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حَظَّ

Root: حظ

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حَظَّ , sec. pers. حَظِظْتَ, Present.T يَحَظُّ, Verbal.Noun حَظٌّ, He was, or became, fortunate, or possessed of good fortune, فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair; as also : or ↓ the latter signifies he was, or became, rich, wealthy, or opulent; or in a state of, or possessed of, competence, or sufficiency; in no need; without wants; or with few wants. Lth says, I have not heard any verb from حَظٌّ: but it has a verb, transmitted from the Arabs, which Lth did not know, and had not heard: and AHeyth says, in writing to Ibn-Buzurj, هُمْ يُحَظُّونَ بِهِمْ, and يُجَدُّونَ بهم, meaning They become possessed of good fortune, and riches, or competence, or sufficiency. (L in art. جد.)
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