سَاْعَوَ
Root: سعو
Form: 3
Full Definition
سَاْعَوَIII
سَاعَانِى فُلَانٌ , Present.T of the latter أَسْعِيهِ, means [Such a one strove with me in walking, or going along, quickly, &c.,] and I overcame him [therein]. The Verbal.Noun مُسَاعَاةٌ signifies The walking, or going, quickly [&c., or rather the striving, or contending, in doing so,] with any one. Hence the trad. of 'Alee, in discommendation of worldly enjoyments, مَنْ سَاعَاهَا
فَاتَتْهُ, meaning مَنْ سَابَقَهَا [i. e. He who runs a race with them, they evade him, or escape his pursuit].
2 مُسَاعَاةٌ also signifies One's committing fornication with a female slave: and a female slave's committing fornication with any one: you say, of a man, زَنَى and عَهَرَ, and this is with a free woman and with a female slave; but one says in the case of a female slave, peculiarly, قَدْ سَاعَاهَا [He has committed fornication with her]; مُسَاعَاةٌ not being with any but with female slaves: thus in a trad., إِمَآءٌ سَاعَيْنَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ [Female slaves that committed fornication in the Time of Ignorance]: and أُتِىَ عُمَرَ بِرَجُلٍ سَاعَى أَمَةً [There was brought to 'Omar a man who committed fornication with a female slave]: [and hence, وَلَدُ المُسَاعَاةِ (occurring in the L, in art. بهث, as mentioned by IAar on the authority of Abu-l-Mekárim), meaning The offspring of fornication, begotten on a slave:] or ساعاها, Verbal.Noun as above, signifies [or rather signifies also] He sought her for the purpose of fornication: accord. to Th, relating to the free woman and the female slave: it is also said that مُسَاعَاةُ المَرْأَةِ signifies The imposing upon the woman, by her owner, an impost which she is to pay by means of [the gain of] prostitution: and it is said in a trad. that there shall be no مُسَاعَاة in El-Islám.
def.2 [It is said in the TA in art. ربع, that مُسَاعَاةٌ from السَّاعَةُ is like مَُشَاهَرَةٌ from الشَّهْرُ and مُرَابَعَةٌ from الرَّبِيعُ &c.; but I think that مساعاة in this instance is a mistranscription for مُسَاوَعَةٌ: see art. سوع.]
2 مُسَاعَاةٌ also signifies One's committing fornication with a female slave: and a female slave's committing fornication with any one: you say, of a man, زَنَى and عَهَرَ, and this is with a free woman and with a female slave; but one says in the case of a female slave, peculiarly, قَدْ سَاعَاهَا [He has committed fornication with her]; مُسَاعَاةٌ not being with any but with female slaves: thus in a trad., إِمَآءٌ سَاعَيْنَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ [Female slaves that committed fornication in the Time of Ignorance]: and أُتِىَ عُمَرَ بِرَجُلٍ سَاعَى أَمَةً [There was brought to 'Omar a man who committed fornication with a female slave]: [and hence, وَلَدُ المُسَاعَاةِ (occurring in the L, in art. بهث, as mentioned by IAar on the authority of Abu-l-Mekárim), meaning The offspring of fornication, begotten on a slave:] or ساعاها, Verbal.Noun as above, signifies [or rather signifies also] He sought her for the purpose of fornication: accord. to Th, relating to the free woman and the female slave: it is also said that مُسَاعَاةُ المَرْأَةِ signifies The imposing upon the woman, by her owner, an impost which she is to pay by means of [the gain of] prostitution: and it is said in a trad. that there shall be no مُسَاعَاة in El-Islám.
def.2 [It is said in the TA in art. ربع, that مُسَاعَاةٌ from السَّاعَةُ is like مَُشَاهَرَةٌ from الشَّهْرُ and مُرَابَعَةٌ from الرَّبِيعُ &c.; but I think that مساعاة in this instance is a mistranscription for مُسَاوَعَةٌ: see art. سوع.]
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