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حصن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُحْصَنٌ محص محصن Wheat stored up. (TA in art. عسى.) ― -b2- A man caused, by marriage, to abstain from that which is unlawful or indecorous, or to be continent or chaste; expl. by قَدْ أَحْصَنَهُ التَّزَوُّجُ. (K.) And A man married, or having a wife; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُحْصِنٌ: (Zj, Msb:) the former anomalous [if أُحْصِنَ be not allowable as meaning, like أَحْصَنَ, “ he married, ” or “ took a wife: ” but see 1 and 4]. (S, Msb.) For the fem., مُحْصَنَةٌ, and its pl., مُحْصَنَاتٌ, see حَصَانٌ, in four places.

Derived headwords

مُحْصَنٌ
  1. 1.
قَدْ أَحْصَنَهُ التَّزَوُّجُ