لِزَازٌ

Root: لز

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لِزَازٌ A piece of wood with which a door is fastened; the bar of a door; as also لَزَزٌ . [Said in the S, where it is not explained, to be from لِزَازُ خَصْمٍ, q. v. infra.; but accord. to the A, it is proper, not tropical.]

def.2 هُوَ لِزَازُ مَالٍ He is one who [by close and constant attention] takes good care of camels, or other property. [Hence,] جَعَلْتُكَ لِزَازًا لِفُلَانٍ I have made or appointed thee [to be a manager of such a one;] not to suffer such a one to disobey or oppose.
2 هُوَ لِزَازُ خَصْمٍ [He is one who cleaves to an adversary in contention or litigation].
3 إِنَّهُ لِزَازُ خُصُومَةٍ Verily he is pertinacious in contention or litigation; commissioned and able to manage it.
4 فُلَانٌ لِزَازُ شَرٍّ, and شَرٍّ, and شَرٍّ, and لَزُّ شَرٍّ, Such a one is one who pertinaciously adheres to evil or mischief.

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