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حظ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَظَّ حظ , sec. pers. حَظِظْتَ, (S, K,) aor. يَحَظُّ, (S,) inf. n. حَظٌّ, (K,) He was, or became, fortunate, or possessed of good fortune, (S, K,) فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair; (K;) as also ↓ احظّ: (K, TA:) or ↓ the latter signifies he was, or became, rich, wealthy, or opulent; or in a state of, or possessed of, competence, or sufficiency; in no need; without wants; or with few wants. (O, TS.) Lth says, I have not heard any verb from حَظٌّ: but it has a verb, transmitted from the Arabs, which Lth did not know, and had not heard: and AHeyth says, in writing to Ibn-Buzurj, هُمْ يُحَظُّونَ بِهِمْ, and يُجَدُّونَ بهم, (Az, TA,) meaning They become possessed of good fortune, and riches, or competence, or sufficiency. (L in art. جد.)

Derived headwords

حَظَّ
  1. 1.
فِى الأَمْرِ
يُحَظُّونَ بِهِمْ
يُجَدُّونَ بهم