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هاجرهُ

Root: هجر

Form: 3

Full Definition

هاجرهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُهَاجَرَةٌ; and ; He cut him off from friendly, or loving, communion or intercourse, being so cut off by him; or he cut him, or ceased to speak to him, being in like manner cut by him: and he forsook, or abandoned, him, being forsaken, or abandoned, by him: this is the primary signification of the former.
2 هاجر, Verbal.Noun مُهَاجَرَةٌ and هِجْرَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst., He went forth from his desert to the cities or towns: this is the primary acceptation, with the Arabs, of the verb [when intrans.]: also, he left his place of abode, emigrating to another people: he departed, or went forth, from one land to another, or from one country, or district, or town, to another: and, as used in the Kur, ii. 215, [and in many other instances in the same and other books,] he went forth [or emigrated] from the territory of the unbelievers to the territory of the believers [or to any place of safety or refuge on account of religious persecution, &c.] See an ex. voce تَهَجَّرَ; and see هِجْرَةٌ.
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