ضيّقهُ

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ضيّقهُII , Verbal.Noun تَضْيِيقٌ, He made it strait, or narrow; namely, a place [&c.]; as also , Verbal.Noun إِضَاقَةٌ. You say, ضَيَّقْتُ عَلَيْهِ المَكَانَ, or الشَّىْءَ, i. e. I straitened, or made narrow, to him [the place, or the thing; or I scanted it, or made it scanty]; contr. of وَسَّعْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ. And ضَيَّقْتُ عَلَيْهِ [alone, used elliptically, I straitened him, properly speaking; and also, his circumstances &c.]. And ضُيِّقَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ [Such a one was straitened]. لِتُضَيِّقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ, in the Kur [lxv. 6, In order that ye may straiten them], implies relation to expenses and to the bosom. [See 3. التَّضْيِيقُ بَيْنَ شَيْئَيْنِ, occurring in the S and K in art. حوص, means The making a coarctation between two things.]

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