حنث

5 تحنّث حنث تحنث (assumed tropical:) He put away, or cast away, from himself الحِنْث, i. e. sin, or crime: (ISd, Towsheeh, TA:) it is said that there are only six verbs of the measure of this signifying the putting away, or casting away, from oneself a thing, [i. e. the thing denoted by the root,] which are تحنّث and تأثّم and تحوّب and تحرّج and تنجّس and تهجّد: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) he did a work whereby to escape from sin, or crime: (IAar, Msb:) (assumed tropical:) he applied himself to acts, or exercises, of devotion; (S, A, Msb, K;) accord. to Ez-Zuhree and the K, during numerous nights; but it has been shown by the Expositors of El-Bukháree, and others, that this addition is taken from words following the verb in the explanation of a trad., and has nothing to do with the meaning of the verb itself: (MF, TA:) (assumed tropical:) he relinquished [ the worship of ] idols; (S, K;) like تحنّف; (S;) and it may be that the ث in this verb is interchangeable with ف, (A,) or a substitute for ف. (TA.) You say also, تحنّث مِنْ كَذَا (tropical:) He abstained from such a thing as a sin, or crime; syn. تأثّم, (S, A, K,) and تحرّج. (A.) And تحنّث بِأَفْعَالٍ (assumed tropical:) He sought to bring himself near unto God, or to advance himself in God's favour, by works [of devotion &c.]. (TA.)