حَجَرٌ
Root: حجر
Full Definition
حَجَرٌ
[A stone; explained in the K by صَخْرَةٌ; but this means “a rock,” or “a great mass of stone” or “of hard stone”]; so called because it resists, by reason of its hardness; and
أُحْجُرٌّ signifies the same: pl. أَحْجَارٌ and أَحْجُرٌ and حِجَارٌ and [more commonly] حِجَارَةٌ, which last is extr. [with respect to rule], or agreeable with a usage of the Arabs, which is, to add ة to any pl. of the measure فِعَالٌ or of that of فُعُولٌ, as in the instances of ذِكَارَةٌ and فِحَالَةٌ and ذُكُورَةٌ and فُحُولَةٌ. And
2 [Hence,] أَهْلُ الحَجَرِ The people of the desert, who dwell in stony and sandy places: occurring in a trad., coupled with أَهْلُ المَدَرِ.
3 الحَجَرُ الأَسْوَدُ, and simply الحَجَرُ, The [Black] Stone of the Kaabeh. El-Farezdak applies to it, in one instance, the pl. الأَحْجَارُ, considering the sing. as applicable to every part of it.
4 One says, فُلَانٌ حَجَرُ الأَرْضِ, meaning
5 لِلْعَاهِرِ الحَجَرُ, occurring in a trad., means
6 الحَجَرُ Gold: and silver. Both together are called الحَجَرَانِ.
2 [Hence,] أَهْلُ الحَجَرِ The people of the desert, who dwell in stony and sandy places: occurring in a trad., coupled with أَهْلُ المَدَرِ.
3 الحَجَرُ الأَسْوَدُ, and simply الحَجَرُ, The [Black] Stone of the Kaabeh. El-Farezdak applies to it, in one instance, the pl. الأَحْجَارُ, considering the sing. as applicable to every part of it.
4 One says, فُلَانٌ حَجَرُ الأَرْضِ, meaning
5 لِلْعَاهِرِ الحَجَرُ, occurring in a trad., means
6 الحَجَرُ Gold: and silver. Both together are called الحَجَرَانِ.
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