أَلْغَزَ

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أَلْغَزَIV see 1, in two places.
2 الغز كَلَامَهُ, and الغز فِى كَلَامِهِ, signify alike: or the former, He made his speech, or language, enigmatical, or obscure; not plain: and the latter, or both, he made his meaning enigmatical, or obscure, in his speech, or language; as also لغّز : or the second, he used parabolical language: or both, he concealed a meaning different from that which he made apparent: or he was equivocal, or ambiguous, in his speech, or language, for the purpose of concealment: as in the following verse, cited by Fr: وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّسْرَ عَزَّ أَبْنَ دَأُيَةَ وَعَشَّشَ فِى وَكْرَيْهِ جَاشَتْ لَهُ نَفْسِى [And when I saw that the vulture had overcome the raven, and nested in his nest, my soul, or stomach, heaved thereat]: the poet likens hoariness to the vulture, because of its whiteness [or grayness]; and youthfulness to the black raven, because the hair of youth is black. You say also, الغز فِى يَمِينِهِ He practised [equivocation, or ambiguity, (see لُغَّيْزَى,) or] concealment, [by a mental reservation, or otherwise,] towards the person sworn to, in his oath: the doing of which is forbidden.

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