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قَضَى

Root: قضى

Form: 1

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قَضَىI He finished a thing entirely, by word, or by deed. This is the primary meaning. By word, as in وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ And thy Lord hath commanded decisively. And by deed, as in فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ [Kur, xli. 11, And he completed them seven heavens].
2 And He desired a thing so as to necessitate its being.
3 إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا, [Kur, ii. 111,] When He desireth a thing to be.
4 [Thus it signifies He decreed a thing; ordained it; pronounced it; or decided it judicially.]
5 قَضَى عَلَيْهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun قَضَآءٌ &c., He decided judicially, or judged, against him; and بَيْنَ الخَصْمَيْنِ between the two litigants. See قَدْرٌ.
6 [He completed; accomplished; or fully performed; a thing.]
7 قَضَى He attained, or obtained, or accomplished, his want.
8 [He paid, discharged, or satisfied, a debt, due, claim, or demand.]
9 قَضَيْتُهُ حَقَّهُ I gave him [or paid him] his due, fully.
10 قَضَى عَنْهُ (S, K, in art. جزى, &c.) He, or it, payed; or made, or gave, or rendered, satisfaction; for him. And followed by شَيْئًا [He paid a thing for him, or in his stead; gave, or rendered, it as a satisfaction; lit. and fig.] See جَزَى عَنْهُ; and see a verse cited voce دَانَ, in art. دين.
11 He finished doing a thing: he finished his prayer. He performed, fulfilled, or accomplished, the pilgrimage, syn. أَدَّى, and the religions rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage, syn. قَضَىَ بِهِ.
12 You also say, حَكَمَ بِهِ He decreed it; &c.; like حَكَمَ بِهِ: see an ex. voce سُلْطَانٌ.
13 قَوْلُهُ مَمَّا يَقْضِى العَجَبَ [His saying such a thing is of the things that induce wonder in the utmost degree]. (TA in art. جلب.) See Har, p. 22.
14 وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَى بَنِى إِسرائِيلَ : see إِلَى.
15 قَضُوَ: see غَزُوَ, and هَيُؤَ, and بُطُآنَ; and see طَمُعَ in the S.
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