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حَجَرَ

Root: حجر

Full Definition

حَجَرَ , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حَجْرٌ and حُجْرٌ and حِجْرٌ and حُجْرَانٌ and حِجْرَانٌ, He prevented, hindered, withheld, restrained, debarred, inhibited, forbade, prohibited, or interdicted, عَلَيْهِ from him, or it: [or عليه is here a mistranscription for عَنْهُ: for] you say, لَا حَجْرَ عَنْهُ, meaning There is no prevention, &c., from him, or it: and حَجَرَ عَلَيْهِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حَجْرٌ, He prohibited him from using, or disposing of, his property according to his own free will: or حَجَرَ عَلَيْهِ فِى مَالِهِ he prevented, or prohibited, him from consuming, or wasting, or ruining, his property.
2 See also 5:
3 and 8.
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