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لَاذَ

Root: لوذ

Form: 1

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لَاذَI , Present.T يَلُوذُ, Verbal.Noun لَوْذٌ and لِيَاذٌ and لِوَاذٌ and لَوَاذٌ and لُوَاذٌ, He had recourse to it, or him, for refuge or protection or preservation; as also به, Verbal.Noun لِوَاذٌ; and به; sought, or took, refuge in it, or him; and joined himself to him; and sought, desired, implored, or called for, aid, or succour, of him: he protected, concealed, defended, or fortified himself by it, or him; as also به, Verbal.Noun مُلَاوَذَةٌ and لِوَاذٌ; and .
2 لَاذَ بِهِ, Verbal.Noun as above, in the commencement of the art., It encompassed, or surrounded, it; as also , Verbal.Noun إِلَاذَةٌ. You say, لَاذَ الطَّرِيقُ بِالدَّارِ, and , The road encompassed, or surrounded, the house: or, reached, or extended, to the house: and لَاذَتِ الدَّارُ بِالطَّرِيقِ The house encompassed, or surrounded, the road. See also 3.
3 لَاذَ بِالقَوْمِ and بِهِم, He laboured, or strove, to overcome the people in any way; expl. by the words هى المداورة من حيث ماكان. [Perhaps المداورة is a mistake for المُدَارَاة; see 3: the same phrases being explained in the M by دَاَراهُمْ: but there is a near resemblance between the significations of المداورة and المداراة.]
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