حَصُنَ

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حَصُنَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حَصَانَةٌ, said of a حِصْن [or fortress], or of a place, i. q. مَنُعَ, [for which the CK erroneously substitutes وَمَنَعَ, after كَكَرُمَ, as though the verb were حَصُنَ and حَصَنَ,] [i. e.] It was, or became, مَنِيع [meaning inaccessible, or unapproachable, or difficult of access]; it was, or became, unattainable, by reason of its height; it was fortified, or protected against attack, so that one could not gain access to what was within it.
2 Hence, حَصُنَتْ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حُصْنٌ and حَصْنٌ and حِصْنٌ and حَصَانَةٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِحْصَانٌ; and تحصّنت ; said of a woman, She was, or became, continent, or chaste; or she abstained from what was not lawful nor decorous; syn. عَفَّتْ: or she was, or became, married; or she had a husband; as also حَصَنَتْ and : (Ham p. 101, in which حَصُنَتْ is likewise mentioned in this sense:) or signifies she was, or became, pregnant; as though pregnancy protected her from a man's going in to her.

def.2 حَصَنَهُ, Verbal.Noun حَصْنٌ, He preserved, or guarded, him, or it, in places inaccessible, or unapproachable, or difficult of access, as in a حِصْن [or fortress]. [See also 2 and 4.]

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