حَلَفَ

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حَلَفَI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun حَلِفٌ and حَلْفٌ and حِلْفٌ and مَحْلُوفٌ, like مَجْلُودٌ and مَعْقُولٌ and مَعْسُورٌ, and مَحْلُوفَةٌ [and مَحْلُوفَآءُ, like مَشْعُورَآءُ, as will be seen from what follows], He swore. You say, حَلَبَ بِٱللّٰهِ [He swore by God]. [And حَلَفَ إِنّهُ كَذَا He swore it was so. And حَلَفَ لَهُ عَلَى كَذَا He swore to him to do such a thing.] And حَلَفَ يَمِينًا (T in art. ثنى, &c.) and عَلَى يَمِينٍ (El-Jámi' es Sagheer voce مَنْ, &c.) [He swore an oath]. And لَا وَمَحْلُوفَائِهِ لَا أَفْعَلُ [No, by the swearing it, I will not do such a thing]. And مَحْلُوفَةً بِٱللّٰهِ, meaning أَحْلِفُ مَحْلُوفَةً, i. e. [I swear] an oath [by God]. Accord. to IAth, the primary signification of حَلِفٌ is The act of confederating, or making a compact or confederacy, to aid, or assist; and making an agreement: [but this meaning is afterwards said in the TA to be tropical:] when the object of this, in the time of paganism, was to aid in sedition or the like, and in fighting, and incursions into the territories of enemies, it was forbidden by Mohammad: when the object was to aid the wronged, and for making close the ties of relationship, and the like, he confirmed it.

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