Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

آزِرِهُ

Root: ازر

Form: 3

Full Definition

آزِرِهُIII , for which the vulgar say وَازَرَهُ, the latter an extr. form, Verbal.Noun مُؤَازَرَةٌ; and أَزَرَهُ ; He aided, assisted, or helped, him; and strengthened him. [See also 2.] You say, آزَرْتُ الرَّخُلَ عَلَ فُلَانٍ I aided, assisted, or helped, and strengthened, the man against such a one. And أَرَدْتُ كَذَا فَآزَرَنِى عَلَيْهِ فُلَانٌ I desired to do such a thing, and such a one aided, assisted, or helped, me to do it.
2 آزَرَ الزَّرْعُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا, Verbal.Noun as above, The seed-produce became tangled, or luxuriant, one part reaching to another, and one part strengthening another; as also الزَّرْعُ: or النَّبْتُ signifies the herbage became tangled, or luxuriant, and strong.
3 آزَرَ الشَّىْءُ الشَّىْءَ, Verbal.Noun as above, The thing equalled, or was equal to, the thing: the thing matched, or corresponded to, the thing. In some copies of the K, in the place of المُسَاوَاةُ, is found المُؤَاسَاةُ: the former is the correct reading.


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