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حَضَرَ

Root: حضر

Form: 1

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حَضَرَI , Present.T ـُ; and حَضِرَ, Present.T as above, not ـَ as is implied in the K; but the latter form of the pret. is disallowed by some; and, with its Present.T, is an instance of the intermixture of dialects; and is like فَضِلَ, Present.T ـُ and نَعِمَ, Present.T ـُ; which are said by IKoot to be the only instances of the kind; Verbal.Noun حُضُورٌ and حَضَارَ; and , and تحضّر ; He was, or became, present; contr. of غَابَ: he came after having been absent.
2 حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ, and, as the people of El-Medeeneh say, حَضِرَت, but all say تَحْضُرُ, originally حَضَرَ وَقْتُ الصَّلَاةِ, The time of prayer came, or arrived.
3 [حَضَرَ also signifies He, or it, was, or became, ready, or prepared. See 4; and see also حاضِرٌ.]

def.2 حَضَرَهُ, and حَضِرَهُ, Present.T and inf. ns. as above; and , and تحضّره ; He was, or became, present with him; attended him; came into his presence; came to him: and he was, or became, present at it, or in it; namely, a place. One says, حَضَرَتِ القَاضِىَ ٱمْرَأَةٌ, and حَضِرَت, and حَضِرَ, in which the ت is elided because القاضى intervenes between the verb and امرأة, but the first is the most approved, [A woman came into the presence of, or presented herself before, or came to, the judge.] And حَضَرْتُ مَجْلِسَ القَاضِى, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حُضُورٌ, I was present at, or attended, the court of the judge. [And حَضَرَ دَرْسًا He attended a lecture.] And حَضَرُوا المِيَاهَ They stayed, or dwelt, by the waters. (S. [See حَاضِرٌ.])
2 أَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ [in the Kur xxiii. 100] means [I seek thy protection, O my Lord,] from their bringing evil upon me: or [from their being present with me: or] hovering around me.
3 الجِنُّ تَحْضُرُ اللَّبَنَ, or , [The jinn, or genii, come to, and taint, the milk.]
4 حُضِرَ, and , i. q. حَضَرَهُ المَوْتُ, i. e. [He was visited by the angel of death;] he became at the point of death; in the agony of death; as also المَوْتُ: or he was visited by death, or by the angels of death; meaning he died: or means he died a youth. (S and TA voce أَجْزَرَ, q. v.)
5 حَضَرْنَا عَنْ مَآءِ كَذَا We removed from such a water.
6 حَضَرْتُ الأَمْرَ I was present at the affair, or event.
7 حَضَرْتُ الأَمْرَ بِخَيْرٍ I formed a right opinion, or judgment, respecting the thing, or affair.
8 حَضَرَهُ الهَمُّ, and , and تحضّرهُ , [Anxiety befell him.]
9 حَضَرَنِى كَذَا Such a thing occurred to my mind. And قُولُوا مَا يَحْضُرُكُمْ [Say ye what is in your minds; or] what is ready with you.

def.3 حَضَرَ, Verbal.Noun حِضَارَةٌ, or حَضَارَةٌ, or both, [see بَدَا, the contr. of حَضَرَ, in art. بدو,] He resided, dwelt, or abode, in a region, district, or tract, of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land; [as also تحضّر : or this latter signifies he became an inhabitant of such a region, district, or tract:] you say بَدَوِىٌّ [an inhabitant of the desert who becomes an inhabitant of a region, district, or tract, of cities &c.]; and [contr.] حَضَرِىٌّ يَتَبَدَّى. [See also 8.]
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