أحوج

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Arabic

Root
ح و ج (ḥ w j)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

أَحْوَجَ (ʔaḥwaja) IV (non-past يُحْوِجُ (yuḥwiju), verbal noun إِحْوَاج (ʔiḥwāj))

  1. to need, to want, to require
  2. to require
  3. to compel, to oblige
  4. to impoverish, to reduce to poverty

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