حجى

See also: حجي

Chadian Arabic

Root
ح ج ي
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Sudanese Arabic حجى (ḥajja).

Verb

حجى • (hajja) II (non-past يحجي (yihajji))

  1. to speak, to converse
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, يُوحَنَّا [John] 10:6:
      عِيسَى حَجَّى لَيْهُمْ بِالْمَثَلْ دَا وَ لَاكِنْ مَا فِهْمَوْا كَلَامَهْ.
      ʔisa hajja lēhum be-l-masal da wa lākin ma fihmo kalāmah.
      Jesus spoke this parable to them but they didn't understand him [lit. "his word"].

References

  • Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 56
  • Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999), Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 537
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