ازرى
Root: زرى
Form: 4
Full Definition
ازرىIV
, Verbal.Noun إِزْرَآءٌ, He held it in little, or light, or mean, estimation, or in contempt; as also
اِزْدَرَاهُ . And i. q.
قَصَّرَ بِهِ [app. here meaning He fell short of that estimation which was required by him, or due to him]; and
اِزْدَرَاهُ , i. e. he contemned, or despised, him; [and so, app., ; (see مُزْدَرٍ;)] or made him to be contemned or despised; syn. حَقَرَهُ or حَقَّرَهُ. (S, accord. to different copies. [But whether this last explanation be here meant to relate to ازرى به and ازدراه or to the latter alone, is not clear.]) He lowered his condition, or estimation. He brought against him the imputation of a fault, or vice, or the like, or a thing, or an affair, or an action, whereby he desired to involve him in confusion. ازرى
بِعِلْمِهِ and بِهِ, mentioned, but not explained, by Lh, are thought by ISd to signify قَصَّرَ بِهِ [app. meaning He fell short of that estimation which was required by, or due to, his knowledge]. ازرى عَلَيْهِ: see 1.
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