اضحى
Root: ضحو
Form: 4
Full Definition
اضحىIV
He entered upon the time of morning called
الضُّحَى, or the time called
الضَّحْوَة, [or the time called
الضَّحَآء, for] you say, أَقَمْتُ بِالمَكَانِ حَتَّى أَضْحَيْتُ, from الضَّحَآءُ [and therefore meaning I remained in the place until I entered upon the time called
الضَّحَآء], like as you say أَصْبَحْتُ from الصَّبَاحُ. Hence the saying of 'Omar, أَضْحُوا
لِصَلَاةِ الضُّحَى, or بِصَلَاةِ الضُّحَى, i. e. Perform ye the prayer of the time called
الضحى
at its [proper] time: do not delay it until the time called الضَّحَآء has become advanced: or do not perform that prayer when the time called الضُّحَى has become advanced.
2 And you say, اضحى فُلَانٌ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا, like as you say ظَلَّ يفعل كذا; meaning Such a one became occupied, or engaged, in the time called الضُّحَى in doing such a thing: or did such a thing in the first part of the day,
3 [This phrase often means also Such a one became occupied, or engaged, in doing such a thing; betook, set, or applied, himself to doing such a thing; set about, or commenced, doing such a thing; or began to do such a thing; like أَصْبَحَ and ظَلَّ &c. And, like these verbs, اضحى followed by an Present.T, or by a part. n. in the accus. case, often requires to be rendered simply He, or it, became: see an ex. in a verse cited voce دَفِئٌ.]
4 اضحى also signifies He performed the supererogatory act of prayer (النَّافِلَة) in the time called الضُّحَى.
5 See also 1, last sentence but one.
6 One says also, اضحى عَنِ الأَمْرِ, meaning
def.2 اضحى الشَّىْءَ He made apparent, showed, or revealed, the thing. And عَنِ الأَمْرِ He made the affair, or case, apparent, or manifest: and [so اضحى عَنْهُ, for] one says, أَضْحِ لِى عَنْ أَمْرِكَ, with fet-h to the ء, meaning Make manifest to me thy affair, or case: so in the M.
2 لَا أَضْحَى ٱللّٰهُ لَنَا ظِلَّكَ is a deprecatory phrase [lit. May God not cause thy shadow to become sun to us: meaning
2 And you say, اضحى فُلَانٌ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا, like as you say ظَلَّ يفعل كذا; meaning Such a one became occupied, or engaged, in the time called الضُّحَى in doing such a thing: or did such a thing in the first part of the day,
3 [This phrase often means also Such a one became occupied, or engaged, in doing such a thing; betook, set, or applied, himself to doing such a thing; set about, or commenced, doing such a thing; or began to do such a thing; like أَصْبَحَ and ظَلَّ &c. And, like these verbs, اضحى followed by an Present.T, or by a part. n. in the accus. case, often requires to be rendered simply He, or it, became: see an ex. in a verse cited voce دَفِئٌ.]
4 اضحى also signifies He performed the supererogatory act of prayer (النَّافِلَة) in the time called الضُّحَى.
5 See also 1, last sentence but one.
6 One says also, اضحى عَنِ الأَمْرِ, meaning
def.2 اضحى الشَّىْءَ He made apparent, showed, or revealed, the thing. And عَنِ الأَمْرِ He made the affair, or case, apparent, or manifest: and [so اضحى عَنْهُ, for] one says, أَضْحِ لِى عَنْ أَمْرِكَ, with fet-h to the ء, meaning Make manifest to me thy affair, or case: so in the M.
2 لَا أَضْحَى ٱللّٰهُ لَنَا ظِلَّكَ is a deprecatory phrase [lit. May God not cause thy shadow to become sun to us: meaning
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