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قَذِرَ

Root: قذر

Form: 1

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قَذِرَI , Present.T ـِ; and قَذُرَ, Present.T ـُ; and قَذَرَ, Present.T ـُ; Verbal.Noun قَذَرٌ, of قَذِرَ; and قَذَارَةٌ, of قَذُرَ; It was, or became, unclean, dirty, or filthy.

def.2 قَذِرَهُ. Present.T ـَ; and قَذَرَهُ, Present.T ـُ; Verbal.Noun [of the former] قَذَرٌ, and [of the latter] قَذْرٌ; and تقذّرهُ ; and ; [and قذّرهُ ; (see قَاذُورَةٌ;) He held it to be unclean, dirty, or filthy:] he disliked it, or hated it, for its uncleanness, dirtiness, or filthiness: or he disliked it, or hated it: or he shunned it, or avoided it, through dislike, or hatred: قَذِرَهُ and and مِنْهُ are syn. [in this last, or a similar, sense]: and قَذَرَهُ, Present.T ـُ signifies he disliked it, or hated it, and shunned it, or avoided it: and she shunned, avoided, or removed herself far from, unclean things, or foul actions; preserved herself therefrom. It is said in a trad., قَذِرْتُ لَكُمْ جَوَّالَ القُرَى [I dislike, for you, what goes round about the towns, or villages], meaning, I dislike, for you, oxen and cows that eat filth; therefore do not ye eat them. And El-'Ajjáj says وَقَذَرِى مَا لَيْسَ بِمَقْذُورِ [And my disliking what was not disliked], meaning, that he had come to dislike (يَقْذَرُ) the food which he did not dislike in his youth.
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