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حاجِز
barrier /ˈħaː.dʒiz/
nounB1#2499 most common
Also: checkpoint, hurdle, obstacle
Example sentences
هُناكَ حاجِزٌ أمامَ البَيْتِ.
There is a barrier in front of the house.
وَقَفَ الجُنودُ عِندَ الحاجِز.
The soldiers stood at the checkpoint.
عَبَرَ العَدّاءُ الحاجِزَ الأخيرَ بِسُرعة.
The runner crossed the last hurdle quickly.
أغلَقَتِ الشُّرطةُ الحاجِزَ الأمنِيَّ بَعدَ الحادِث.
The police closed the security checkpoint after the incident.
يُشَكِّلُ الحاجِزُ الجَمْرَكِيُّ عائِقًا أمامَ التِّجارةِ الحُرَّة.
The customs barrier forms an obstacle to free trade.
لَم يَتَمَكَّنِ المُفاوِضونَ مِن تَجاوُزِ الحاجِزِ النَّفْسِيِّ بَينَ الطَّرَفَين.
The negotiators could not get past the psychological barrier between the two sides.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حاجِزٌ | حَواجِزُ |
| Genitive | حاجِزٍ | حَواجِزَ |
| Accusative | حاجِزًا | حَواجِزَ |
| Vocative | يا حاجِزُ | يا حَواجِزُ |
Word family
حَجَزَto reserve; to seize, detain
حَجْزreservation; seizure, detentionمَحْجوزreserved; seized, detained
حِجازHijaz, region of western Arabia
حَواجِزbarriers (plural of حاجِز)
Etymology
حاجِز comes from the triliteral Semitic root ح-ج-ز (ḥ-j-z), which carries the core sense of blocking, separating, or holding something back. The word itself is the active participle, built on the فاعِل pattern, so it literally names 'that which separates.' The same root gives Arabic حَجَزَ (to reserve or detain, in the sense of blocking something off for someone) and the place name الحِجاز (Hijaz), the region named for the mountain barrier that separates it from the interior of the Arabian Peninsula.
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