حَاجَ

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حَاجَI , Present.T يَحُوجُ, Verbal.Noun حَوْجٌ; and , Verbal.Noun اِحْتِيَاجٌ; and أَحْوَجَ ; [the second of which is the most common;] the last, irreg. [for by rule it should be أَحَاجَ]; are syn.; and حَاجَ, Present.T يَحِيجُ, Verbal.Noun حَيْجٌ, signifies the same; He, or it, wanted, needed, or required. You say, حاج إِلَيْهِ, and اليه, and احتاجهُ, He, or it, wanted, needed, or required, him, or it. [And in like manner, أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا He wanted, needed, required, or found it necessary, to do, or that he should do, such a thing.] And إِلَى فُلَانٍ [Such a one was wanted, or needed]. (JK in art. خل.)
2 Also حاج, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He desired, sought, or sought after.
3 And حاج and He was, or became, poor, or in poverty or want or need.

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