أَحْكَمَ
Root: حكم
Form: 4
Full Definition
is explained as meaning Every nail repelled the sword from its interstices: [when it was struck with force, it made a clashing sound:] or, as some say, [the right reading is الجنثىُّ and كُلَّ, (as in the S in arts. جنث and صل,) and, accord. to some, صَنْعَتِهَا in the place of عوراتها, (as in the S and M in art. صل,) and] the meaning is, the manufacturer thereof made firm, or strong, every nail [of its interstices, or of its fabric: &c.]: احكم in this case signifying أَحْرَزَ [agreeably with the explanation here next following].أَحْكَمَ الجِنْثِىَّ مِنْ عَوْرَاتِهَا كُلُّ حِرْبَآءٍ إِذَا أُكْرِهَ صَلٌّ
2 احكمهُ, Verbal.Noun إِحْكَامٌ, i. q. أَتْقَنَهُ [He made it, or rendered it, firm, stable, strong, solid, compact, sound, or free from defect or imperfection, by the exercise of skill; he made it firmly, strongly, solidly, compactly, so that it was firmly and closely joined or knit together, soundly, thoroughly, skilfully, judiciously, or well; he so constructed, constituted, established, settled, arranged, did, performed, or executed, it; he put it into a firm, solid, sound, or good, state, or on a firm, solid, sound, or good, footing: and he knew it, or learned it, soundly, thoroughly, or well; see 1, last sentence, in art. حنك]. Hence, in the Kur [xi. 1], كِتَابٌ أَحْكِمَتْ آيَاتُهُ i. e. [A book whereof the verses are rendered valid] by arguments and proofs; or by command
3 [Hence, أُحْكِمَ عَنْ كَذَا It was secured from such a thing: see مُحْكَمٌ.]
4 [إِحْكَامٌ is also often used as the Verbal.Noun of the pass. verb, signifying The being firm, &c.; or firmness, &c.: see مِرَّةٌ.]
5 See also حَكَمَةٌ.
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