احتج

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ج ج (ḥ j j)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iħ.tad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa/
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Verb

اِحْتَجَّ (iḥtajja) VIII (non-past يَحْتَجُّ (yaḥtajju), verbal noun اِحْتِجَاج (iḥtijāj))

  1. to argue
  2. to protest, to raise objections
  3. to use as an argument
    اِحْتَجَّ بِأَقْدَمِيَّتِهِ لِنَيْلَ تَرْقِيَةٍ
    iḥtajja biʔaqdamiyyatihi linayla tarqiyatin
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “قِصَّة الْحَارِثِيِّ”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 158:
      وَأَنَا كَيْفَ أُؤَاكِلُ أَقْوَامًا يَصْنَعُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الصَّنِيعِ ثُمَّ يَحْتَجُّونَ لَهُ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْحُجَجِ؟
      waʔanā kayfa ʔuʔākilu ʔaqwāman yaṣnaʕūna miṯla haḏā ṣ-ṣanīʕi ṯumma yaḥtajjūna lahu bimiṯli haḏihi l-ḥujaji?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

اِحْتَجْ (iḥtaj) (form VIII) /iħ.tad͡ʒ/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of اِحْتَاجَ (iḥtāja)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ج ج
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتَجَّ (iḥtajja).

Pronunciation

Verb

احتجّ (iḥtajj) VIII (present بحتجّ (biḥtajj))

  1. to protest, to object

Conjugation

    Conjugation of احتجّ (iḥtajj)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m احتجّيت (iḥtajjēt) احتجّيت (iḥtajjēt) احتجّ (iḥtajj) احتجّينا (iḥtajjēna) احتجّيتو (iḥtajjētu) احتجّو (iḥtajju)
f احتجّيتي (iḥtajjēti) احتجّت (iḥtajjat)
present m بحتجّ (baḥtajj) بتحتجّ (btiḥtajj) بحتجّ (biḥtajj) منحتجّ (mniḥtajj) بتحتجّو (btiḥtajju) بحتجّو (biḥtajju)
f بتحتجّي (btiḥtajji) بتحتجّ (btiḥtajj)
subjunctive m أحتجّ (ʔaḥtajj) تحتجّ (tiḥtajj) يحتجّ (yiḥtajj) نحتجّ (niḥtajj) تحتجّو (tiḥtajju) يحتجّو (yiḥtajju)
f تحتجّي (tiḥtajji) تحتجّ (tiḥtajj)
imperative m احتجّ (iḥtajj) احتجّو (iḥtajju)
f احتجّي (iḥtajji)