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حكر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 حَكَرَ حكر i. q. احتكر, q. v. (A.) ― -b2- Also حَكَرَهُ, aor. حَكِرَ , inf. n. حَكْرٌ, He wronged him; acted wrongfully, or injuriously; towards him; (T, K, * TA;) and detracted from his reputation, or impugned his character; (T, TA;) acted, or behaved, towards him with bad fellowship, (T, K, * TA,) and with difficulty, or hardness, and perverseness: (TA:) and he brought upon him distress, or trouble, and harm, or injury, in his intercourse with him, and his ways of life. (T, TA.) The epithet applied to him who does so is ↓ حَكِرٌ, [not a reg. part. n., but] a kind of relative epithet. (T, TA.) You say, فِيهِ حَكْرٌ In him is difficulty, or hardness, and perverseness, and a quality of bad fellowship. (A.) -A2- حَكِرَ, aor. حَكَرَ , (TA,) inf. n. حَكَرٌ, (K, TA,) He was obstinate, or persistent, or persistent in contention, (K, * TA,) and difficult, or hard; (TA;) and kept a thing to himself, not allowing any one to share with him in it. (K, * TA.) The part. n. is ↓ حَكِرٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

حَكَرَverb
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فِيهِ حَكْرٌ