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لزم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 لَزِمَهُ ذ It necessarily, or inseparably, belonged, or pertained, or it clave, or adhered, to him, or it; as also لَزِمَ لَهُ: it (disgrace, &c.) attached to him. ― -b2- لَزِمَهُ أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ The management of the affair, or affairs, of such a one was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, upon him. ― -b3- لَزِمَ شَيْئًا He kept close, clave, clave fast, clung, or held fast, to anything. (S, K, &c.) And hence, He preserved a thing: see قَنِىَ. ― -b4- See 3. ― -b5- لَزمَ الغَرِيمَ, and لَزِمَ بِهِ, and ↓ لَازَمَهُ, He adhered, kept, clave, clung, or held fast, to the debtor. (Msb.) ― -b6- لَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ He kept, or clave, to his house or tent; did not quit it; was not found elsewhere. (Kull, p. 318.) ― -b7- لَزِمَهُ المَالُ The [ paying of the ] money &c. behoved him, lay on him, was incumbent on him, or obligatory on him. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

لَزِمَهُverb
  1. 1.
لَزِمَ لَهُ
لَزِمَهُ أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ
لَزِمَ شَيْئًا
لَزمَ الغَرِيمَ
لَزِمَ بِهِ
لَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ
لَزِمَهُ المَالُ