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ازمن

Root: زمن

Form: 4

Full Definition

ازمنIV [He, or it, continued a long time;] a long time passed over him, or it, i. e. a thing. You say, ازمن بِالمَكَانِ He remained, staid, dwelt, or abode, a long time (زَمَانًا) in the place.
2 And [hence,] ازمن عَنِّى عَطَاؤُهُ His gift [was a long time kept back from me, or] was slow, or tardy, in coming to me.

def.2 ازمن فُلَانًا He made such a one to be such as is termed زَمِن, i. e. affected with a protracted disease; or crippled, or deprived of the power to move or to stand or to walk, by disease, or by a protracted disease: or made him to be affected with what is termed [زَمَانَةٌ, expl. below, as meaning] عَاهَةٌ [&c.]. It is said also of a disease [as meaning It deprived him of the power to move &c.]. (TA in art. عضب.)
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