عزى

5 تعزّى ذ He took patience; or constrained himself to be patient, or enduring; syn. تَصَبَّرَ, (S, Msb, TA,) and تأَسَّى [q. v.]; (TA;) the sign of doing which is the saying, اـِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَاـِنَّا اـِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ [Verily to God we belong, and verily unto Him we return]. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., [as some relate it,] مَنْ لَمْ يَتَعَزَّ بِعَزَاآءِ ا@للّٰهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا, expl. by some as meaning Such as does not constrain himself to be patient [ with the patience of God, he is not of us ]. (TA. [See another reading voce تَعَزَّزَ.]) And you say, تَعَزَّيْتُ عَنْهُ, meaning I constrained myself to endure with patience the loss, or want, of him, or it: [and hence, I consoled myself for the loss, or want, of him, or it: held by some to be] originally تَعَزَّزْتُ, meaning I exerted my strength or energy [ to divert myself from him, or it ]; like تَظَنَّيْتُ for تَظَنَّنْتُ. (TA in art. عز.) You say also تعزّى بِهِ, meaning تَأَسُّى به [i. e. He took patience, or constrained himself to be patient, by reflecting upon him, or it; or he took example by him, or became consoled by his example, meaning the example of a person who had suffered in like manner and had been patient]. (S in art. اسو.)