حمز

أَفْضَلُ الأَعْمَالِ أَحْمَزُهَا ذ (tropical:) The most excellent of deeds is the strongest, or most powerful: (S, K, * TA:) or the most painful (A, Mgh, TA) and distressing: (Mgh, TA:) from حَامِزٌ, applied to milk and to نَبِيذ, signifying “ that burns the tongue by reason of its strength: ” (Mgh:) a trad., related by I'Ab; (S, TA;) said by Mo- hammad. (TA.) You say also, فُلَانٌ أَحْمَزُ أَمْرًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ (tropical:) Such a one is in harder, or more difficult, circumstances (أَشَدُّ أَمْرًا) than such a one: (TA:) or [ more ] contracted in circumstances. (ISk, TA.)