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لَحِجَ

Root: لحج

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَحِجَI Present.T ـَ (Verbal.Noun لَحَجٌ, S,) It stuck fast in the scabbard, and would not come forth; like لَصِبَ.
2 لَحِجَ الخَاتَمُ فِى الإِصْبَعِ The sealring stuck fast upon his finger.
3 لَحِجَ بَيْنَهُمُ الشَّرُّ Evil stuck fast between, or among, them.
4 لَحِجَ بِمَكَانٍ He clave fast to a place; kept fast, or close, to it.
5 لَحِجَ فِى الأَمْرِ He entered into an affair and became entangled in it so that he could not extricate himself.
6 لَحَجَ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun لَحْجٌ; and ; He inclined to him, or it. By the following words of Ru-beh, أَوْ تَلْحَجُ الأَلْسُنُ مِنَّا مَلْحَجَا is meant, Or tongues speak of us, and incline from what is good to that which is bad. [For منها, in the L, I have substituted منّا. ملحج seems to be an Verbal.Noun]
7 لَحَجَ إِلَيْهِ, [and , Golius, from Ibn-Maaroof,] He had recourse to him or it for protection or concealment.
8 لَحِجَ It became strait, narrow, or confined.
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