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أَحَذُّ

Root: حذ

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أَحَذُّ Deprived of an arm, or a hand, &c., by amputation: fem. حَذَّآءُ: [pl. حُذٌّ:] thus أَحَذُّ اليَدِ means having the arm, or hand, amputated: and [hence] not having the means of acquiring eminence, or nobility. [Hence, also,] أَصُولُ بِيَدٍ حَذَّآءَ, in a trad. of 'Alee, means Shall I assault the enemy with a short arm, that will not attain to that which I desire? or, accord. to one reading, it is جَذَّآءَ, meaning amputated: alluding to his companions' falling short of their duty, and keeping back from the war. (L in arts. حذ and جذ.) [Another meaning of أَحَذُّ اليَدِ will be found below.]
2 A light-tailed camel: a horse light, or scanty, in the hair of the tail: or having it cut off: a short-tailed ass. قَطَاةٌ حَذَّآءُ A bird of the kind called قَطًا having a light, or scanty, tail; having a tail of which the feathers have become light, or scanty; having few feathers in the tail: or short-tailed: or light and quick in flight. And لِحْيَةٌ حَذَّآءُ A light, or scanty, beard.
3 Lean, lank, or light of flesh; or slender; or lank in the belly.
4 Smooth; a thing to which nothing clings, or attaches. وَلَّتِ الدُّنْيَا حَذَّآءَ, in a خُطْبَة of 'Otbeh Ibn-Ghazwán, means The world hath retired, passing away quickly, nothing clinging to it [so as to retard it]: or the people thereof not clinging to aught of it [so as to retard it]: or quickly; its latter part being cut off.
5 A sword quick in cutting.
6 Light-handed; quick-handed; i. e. thievish; or quick in getting, or attaining: [and so أَحَذُّ اليَدِ, as is implied in the S and L.] El-Farezdak uses the expression أَحَذَّ يَدِ القَمِيصِ, meaning thereby أَحَذَّ اليَدِ. نَاقَةٌ حَذَّآءُ A she-camel quick in pace.
7 قَلْبٌ أَحَذُّ A sharp, quick, active mind.
8 سَيْرٌ أَحَذُّ A very quick, unpleasant journey or pace. See also حَذْحَاذٌ.
9 أَمْرٌ أَحَذُّ An affair, or event, quick in passing: or decisive and quick: or severe and abominable; without a parallel: or as though it eluded every one, so that he could not attain to it, and was not sufficient for it: pl. حُذٌّ.
10 يَمِينٌ حَذَّآءُ An oath which a man takes quickly: or an abominable, severe oath, whereby one decides a right, or due: some say جَذَّآءُ. It is said in a prov., تَزَبَّدَهَا حَذَّآءَ He swallowed it [i. e. took it, namely, an oath, hastily,] like as one swallows butter.
11 عَزِيمَةٌ حَذَّآءُ An energetic and effective resolution, from which one does not turn to anything.
12 حَاجَةٌ حَذَّآءُ A light want, quickly accomplished.
13 رَحِمٌ حَذَّآءُ A bond of relationship [cut, or severed, or] not made close by affection; expl. by إِذَا لَمْ تُوصَلْ: as also جَذَّآء [q. v.].
14 أَحَذُّ أَبَذُّ: see بَذٌّ.


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