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وَقَعَ

Root: حيص

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وَقَعَ , (AA, S, A, and K in art. بيص,) and وَقَعُوا, فِى حَيْصَ بَيْصَ, and حيص بِيصَ, (S in this art. and in art. بيص; and so in the CK ubi suprà, and in a MS. copy of the K, [though app. contradicted by what follows in that work, as will be seen below,] or حِيصِ بِيصِ, and حَيْص بَيْصِ, with fet-h to the first [letter] of each and to the last of each, and with kesr to the first of each, (S in art. بيص,) or to both, and with fet-h to the first of each and kesr to the last of each; and sometimes each of the two [vars., namely, حَيْص بَيْص and حِيص بِيص,] is made perfectly decl. in the second [word], [so that you say also حَيْصَ بَيْصٍ, and حِيصِ بِيصٍ, and حَيْصِ بَيْصٍ; (though the copies of the K differ in respect of these forms, two, for instance, giving one form, which is written حَيْصٍ بَيْصٍ, and one adding حِيصٍ بِيصٍ;) for it is said,] the whole make six dial. vars.; and, accord. to MF, each of the two [vars.] is sometimes made perfectly decl. in the first [word] also, [so that you say حَيْصٍ بَيْصٍ, and حيصٍ بِيصٍ,] but this he may have inferred from what will be afterwards mentioned on the authority of ISk, (TA in art. بيص,) and فِى بَاصِ, indecl., with kesr for the termination, the ا being [originally] ى; He fell, and they fell, into confusion in respect of their case, or affair, from which there was no escape for them: or into straitness and difficulty: حَيْصَ بَيْصَ and حِيصَ بِيصَ are each two nouns made into one, and made indecl. with fet-h for their termination, as in the instance of جَارِى بَيْتَ بَيْتَ: or, as some assert, they are two nouns, from حَيْصٌ meaning the “ turning away, ” and “ retiring, ” or “ going back, ” and بَوْصٌ meaning the “ outstripping, ” and “ fleeing; ” and بوص is altered to assimilate it to حيص; and the meaning is, an affair, or a case, of any kind, from which one retires, or goes back, and flees. You say also, جَعَلْتُمُ الأَرْضَ عَلَيْهِ حَيْصَ بَيْصَ, (S and K, both in art. بيص,) or حِيصَ بِيصَ, and حَيْصًا بَيْصًا, with fet-h to each, and حِيصًا بِيصًا, with kesr to each, not compounded, Ye have straitened [the earth, or land,] to him, so that he may not act as he pleases therein: or so that he may not travel therein in search of sustenance, nor employ himself as he would to make gain. And إِنَّكَ لَتَحْسِبُ عَلَىَّ الأَرْضَ حَيْصًا بَيْصًا, or, as some say, حيصِ بيصِ, [i. e., حَيْصِ بَيْصِ or حِيصِ بِيصِ, meaning, Verily thou thinkest the earth to be straitened to me, so that I may not act as I please therein: &c.]
2 حَيْصَ بَيْصَ also signifies The hole of the rat or mouse. (TA in art. بيص.)


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