مُحْوِجٌ
Root: حوج
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مُحْوِجٌ
A man in want, needy, indigent, or poor; [as also
مُحْتَاجٌ :] the pl., by rule, should be مُحْوِجُونَ because it is an epithet applied to a rational being; but the pl. used is مَجَاوِيجُ: some, however, reject this, and assert that it has not been heard [as a classical word]: ISd thinks that محاويج is pl. of
مِحْوَاجٌ , if the latter word have been used: the vulgar say مَحَاوِجُ [as pl. of مُحْوِجٌ], meaning مُحْتَاجُونَ.
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