Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَهَظَهُ

Root: بهظ

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَهَظَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَهْظٌ, It oppressed him by its weight, and he was unable to bear it: or pressed heavily upon him, and distressed him. [And hence,] It oppressed him by its weight, and he was unable to bear it: or overpowered him, and pressed heavily upon him, and distressed him; and so بَهَضَهُ, as heard by Aboo-Turáb from an Arab of the desert; but no one has followed him in this. You say also, بَهَظَ الرَّاحِلَةَ He loaded the riding-camel heavily, and fatigued it.


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