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عبّدهُ

Root: عبد

Form: 2

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عبّدهُII , Verbal.Noun تَعْبِيدٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِعْبَادٌ; and تعبّدهُ , and , and ; He made him, or took him as, a slave; he enslaved him: or عبّدهُ and and تعبّدهُ and he made him to be as a slave to him. See also 1, former half. You say [also] الطَّمَعُ Covetousness made him a slave. And فُلَانًا He made me to posses such a one as a slave: so accord. to Lth: but Az says that the meaning of أَعْبَدْتُ فُلَانًا as commonly known to the lexicologists is اِسْتَعْبَدْتُهُ: he adds, however, that he does not deny the meaning assigned by Lth if it can be verified. مُحَرَّرًا, occurring in a trad., or as some relate it, , means He took an emancipated man as a slave: i. e. he emancipated a slave, and then concealed the act from him, or confined him, and made him to serve him by force; or he took a freeman, and pretended that he was a slave, and took possession of him by force.
2 عبّدهُ also signifies He brought him under, subdued him, or rendered him submissive, so that he did the work of slaves. عبّد, Verbal.Noun as above, is syn. with ذَلَّلَ. [And hence it has also the following significations, among others indicated by explanations of its pass. part. n. below.
3 He rendered a camel submissive, or tractable.
4 And He beat, or trod, a road, or path, so as to make it even, or easy to walk or ride upon.]

def.2 عبّد [as intrans.], Verbal.Noun as above, He departed, taking fright, and running away, or going away at random: or he hastened, or went quickly. And عبّد يَعْدُو He hastened time after time, running.
2 مَا عَبَّدَ أَنْ فَعَلَ ذَاكَ, He delayed not, or was not slow, to do, or in doing, that.


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