تَنَزَّهَ
Root: نزه
Form: 5
Full Definition
تَنَزَّهَV
He shunned, avoided, or kept or removed himself far from, unclean things; preserved himself therefrom.
2 تَنَزَّهَ, used absolutely, and said of a man, means He shunned, avoided, or kept or removed himself far from, unclean things; kept aloof from, &c.; or from things occasioning blame.
3 تَنَزَّهَ is best rendered, when not used absolutely, He removed himself, or kept, far, or aloof: and with عَنْ following it, it may be rendered he shunned, or avoided.
4 تَنَزَّهَ عَنِ البَوْلِ [He purified, or cleansed, himself from urine: a meaning assigned in the TA, art. نزه, by an evident mistranscription, to استنزه]. (Msb in art. برأ: and a trad.)
5 Also, He diverted, or recreated, himself; or took an airing; in the country, or in a garden.
6 تَنَزَّهَ meaning He went forth to the gardens and [green fields, or] green plants, and meadows, is a mistake, accord. to some; but IKt holds it to be not so.
2 تَنَزَّهَ, used absolutely, and said of a man, means He shunned, avoided, or kept or removed himself far from, unclean things; kept aloof from, &c.; or from things occasioning blame.
3 تَنَزَّهَ is best rendered, when not used absolutely, He removed himself, or kept, far, or aloof: and with عَنْ following it, it may be rendered he shunned, or avoided.
4 تَنَزَّهَ عَنِ البَوْلِ [He purified, or cleansed, himself from urine: a meaning assigned in the TA, art. نزه, by an evident mistranscription, to استنزه]. (Msb in art. برأ: and a trad.)
5 Also, He diverted, or recreated, himself; or took an airing; in the country, or in a garden.
6 تَنَزَّهَ meaning He went forth to the gardens and [green fields, or] green plants, and meadows, is a mistake, accord. to some; but IKt holds it to be not so.
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