حَدَّ
Root: حد
Form: 1
Full Definition
حَدَّI
, Present.T
حَدُدَ
Verbal.Noun حَدّق, He, or it, prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, restrained, debarred, inhibited, forbade, prohibited, or interdicted: this is the primary signification: and he repelled, turned away, or averted, evil [or the like], and also a person from a thing, good or evil. You say, حَدَّ الرَّجُلَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
He prevented, or hindered, and withheld, or restrained, the man from the thing, or affair. And حَدَدْتُ فُلانًا عَنِ الشَّرِّ
I prevented, or hindered, such a one from [falling into], or preserved him from, evil. And قَدْ حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ
عَنَّا [God hath forbidden us that]. And اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱحْدُودْهُ O God, prevent him from hitting the mark: said with reference to a man shooting, or casting a missile weapon, or the like. And حُدَّ
He was prevented, or withheld, from obtaining good fortune, success, or what he desired or sought. And حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ عَنَّا
شَرَّ فُلَانٍ
May God repel, or avert, from us, the evil, or mischief, of such a one.
2 [Hence,] حَدَّهُ, Present.Tحَدُدَ
Verbal.Noun حَدٌّ, He inflicted upon him the castigation, or punishment, termed
حَدٌّ; he inflicted upon him a castigation, or punishment, that should prevent him from returning to his crime or offence, and that should prevent others from committing such a crime or such an offence: he inflicted upon him a flogging.
3 حَدَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ, Present.Tحَدُدَ
Verbal.Noun حَدٌّ; and
; He distinguished, or separated by some mark or note, or marks or notes, a thing from another thing. And حَدَّ الدَّارَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; and
, Verbal.Noun تَحْدِيدٌ; He distinguished the house from the parts adjoining it, by mentioning [or defining] its limits. Msb.)
def.2 [And hence, حَدَّ in logic, Verbal.Noun حَدٌّ,
2 حَدَّ, Present.Tحَدُدَ
Verbal.Noun حَدٌّ; and
, [which is more common,] Verbal.Noun تَحْدِيدٌ; and
, which is the form preferred by Lh, Verbal.Noun إِحْدَادٌ; and
استحدّ ; He edged, or sharpened, a knife, a blade, a sword, or anything blunt, [and pointed, or made sharp-pointed, an arrow-head or the like,] with a stone or file.
3 [And hence,] حَدَّ بَصَرَهُ إِلَيْهِ, Present.Tحَدُدَ
; and
, or احدّ النَّظَرَ اليه; and
; (K in art. لتأ, &c.;)
def.3 حَدَّتْ, or حَدَّتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا, Present.Tحَدِدَ
and
حَدُدَ
Verbal.Noun حِدَادٌ and حَدٌّ; and
, Verbal.Noun إِحْدَادٌ; the former the more common in the language of the Arabs, but the latter preferred by the early grammarians, and the only form known to As, who rejected the former; She abstained from the wearing of ornaments, and the use of perfumes, and dye for the hands &c., because forbidden such things, or because she forbade herself, and put on the garments of mourning, after the death of her husband, or on account of the death of her husband, for the period called
العِدَّة: or she mourned for her husband, and put on the garments of mourning, and abstained from the wearing of ornaments, and the use dye for the hands &c. The epithets applied to a woman in this case are
حَادٌّ and
مُحِدٌّ and
also, but the first [always] without ة, or both more chaste without ة.
def.4 حَدَّ, Present.Tحَدِدَ
Verbal.Noun حِدَّةٌ; and
; [and app.
انحدّ , q. v.;] It was, or became, [edged, or] sharp, or pointed.
2 [And hence,] حَدَّ, Present.Tحَدِدَ
Verbal.Noun حِدَّةٌ, حَدِدَ
Verbal.Noun حِدَّةٌ and حَدٌّ,
2 [Hence,] حَدَّهُ, Present.T
3 حَدَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ, Present.T
def.2 [And hence, حَدَّ in logic, Verbal.Noun حَدٌّ,
2 حَدَّ, Present.T
3 [And hence,] حَدَّ بَصَرَهُ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T
def.3 حَدَّتْ, or حَدَّتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا, Present.T
def.4 حَدَّ, Present.T
2 [And hence,] حَدَّ, Present.T
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