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لَزِمَهُ

Root: لزم

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَزِمَهُI It necessarily, or inseparably, belonged, or pertained, or it clave, or adhered, to him, or it; as also لَزِمَ لَهُ: it attached to him.
2 لَزِمَهُ أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ The management of the affair, or affairs, of such a one was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, upon him.
3 لَزِمَ شَيْئًا He kept close, clave, clave fast, clung, or held fast, to anything. And hence, He preserved a thing: see قَنِىَ.
4 See 3.
5 لَزمَ الغَرِيمَ, and لَزِمَ بِهِ, and لَازَمَهُ , He adhered, kept, clave, clung, or held fast, to the debtor.
6 لَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ He kept, or clave, to his house or tent; did not quit it; was not found elsewhere.
7 لَزِمَهُ المَالُ The [paying of the] money &c. behoved him, lay on him, was incumbent on him, or obligatory on him.
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