حق

10 استحقّهُ أستحقه استحقه استحقة ٱستحق ٱستحقه He demanded it as his right, or due. (TA.) [And hence,] He had a right, or just title or claim, to it; he was, or became, entitled to it; he deserved it, or merited it; syn. اِسْتَوْجَبَهُ: (S, Msb, K:) or these two verbs are nearly the same; (TA;) [the former meaning he was, or became, adapted, disposed, apt, meet, suited, suitable, fitted, fit, competent, or proper, for it; which is the most proper meaning of the phrase صَارَ حَقِيقًا بِهِ, as well as of the verb استحقّ; but this verb has also the former of these two meanings.] When a man purchases a house, and another lays claim to it, and establishes a just evidence of his claim, and the judge decides for him according to his evidence, one says of him, قَدِ ا@سْتَحَقَّهَا عَلَى المُشْتَرِى [ He has a right to it in preference to the purchaser ]; meaning that he is to possess it in preference to the purchaser. (TA.) And of a camel such as is termed حِقّ one says, استحقّ أَنْ يُرْكَبَ [ He was, or has become, fit to be ridden ], (K,) and أَنْ يُحْمَلَ عَلَيْهِ [ to be laden ]: (S, Msb:) and استحقّ الضِّرَابَ [ He was, or has become, fit for covering ]. (L, K.) ― -b2- [Hence, It (an action, and anything,) deserved it, merited it, or required it. ] And استحقّ اـِثْمًا He did what necessitated sin; (Ksh and Bd and Jel in v. 106;) [ was guilty of a sin; ] and deserved its being said of him that he was a sinner; (Ksh ibid.;) i. q. اِسْتَوْجَبَهُ. (TA.) And استحقّوا They committed sins for which he who should punish them would be excusable, because they deserved punishment; like أَوْجَبُوا, and أَعْذَرُوا, and اِسْتَلَاطُوا. (IAar, TA in art. لوط.) ― -b3- استحقّت اـِبِلُنَا رَبِيعًا: see 4, last sentence. ― -b4- استحقّت النَّاقَةُ لَقَاحًا The she-camel conceived, or became pregnant; and استحقّ لَقَاحُهَا [signifies the same]. (TA.) ― -b5- See also 1, as an intrans. verb, last two sentences.