حَصْحَصَ

Root: حص

Form: R. Q. 1

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حَصْحَصَ

R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun حَصْحَصَةٌ: see 1, last two sentences.
2 The Verbal.Noun also signifies The walking of him who is shackled.

def.2 He strove, or laboured; exerted himself; took pains, or extraordinary pains; or exceeded the usual bounds; in his affair.

def.3 He fixed, or made firm or steady, his knees, in order to rise with the load; and his stifle-joints: or lay down upon his breast, with folded legs.

def.4 Hence, as some say, ٱلْآنَ حَصْحَصَ الحَقُّ, in the Kur [xii. 51], meaning, Now the truth hath become established: or, as others say, it is from حِصَّةٌ, and means, now hath the portion of truth become distinct from that of falsehood: or now hath the truth become distinct, apparent, or manifest, after concealment, or by the coming to light of that which was concealed in the mind. You say, حَصْحَصَ الشَّىْءُ The thing became distinct, apparent, or manifest, after having been concealed; as also حَصَّصَ , Verbal.Noun تَحْصِيصٌ: and some read حَصَّصَ الحَقُّ in the Kur ubi suprà One should not say حُصْحِصَ in this sense; nor تَحَصْحَصَ.

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