حَاجٌّ
Root: حج
Full Definition
حَاجٌّ
act. part. n. of 1; Repairing, or betaking himself, to [a person or place].
2 And hence, A man repairing to Mekkeh, or to the Kaabeh, to perform the religious rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage; or for the purpose of the عُمْرَة: [a pilgrim of Mekkeh; or one who has performed the pilgrimage of Mekkeh: see what follows:] as also حَاجِجٌ , the original form, sometimes used by poetic license: pl. حُجَّاجٌ and حَجِيجٌ and حُجٌّ; or rather the second of these is a quasi-pl. n., a kind of noun which, as well as the coll. gen. n., is often called by the lexicographers a pl., though not so called by the grammarians: حَاجٌّ is also used as a pl., syn. with حُجَّاجٌ, like as سَامِرٌ is with سُمَّارٌ: it may be considered as a gen. n., and is sometimes a quasi-pl. n., like جَامِلٌ and بَاقِرٌ; as is also ; signifying a company of pilgrims of Mekkeh; or pilgrims, collectively; and likewise حَجٌّ . The fem. is حَاجَّةٌ : pl. حَوَاجُّ: you say حَوَاجُّ بَيْتِ ٱللّٰهِ when they have performed the pilgrimage; but when they have not yet performed it, [being in the act of performing it,] you say حَوَاجُّ بَيْتَ ٱللّٰهِ, in which latter case you would say حَوَاجٌّ were not this word imperfectly decl.; [and in like manner, حَاجُّ بَيْتِ ٱللّٰهِ, and حَاجٌّ بَيْتَ ٱللّٰهِ;] like as you say ضَارِبُ زَيْدٍ أَمْسِ, and ضَارِبٌ زَيْدًا غَدًا. [ حَاجِّىٌّ , as a n. un. of حَاجٌّ, considering the latter as a coll. gen. n., like رُومٌ, of which the n. un. is رُومِىٌّ is commonly used by the Turks and Persians as signifying a pilgrim of Mekkeh: but I have not found it so used in any classical Arabic work.] You say, أَقْبَلَ الحَاجُّ وَالدَّاجُّ The company of pilgrims to Mekkeh, and of men travelling for mercantile purposes, came. (TA. [See also art. دج.]) And لَمْ وَلَا دَاجَّةً He left not a company of pilgrims to Mekkeh (جَمَاعَةً حَاجَّةً), nor a company of their followers, or dependents. (TA from a trad. [See also arts. دج and دوج.])
def.2 Also Overcoming in [or by] an argument, or a plea, or the like.
2 And hence, A man repairing to Mekkeh, or to the Kaabeh, to perform the religious rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage; or for the purpose of the عُمْرَة: [a pilgrim of Mekkeh; or one who has performed the pilgrimage of Mekkeh: see what follows:] as also حَاجِجٌ , the original form, sometimes used by poetic license: pl. حُجَّاجٌ and حَجِيجٌ and حُجٌّ; or rather the second of these is a quasi-pl. n., a kind of noun which, as well as the coll. gen. n., is often called by the lexicographers a pl., though not so called by the grammarians: حَاجٌّ is also used as a pl., syn. with حُجَّاجٌ, like as سَامِرٌ is with سُمَّارٌ: it may be considered as a gen. n., and is sometimes a quasi-pl. n., like جَامِلٌ and بَاقِرٌ; as is also ; signifying a company of pilgrims of Mekkeh; or pilgrims, collectively; and likewise حَجٌّ . The fem. is حَاجَّةٌ : pl. حَوَاجُّ: you say حَوَاجُّ بَيْتِ ٱللّٰهِ when they have performed the pilgrimage; but when they have not yet performed it, [being in the act of performing it,] you say حَوَاجُّ بَيْتَ ٱللّٰهِ, in which latter case you would say حَوَاجٌّ were not this word imperfectly decl.; [and in like manner, حَاجُّ بَيْتِ ٱللّٰهِ, and حَاجٌّ بَيْتَ ٱللّٰهِ;] like as you say ضَارِبُ زَيْدٍ أَمْسِ, and ضَارِبٌ زَيْدًا غَدًا. [ حَاجِّىٌّ , as a n. un. of حَاجٌّ, considering the latter as a coll. gen. n., like رُومٌ, of which the n. un. is رُومِىٌّ is commonly used by the Turks and Persians as signifying a pilgrim of Mekkeh: but I have not found it so used in any classical Arabic work.] You say, أَقْبَلَ الحَاجُّ وَالدَّاجُّ The company of pilgrims to Mekkeh, and of men travelling for mercantile purposes, came. (TA. [See also art. دج.]) And لَمْ وَلَا دَاجَّةً He left not a company of pilgrims to Mekkeh (جَمَاعَةً حَاجَّةً), nor a company of their followers, or dependents. (TA from a trad. [See also arts. دج and دوج.])
def.2 Also Overcoming in [or by] an argument, or a plea, or the like.
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