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همز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 هَمَزَهُ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. هَمِزَ (S, Msb, K) and هَمُزَ , (K,) inf. n. هَمْزٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He pressed it; squeezed it; pinched it; (S, A, Msb, K,) as, for instance, a walnut, (A, TA,) or other thing, (S, TA,) in the hand; (S, A, TA,) and a man's head; (S, A, TA;) and a spearshaft, with the مَهَامِز, to straighten it. (TA.) ― -b2- He pushed, impelled, or repelled, him or it, (S, K, TA,) meaning anything; as also لَمَزَهُ &c. (TA.) You say, هَمَزَتْهُ اـِلَيْهِ الحَاجَةُ Want impelled, or drove, him to him or it. (TA.) ― -b3- He struck, or beat, him; (S, K, TA;) as also لَمَزَهُ &c. (TA.) ― -b4- He goaded, or spurred, him; (K, TA;) he urged him on (namely a horse) with the مِهْمَاز, to make him run. (Msb.) ― -b5- He bit him. (IAar, K.) ― -b6- He broke it. (K.) -A2- (tropical:) He (the devil) suggested evil to his mind. (JK, A, TA.) You say, أَعُوذُ بِا@للّٰهِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ; and مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ; (tropical:) I seek refuge in God from his [the devil's] evil suggestion; and from the evil suggestions of the devils. (A.) -A3- (tropical:) He blamed, upbraided, or reproached, him; he found fault with him; syn. of the inf. n. عَيْبٌ, (Fr, in TA, art. لمز; and IAar, in TA, in the present art.) as also لَمْزٌ: (Fr, in TA, art. لمز; and S,) or he spoke evil of him, or spoke of him in a manner that he disliked, mentioning vices or faults as chargeable to him, behind his back, though it might be with truth; syn. اـِغْتَابَهُ فِى غَيْبَتِهِ: (Msb:) and [so] هَمَزَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ he backbit him. (JK, A.) -A4- هَمَزَ الحَرْفَ, (S, O,) or الكَلِمَةَ, aor. هَمِزَ , inf. n. هَمْزٌ, (Msb,) [ He pronounced the word with the sound termed هَمْز, or هَمْزَة, of which the sign is ء,] is from هَمَزَهُ in the first of the senses explained above; (S, Msb,) because what is termed هَمْز in speech, (S,) or هَمْزَة, (Kh, TA,) [i. e. the sound so called,] is [as it were] pressed, or squeezed, (Kh, S, TA,) from its place of utterance [by a sudden emission of the voice forced out after a compression of the passage whereby it has been stopped]. (Kh, TA.) It was said to an Arab of the desert, أَتَهْمِزُ الفَأْرَةَ, [meaning Dost thou pronounce الفَأْرَة with hemz, or hemzeh? ] and he said, [understanding the words to mean dost thou squeeze the rat, or mouse? ] السِّنَّوْرُ يَهْمِزُهَا [ The cat squeezes it ]. (S.) See هَمْزٌ, below. [And see also نَبَرَ.]

Derived headwords

هَمَزَهُverb
  1. 1.
هَمَزَتْهُ اـِلَيْهِ الحَاجَةُ
أَعُوذُ بِا@للّٰهِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ
مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ
اـِغْتَابَهُ فِى
هَمَزَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ
هَمَزَ الحَرْفَ
أَتَهْمِزُ الفَأْرَةَ
السِّنَّوْرُ يَهْمِزُهَا