ناهزهُ
Root: نهز
Form: 3
Full Definition
ناهزهُIII
, Verbal.Noun مُنَاهَزَةٌ, He strove with him, or made haste, to outstrip him; to be, or get, before him; to precede him. You say, ناهز
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He made haste to get before the game, or object of the chase, and seized it before its escape. And نَاهَزْتُهُمُ الفُرَصَ [I strove with them, or made haste, to be before them in taking, or seizing, the opportunities, or the turns for drawing water or the like]. A poet says,
def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He approached it; drew near to it; nearly attained to it; as also . You say, ناهز البُلُوغُ, and الحُلُمَ, He approached, drew near to, or nearly attained to, puberty. And ناهز الخَمْسِينَ [He approached, or nearly attained to, the age of fifty]. And ناهز لِلْفِطَامِ, Verbal.Noun as above, He approached, or drew near to, the [time of] weaning; as also نَهَزَ , Present.T ـَ.
def.3 See also 8.
[I strove with them, or made haste, to be before them in drawing water with a capacious bucket].نَاهَزْتُهُمْ بِنَيْطَلٍ جَرُوفِ
def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He approached it; drew near to it; nearly attained to it; as also . You say, ناهز البُلُوغُ, and الحُلُمَ, He approached, drew near to, or nearly attained to, puberty. And ناهز الخَمْسِينَ [He approached, or nearly attained to, the age of fifty]. And ناهز لِلْفِطَامِ, Verbal.Noun as above, He approached, or drew near to, the [time of] weaning; as also نَهَزَ , Present.T ـَ.
def.3 See also 8.
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