احتجب
Root: حجب
Form: 8
Full Definition
احتجبVIII
[He, or it, became prevented, hindered, debarred, or precluded: he became secluded; or he secluded himself:] he, or it, became veiled, concealed, hidden, covered, or protected; as also
تحجّب . You say, احتجب
المَلِكُ عِنِ النَّاسِ [The King secluded, or concealed, himself, or became secluded or concealed, from the people]. And احتجبت الشَّمْسُ فِى السَّحَابِ
2 [Hence, app.,] احتجبت المَرْأَةُ بِيَومٍ, or بِيَوْمٍ مِنْ تَاسِعِهَا, and مِنْ يَوْمٍ مِنْ تَاسِعِهَا, [as though meaning The woman secluded herself from the commencement of a day of her ninth month of pregnancy:] said of a pregnant woman, when a day has passed of her ninth [month, during which it was probably a custom for a woman to seclude herself in the house or tent].
2 [Hence, app.,] احتجبت المَرْأَةُ بِيَومٍ, or بِيَوْمٍ مِنْ تَاسِعِهَا, and مِنْ يَوْمٍ مِنْ تَاسِعِهَا, [as though meaning The woman secluded herself from the commencement of a day of her ninth month of pregnancy:] said of a pregnant woman, when a day has passed of her ninth [month, during which it was probably a custom for a woman to seclude herself in the house or tent].
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