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الجأه

Root: لجأ

Form: 4

Full Definition

الجأهIV He constrained, compelled, forced, drove, or necessitated, him to have recourse to, or to betake himself to, or to repair to, or to do, a thing; he impelled him, or drove him, against his will, to it, or to do it; as also إِلَيْهِ.
2 الجأ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى اللّٰهِ, and [إِلَى اللّٰهِ] , and , and تلجّأ He referred, or committed, his affair to God.
3 الجأه He protected him, defended him. Also said of a place, [It protected him; afforded him refuge.] (K, art. حرز.)
4 الجأه إِلَى شَىْءٍ is also said when one has defended another, [as] in a place of refuge; [and app. may be rendered He caused him to have recourse to a thing, as to a place of refuge].
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