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ح-ج-ز

The Arabic root ح-ج-ز (h-j-z)

Form I verb حَجَزَ: to hold back

6 words in the dictionary are built from ح-ج-ز, including verbs in Forms I, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to hold back
Noun
curbing
Noun
barrier
Verb · Form VIII
اِحْتَجَزَ
to seize
Adjective
مَحْجُوز
passive participle of حَجَزَ
Noun
اِحْتِجَاز
detention

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

حَجَزَ · present يَحْجُزُ
Form I · The plain action

to hold back, to restrain, to contain; to prevent, to hinder; to block, to impede, to obstruct

Verbal noun
curbing
Active participle
barrier
مَحْجُوز
Passive participle
passive participle of حَجَزَ
اِحْتَجَزَ · present يَحْتَجِزُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to seize, arrest, confiscate, detain, impound, imprison, seclude, isolate, apprehend, restrain within certain limits, set apart, hold captive, hold back, withhold, retain or reserve for oneself

اِحْتِجَاز
Verbal noun
detention
مُحْتَجِز
Active participle
مُحْتَجَز
Passive participle

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