أحوج

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Arabic

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Root
ح و ج (ḥ-w-j)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Adjective

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أَحْوَج (ʔaḥwaj)

  1. in greater need

References

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