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استحرم

Root: حرم

Form: 10

Full Definition

استحرمX [He deemed himself in a state of prohibition]. It is said in a trad., of Adam, اِسْتَحْرَمَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ ٱبْنِهِ مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ لَمْ يَضْحَكْ [He deemed himself in a state of prohibition, after the death of his son, a hundred years, not laughing]: from أَحْرَمَ signifying “ he entered into a sacred, or an inviolable, state. ”

def.2 استحرمت, said of a female cloven-hoofed animal, &c.: see 1.


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