حَاصَ

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حَاصَI , Present.T يَحِيصُ, Verbal.Noun حَيْصٌ and حُيُوصٌ and مَحِيصٌ and مَحَاصٌ and حَيَصَانٌ and حَيْصُوصَةٌ and حَيْصَةٌ , [or the last is an Verbal.Noun of un.,] He turned away from him, or it: and he returned, or went back, and fled, from him, or it: and عنه signifies the same; and so does عنه: or one says of friends, حَاصُوا, or حاصوا عَنِ العَدُوِّ [they turned away from the enemy]; [and in like manner, اِنْحَازُوا;] and of enemies, اِنْهَزَمُوا; [and in like manner, وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ.] You say also, حَاصَ عَنِ القِتَالِ He turned away from the fight. And حَاصَ عَنِ الحَقِّ He turned away from the truth; he deviated from it. And حَاصَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ He turned away from the thing, and became safe from it. And it is said in a trad. respecting the battle of Ohod, حَيْصَةٌ فَحَاصَ المُسْلِمُونَ And the Muslims made a wheel away, desiring flight: or, accord. to one relation, فَحَاضَ حَيْضَةً, which means the same. حَيْصٌ also signifies The retiring, or going back, from a thing. [See also مَحِيصٌ, below.]

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