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ذَعَرَهُ

Root: ذعر

Form: 1

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ذَعَرَهُI , Present.T ـَ; Verbal.Noun ذَعْرٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِذْعَارٌ; He frightened him; made him afraid. Hence, قُمْ فَأْتِ القَوْمَ وَلَا تَذْعَرْهُمْ عَلَىَّ Arise thou, and go to the people, meaning Kureysh, but do not make them to be frightened at me; i. e. do not acquaint them with thyself, but go clandestinely, lest they take fright at thee: said to Hodheyfeh, on the night of the Ahzáb [on the occasion of the war of the Moat]: so in a trad.: and in another trad. is mentioned the fol lowing saying of 'Omar, to some men contending together in throwing colocynths: كَذٰلِكَ لَا تَذْعَرُوا عَلَيْنَا, meaning, Let that suffice you: make not our camels to be frightened at us.
2 ذُعِرَ, Verbal.Noun ذَعْرٌ; and ; [and app. تذعّر ; of which see the act. part. n., below;] He became frightened, or afraid. [You say, ذُعِرَ مِنْهُ He was frightened at him, or it.]
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