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حبس
Root entry · 1 derived lemma8 احتبس احتبس أحتبس ٱحتبس quasi-pass. of حَبَسَهُ; He, or it, was or became, confined, restricted, limited, &c.; and he confined, restricted, limited, &c., himself; (S, A, K;) [as also ↓ انحبس; but this latter is probably post-classical.] ― -b2- Said of urine [as meaning It became suppressed ]. (S and Msb in art. حقب; &c.) -A2- احتبسهُ syn. with حَبسَهُ, which see, in two places. (S, K.) ― -b2- Also He appropriated it to himself; restricted it to his own special possession: (A, TA:) or he made, or constituted, it (اِتَّخَذَهُ) what is termed حَبِيس. (TA.)
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احتبسverb
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