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1 حَجَّ حج , aor. حَجُ3َ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. حَجٌّ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He repaired, or betook himself, to, or towards, syn. قَصَدَ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) a person (S, A, Mgh) [or place], in an absolute sense: or to, or towards, an object of reverence, veneration, respect, or honour: or, accord. to Kh, he repaired, or betook himself, much, or frequently, to, or towards, an object of this kind: and also he repaired to, betook himself to, or visited, a person: (TA:) and he went to, or visited, a person repeatedly, or frequently. (ISk, T, S, Mgh, K. *) You say also, حَجَّ بَنُو فُلَانٍ فُلَانًا The sons of such a one continued long going repeatedly to visit such a one. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, (S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (S,) and inf. n. حِجٌّ also, (Sb, L,) or this is a simple subst., (S, Msb, K,) by a conventional usage, (S,) or predominantly, (Mgh,) or by restriction of its usage in the law, (Msb,) He repaired to Mekkeh, (S, K,) or to the Kaabeh, (Mgh, Msb,) to perform the religious rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) or for the purpose of the عُمْرَة [q. v.; but this latter meaning is very rare: the usual meaning is, he performed the pilgrimage to Mekkeh and Mount' Arafát, with all the rites and ceremonies prescribed to be observed at, and between, those two places]: (Msb:) or he repaired to the House [of God, at Mekkeh,] and performed the actions prescribed for that occasion by the law of the Kur-án and the Sunneh. (L.) [See حَجٌّ, below.] You say also, حَجَّ الَيْتَ, aor. حَجُ3َ , inf. n. حَجٌّ, (T, S,) and ↓ احتجّهُ , (El-Hejeree, TA,) He performed the pilgrimage to the House [of God, at Mekkeh]; (T, S;) because people repair to it every year. (T, TA.) And حَجُّوا مَكَّةَ [They performed the pilgrimage to Mekkeh]. (A.) And مَا حَجَّ وَلٰكِنَّهُ دَجَّ He did not repair to Mekkeh to visit the House of God, (Aboo-Tálib, Az,) or for the performance of the rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage, (Msb,) but he journeyed for mercantile purposes. (Aboo-Tálib, Az, Msb. [See also art. دج.]) And hence, accord. to some, لَجَّ فَحَجَّ, a prov., which see below. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, (TA,) inf. n. حَجٌّ, (K,) He came, or arrived. (K, TA.) You say, حَجَّ عَلَيْنَا فُلَانٌ Such a one came to us. (TA.) -A2- Also, [aor., accord. to rule, as above,] inf. n. حَجٌّ, He shaved [his head; as one does on completing the performance of the rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage: see حَجٌّ, below]. (TA.) -A3- Also, (IAar, A, &c.,) aor. حَجُ3َ , inf. n. حَجٌّ, (TA,) He probed a fracture of the head, (K,) or a wound, (A, TA,) with a مِحْجَاج, (A, K,) or مِيل, (TA,) for the purpose of curing it: (TA:) or he probed a wound to know its depth: (IAar, TA:) or he examined a cleft in the head to know whether there were in it bone or blood: (ISh, TA:) or he dressed and cured a wound in the head reaching to the brain: or he poured boiled clarified butter upon a fracture of the head, in consequence of which the blood was mixed with the brain, until the blood appeared, which he took away with a little cotton: (TA:) or حَجَّهُ, inf. n. حَجٌّ, signifies he probed a fracture of his head for the purpose of curing it: (S:) or he made a perforation in the bone [of his broken head] (قَدَحَ فِيهِ) with an iron instrument, it being broken so that the brain was befouled with blood, and pulled off the skin that had dried up, and then cured it, so that it closed up with a [new] skin: it relates to a wound reaching to the brain. (L.) ― -b2- Also, aor. حَجُ3َ , inf. n. حَجٌّ, He cut out and extracted a bone from a wound. (TA.) -A4- Also, (A, Msb,) aor. حَجُ3َ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. حَجُّ, (K,) He overcame another in, or by, an argument, a plea, an alle- gation, a proof, an evidence, or a testimony. (A, Msb, K.) See 3. It is said in a prov., لَجَّ فَحَجَّ (S, TA) He was pertinacious in litigation, dispute, or altercation, and overcame therein [as is implied in the S, and expressed in the TA]: or he persevered until he performed the pilgrimage [not having intended to do so when he set out: see Freytag's “ Arab. Prov. ” ii. 452]. (TA.) -A5- Also, (TA,) [aor., accord. to rule, حَجِ3َ ,] inf. n. حَجٌّ; (K;) and ↓ حَجْحَجَ , (K,) inf. n. حَجْحَجَةٌ; (TA;) He refrained, forbore, or abstained, (K, TA,) عَنْ شَىْءٍ from a thing. (TA.) [See also the latter verb below.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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