اشتدّ

Root: شد

Form: 8

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اشتدّVIII ; and شَدَّ , aor شَدِدَ the only form of its Present.T, Verbal.Noun شِدَّةٌ, whence the former verb; and ; It was, or became, hard, said of a substance and of an attribute: it, or he, was, or became, firm, compact, or sound; strong, powerful, or forcible; vigorous, robust, or sturdy; [also it was, or became, bound, or tied, firmly, fast, or strongly:] and the first of these verbs, [and the second also,] it was, or became, hard to be borne, heavy, vehement, violent, intense, pressing, severe, strict, rigorous, tight, strait or difficult, distressing or distressful, afflictive, calamitous, or adverse. It is said in a trad., لَا تَبِيعُوا الحَبَّ حَتَّى يَشْتَدَّ i. e. [Ye shall not sell grain] until it becomes hard, or firm, or strong. And you say, اشتدّت العُقْدَةُ [The knot became tied firmly, fast, or strongly; or became tight]. And اشتدّ الزَّمَنُ عَلَيْهِمْ The time, or fortune, became hard upon them; or severe, rigorous, distressful, afflictive, calamitous, or adverse, to them. And اشتدّ بِهِ الأَمْرُ [The affair, or event, distressed, or afflicted, him; like اشتدّ عَلَيْهِ]. (L in art. جد, &c.)
2 See also 1, former half, in four places.

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