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اهدأ

Root: هدأ

Form: 4

Full Definition

اهدأIV He rendered quiet, still, motionless, silent.
2 لَا أَهْدَأَهُ اللّٰهُ May God not give him rest from his labour, or fatigue!
3 هَدَأَ الصَّبِىَّ, and اهدأهُ, [the latter only I find mentioned in one copy of the S: but both are mentioned in another, as well as in the TA:] He patted the child with his hand, and quieted him, that he might sleep: or, accord. to Az, اهدأتْ صَبِيَّهَا signifies She spoke soothingly to her child, and quieted him, that he might sleep: and مُهْدَأٌ is a child thus soothed.
4 Accord. to IAar, مهدأ in the following verse of 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, [quoted in the S,] شَئِزٌ جَنْبِى كَأَنِّى مُهْدَأٌ جَعَلَ القَيْنُ عَلَىالدَّفِّ إِبَرْ signifies a child soothed in order that he may go to sleep. Others read it as an Verbal.Noun

def.2 اهدأ He wore out a garment.
2 اهدأهُ اللّٰهُ God made it to be in the state described in the explanation of the word أَهْدَأُ.
3 اهدأهُ It rendered him what is termed أَهْدَأُ.
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