أَحْوَج • (ʔaḥwaj)

  1. in greater need

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أحوج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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