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ضَاعَهُ

Root: ضوع

Form: 1

Full Definition

ضَاعَهُI , (Present.T يَضُوعُهُ, S, O,) Verbal.Noun ضَوْعٌ, He, or it, put it, or him, into a state of motion, commotion, or agitation; as also ضوّعهُ , Verbal.Noun تَضْوِيعٌ: and disquieted, or disturbed, him, or it: and frightened him: and some say, roused, or excited, him: and ضوّعهُ , also, has the last but one, or the last, of these meanings. One says, لَا يَضُوعَنَّكَ مَا تَسْمَعُ مِنْهَا i. e. [By no means let that which thou hearest from her move thee, or disquiet thee, or frighten thee; or] do not thou be moved by what thou hearest from her; or do not thou care for it, or regard it. And ضَاعَهُ أَمْرُ كَذَا وَكَذَا Such and such things frightened him.
2 And, said of the wind, It made it to incline; namely, a branch: and it bore heavily upon it.
3 And i. q. شَاقَهُ [He, or it, excited his desire]: or i. q. شَاقَّهُ [he acted with him contrariously, or adversely, and inimically; &c.].
4 And ضاع الإِبِلَ, or الدَّابَّةَ, said of journeying It rendered lean, or emaciated, the camels, or the beast.
5 And ضاع فَرْخَهُ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, It fed its young one with its bill. When you command the bird to do so, you say ضُعْ ضُعْ.

def.2 ضَاعَ is also intrans.: see 5, in two places.
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