Arabic edit

Root
ح و ج (ḥ-w-j)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

أَحْوَج (ʔaḥwaj)

  1. in greater need

References edit

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