Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

زِنَاقٌ ذ : see 1, in two places. ― -b2- Also i. q. شِكَالٌ [i. e. Hobbles for a horse or the like, having a rope extending from the shackles of the fore feet to those of the hind feet ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And The kind of ornament called مِخْنَقَةٌ [i. e. a necklace, or the like ]; (S, O, K; [in this sense correctly said in the K to be like كِتَابٌ;]) a certain ornament for women, (JK, Ibn-' Abbád, O,) of silver. (Ibn-' Abbád, O.)

زَنِيقٌ ذ [in its primary acceptation is app. syn. with مَزْنُوقٌ in the first of the senses assigned to the latter below: ― -b2- and hence,] (tropical:) Firm, strong, or sound; (JK, O, K, TA;) applied to judgment, or an opinion, (JK, O, TA,) and an affair, and management, or exercise of forecast or forethought. (TA.) And ↓ زُنُقٌ [which is app. its pl., or عُقُولٌ زُنُقٌ,] (assumed tropical:) Perfect understandings or intellects. (IAar, O, K.)

زِنَاقَةٌ ذ : see 1, in two places.

مَزْنُوقٌ ذ Tied, or bound, with the زِنَاق [q. v., or with the زِنَاقَة]. (TA. [See also زَنِيقٌ.]) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) Suffering a suppression of the urine. (TA.) ― -b3- المَزْنُوقُ is the name of A horse of ' Ámir Ibn-Et- Tufeyl: (S, K:) and of a horse of ' Attáb Ibn-El-Warkà. (TA.)

2 تَزْنِيمٌ ذ [inf. n. of زنّم] The cutting a small portion of the ear of a camel or other animal, and leaving it hanging thereto. (KL. [See زَنَمَةٌ.]) ― -b2- [And hence,] The act of marking with a sign or token. (KL. [See also the same word as a subst. properly so termed, expl. below.]) ― -b3- And The conjoining any one with a people, or party, to which he does not belong. (KL.) ― -b4- زَنَّمُوا اـِلَىَّ هٰذَا الخَصْمُ, (inf. n. تَزْنِيمٌ, TA,) They sent to me this adversary in order that he might contend in an altercation, dispute, or litigate, with me. (K.)

4 ازنم الشَّجَرُ ذ (tropical:) The tress had a ↓ زَنَمَة (K, TA) [i. e. an excrescence ] resembling the زَنَمَة of the شَاة [app. here meaning sheep as well as goat; though sheep are said in the S, and in one place in the TA, to have no زَنَمَة]. (TA.)

زَنَمٌ ذ The [ projecting ] thing that is behind the cloven hoof; also called زَلَمٌ; (S, K;) of which it is a dial. var. (S.)

زَنِمٌ ذ A camel having a ↓ زَنَمَة, i. e. a thing [or portion ] of the ear cut (S, K) and left hanging down [ therefrom ], (S,) which is done to camels of generous race (S, K) only; (S;) as also ↓ أَزْنَمُ and ↓ مُزَنَّمٌ: fem. زَنِمَةٌ and ↓ زَنْمَاآءُ and ↓ مُزَنَّمَةٌ: (S, K:) pl. of pauc. أَزْنُمُ and زَنِمَاتٌ. (Yákoot, TA.) [See also أَزْلَمُ.] ― -b2- ضَائِنَةٌ زَنِمَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A ewe that is held in high estimation; [not signifying having a زَنَمَة, as meaning “ having a kind of wattle; ”] for [it is asserted that] the sheep has no زَنَمَة; that pertaining only to the goat. (S. [But see زَنَمَةٌ.])

هُوَ العَبْدُ زَنْمَةً ذ and ↓ زُنْمَةً and ↓ زَنَمَةً and ↓ زُنَمَةً (S, K) i. q. زَلْمَةً &c., (K,) He is one whose proportion, or conformation, is that of the slave: or, as Ks says, (or Lh, TA,) the meaning is, truly. (S.) [See also زَلْمَة.] ― -b2- زَنْمَتَا الفُوقِ: see زَنَمَةٌ.

زُنْمَة ذ : see what next precedes. -A2- زُنْمَةٌ also signifies A certain tree, having no leaves, as though it were the زَنَمَة of the شَاة [app. here meaning sheep as well as goat: see زَنَمَةٌ]. (TA.)

زَنَمَةٌ ذ of the ear of a camel: see زَنِمٌ: but accord. to El-Ahmar, it is a mark made by cutting off a portion of the ear. (TA.) ― -b2- [Of the ear of a man, it is app. The antitragus and also a small prominence of the antihelix immediately above the antitragus: for it is said that] زَنَمَتَا الأُذُنِ signifies two small things (هَنَتَانِ) next to the شَحُمَة [or lobule ], opposite to the وَتَرَة [an evident mistranscription for وَتِدَة i. e. tragus ]. (K. [So in all the copies that I have seen.]) ― -b3- Also [ A kind of wattle, i. e.] a thing, (Msb,) or piece of flesh, (TA,) hanging from the حَلْق [here meaning throat, externally ], (Msb, TA,) beneath each ear, (S and A and K in art. رعث,] of the شَاة [i. e., app., sheep as well as goat; though it is said in the S that “ the sheep has no زَنَمَة; that pertaining only to the goat; ” app. because it is uncommon in sheep]. (TA.) [See also زَلَمَةٌ; and see رَعِثَتْ and رَعْثَةٌ and رَعْثَاآءُ.] ― -b4- To this is likened the زَنَمَة of a tree: see 4. (TA.) ― -b5- And [as the زَنَمَة of the ear of a camel, or of a goat or sheep, serves to distinguish it,] it signifies also (assumed tropical:) A mark, sign, or token. (TA.) ― -b6- زَنَمَتَا الفُوقِ (tropical:) The two edges [or cusps ] of the notch of an arrow, (Msb, K, TA,) between which is put the bow-string; (Msb, TA;) as also الفوق ↓ زَنْمَتَا; (K;) but the former is the more chaste: (TA:) also called شَرْخَا الفُوقِ. (S in art. شرخ, and A and TA.) ― -b7- See also أُذُنَا القَلْبِ, voce أُذُنٌ. ― -b8- الزَّنَمَةُ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A certain herb, or leguminous plant, (K, TA,) of which AHn had heard mention made, but remembered not any description: it is said to grow in plain, or soft, tracts, and in the form of the زَنَمَة of the ear; to have leaves; and to be one of the worst of plants. (TA.) ― -b9- See also زَنْمَة.

زُنَمَة ذ : see زَنْمَة.

زُنَامٌ ذ A calamity, misfortune, or evil accident. (K.) -A2- See also زُنَامِىٌّ.

زَنِيمٌ ذ , applied to a goat, [and app. to a sheep also,] Having [ two wattles, such as are termed ] زَنَمَتَانِ [of which see the sing., زَنَمَةٌ]; as also ↓ مُزَنَّمٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ مُزَنَّمٌ, (tropical:) One adopted among a people to whom he does not belong, (Fr in explanation of the former word as used in the Kur lxviii. 13, and S and K,) to which some add, (TA,) not being needed; as though he were a زَنَمَة among them: (S, TA:) and i. q. دَعِىٌّ [as meaning likewise one who is adopted among a people or by a person (though understood in some other sense by F)]; (Mbr, Mgh, Msb, TA;) conjoined [with them or him]: thus the former was expl. by I 'Ab as used in the Kur ubi suprà: (Mbr, TA:) but Az says that the latter word has only the meaning assigned to it above, voce زَنِمٌ as an epithet applied to a camel. (TA.) And the former word, (tropical:) Base, ignoble, or mean; known by his baseness, ignobleness, or meanness, (S, K, TA,) or his evil character, (K, TA,) like as the شَاة [i. e. sheep or goat ] is known by its زَنَمَة: (S, TA: [in the latter of which is added, “ because the cutting of the ear is a mark: ” but by its زنمة is here meant “ its wattle; ” for the cutting of the ear of the camel is a mark of generous race:]) thus expl. by 'Ikrimeh as used in the Kur ubi suprà. (S.) And (assumed tropical:) The son of an adulteress or a fornicatress. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A commissioned agent, a factor, or a deputy. (TA.) ― -b4- الأَبَدُّ الزَّنِيمُ The lion. (M and K in art. بد, q. v.)

نَاىٌ زُنَامِىٌّ ذ A ناى [or flute ], so called because invented by ↓ زُنَام, a skilful زَمَّار [or player upon the musical reed] in the service of Er-Rasheed and El-Moatasim and El-Wáthik: vulgarly called زُلَامِىّ; said by Esh-Shereeshee to be thus miscalled by the common people of the West. (TA.)

أَزْنَمُ ذ , and its fem. (زَنْمَاآءُ): see زَنِمٌ. ― -b2- الأَزْنَمُ الجَذَعُ i. q. الأَزْلَمُ الجَذَعُ [q. v.]; (K, TA;) meaning (tropical:) Time, or fortune, to which trials are appendant: or, as some say, hard, or rigorous, in its course. (TA.) -A2- See also what next follows.

أَزْنَمِىٌّ ذ A camel of those called الأَزْنَمِيَّةُ; thus called in relation to [a sub-tribe (بَطْن) of بَنُو يَرْبُوعٍ or of تَمِيم named] ↓ بَنُو أَزْنَمَ. (IAar, TA.)

تَزْنِيمٌ ذ inf. n. of 2 [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b2- And also a subst. like تَنْبِيتٌ and تَمْتِينٌ, signifying A certain mark of camels. (TA.)

مُزَنَّمٌ ذ , and its fem. (with ة): see زَنِمٌ. ― -b2- See also زَنِيمٌ, in two places. ― -b3- Also Small in body; like مُزَلَّمٌ. (IAar, TA in art. زلم.) ― -b4- Also The young ones of camels. (S, K.) ― -b5- And A certain stallion [ -camel ]; (S, K;) accord. to some, who read thus, in a verse of Zuheyr, مَغَانِمُ شَتَّى مِنْ اـِفَالِ مُزَنَّمِ [ Sundry spoils consisting of the young camels the offspring of Muzennem ]: (S:) thus A'Obeyd read, instead of اـِفَالٍ مُزَنَّمِ, in which the latter word is used for مُزَنَّمَةٍ, [by poetic license,] because اـِفَالٌ is of a measure common to masc. and fem. words. (EM p. 120.)

1 زَنَا ذ , [aor. يَزْنُو,] inf. n. زُنُوٌّ, It was, or became, strait, or narrow; a dial. var. of زَنَأَ; (ISd, K, TA;) said of a place. (TA.)

2 زنّى عَلَيْهِ ذ He straitened, or oppressed, him; made strait, or close, to him: (ISd, K:) it occurs thus, without ء, by poetic license, for زَنَّأَ, in a saying of a rájiz cited in art. شدخ, as an ex. of the word شَادِخَةٌ. (S in art. زنأ.) -A2- زنّى also signifies He (a man) became lax in his joints. (TA in art. زن.)

زَنَاآءٌ ذ : see what next follows, and also art. زنأ.

زَنِىٌّ ذ Strait, or narrow; (K;) as also ↓ زَنَاآءٌ: (TA in art. زنأ from the Fáïk; and in art. زن:) the former mentioned in this sense by IAar; (TA;) applied to a bag, or other receptacle. (K, TA.) [See also زَنِىْءٌ, in art. زنأ.]

زِنَوِىٌّ ذ rel. n. from زِنًى: see the next article.

1 زَنَى ذ , aor. يَزْنِى, inf. n. زِنًى [often written زِنًا] and زِنَاآءٌ, (S, Mgh, * Msb, K,) the latter an inf. n. of 3 (S, Mgh, Msb, K) also, (S, Mgh, K,) but said by some to be a dial. var. of the former, (Msb,) the former being of the dial. of the people of El-Hijáz, (Lh, S, Msb, TA,) and the latter of the dial. of Benoo-Temeem, (Lh, TA,) or of the people of Nejd, (S, Msb, TA,) He committed fornication or adultery; (El-Munáwee, Er-Rághib, TA;) بِهَا with her: (MA:) but accord. to El-Munáwee, [it seems to be properly a dial. var. of زَنَأَ as meaning he mounted; for he says that,] in the proper language of the Arabs, الزِّنَا signifies the mounting upon a thing; and in the language of the law it signifies the commission of the act first mentioned above: it is [thus] syn. with فَجَرَ: and in like manner one says of a woman [زَنَتْ]: (TA:) ↓ زنّى, inf. n. تَزْنِيَةٌ, also signifies the same: (TA:) and so does ↓ زانى, inf. n. مُزَانَاةٌ and زِنَاآءٌ: (K:) one says of a woman, ↓ تُزَانِى, inf. n. مُزَانَاةٌ and زِنَاآءٌ, meaning تُبَاغِى [i. e. She commits fornication or adultery; or prostitutes herself ]. (S.) It is said in a prov., لَا حُصْنُهَا حُصْنٌ وَلَا الزِّنَاآءُ زِنَاآءٌ [ Her continence is not continence, nor the fornication, or adultery, that she commits, fornication, or adultery ]: applied to him who does not remain in one state, or condition; neither in good nor in evil: (Meyd:) or to him who refrains from doing good and then is excessive [therein], or from evil and then is excessive therein; not continuing to pursue one way. (TA.) [See also زَنْيَةٌ.]

2 زنّاهُ ذ , inf. n. تَزْنِيَةٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) He said to him يَا زَانِى [ O fornicator or adulterer ]: (S, TA:) or he imputed to him الزِّنَا [i. e. fornication or adultery ]; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) and so ↓ زاناهُ, accord. to the copies of the K; but in the M, ↓ ازناهُ, which, it is there said, has not been heard except in a trad. of the daughter of El- Hasan. (TA.) -A2- See also 1. -A3- And see 2 in art. زنو.

3 زَانَاهَا ذ , inf. n. مُزَانَاةٌ and زِنَاآءٌ, [ He committed fornication or adultery with her. ] (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places. -A2- And see 2.

4 أَزْنَىَ see 2.

زِنًى ذ , often written زِنًا: see the next paragraph, in two places.

زَنْيَةٌ ذ A single act of الزِّنَى [i. e. fornication or adultery ]: (Msb, TA:) and ↓ زِنًى is [used in the same sense, (though properly an inf. n., not of un.,) as is shown by its being] dualized: they say زِنَيَانِ: (TA:) [but this is post-classical:] thus using the dual of زِنًى, the lawyers say, قَذَفَهُ بِزِنَيَيْنِ [ He reproached him with two acts of fornication or adultery ]: (Msb, TA:) but [in this instance, and] in the saying ↓ شَهِدَ عَلَى زِنَاءَيْنِ, [which is dual of زِنَاآءٌ, properly an inf. n. like زِنًى,] or زِنَيَيْنِ, [ He testified, or gave decisive information, respecting two acts of fornication or adultery, ] the right word is زَنْيَتَيْنِ. (Mgh.) One says also, هُوَ ا@بْنُ زَنْيَةٍ, and sometimes ↓ زِنْيَةٍ, (K,) but the former is the more chaste, (Az, TA,) meaning ↓ ا@بْنُ زِنًى [i. e. He is a son of fornication or adultery ]: (K:) or هُوَ وَلَدُ زَنْيَةٍ and ↓ زِنْيَةٍ, (Mgh, Msb,) and لِزَنْيَةٍ [هُوَ] and ↓ لِزِنْيَةٍ, (Mgh,) with fet-h and with kesr, [meaning as above, or وُلِدَ لِزَنْيَةٍ He is, or was, born of fornication or adultery, ] contr. of وَلَدُ رِشْدَةٍ and لِرِشْدَةٍ, (Mgh,) or contr. of هُوَ لِرِشْدَةٍ: (Msb:) or ↓ هُوَ لِزِنْيَةٍ and لِزَنْيَةٍ, [ He is the offspring of fornication or adultery, ] contr. of لِرِشْدَةٍ and لِرَشْدَةٍ: (S:) accord. to Fr, one says, هُوَ لِغَيِّةٍ and لِزَنْيَةٍ and لِغَيْرِ رَشْدَةٍ, [all meaning the same, and] all with fet-h: accord. to Ks, however, one may say ↓ زِنْيَة and رِشْدَة, with kesr, but غَيَّة only with fet-h: (TA:) ISk says that زنية and غيّة are both with kesr and fet-h. (Msb.)

زِنْيَةٌ ذ [accord. to analogy signifies A mode, or manner, of fornication or adultery ]. See the next preceding paragraph, in five places. -A2- Also The last of a man's children; (K;) like as فِجْرَةٌ signifies the “ last of a woman's children. ” (TA.)

زِنَاآءٌ ذ [properly an inf. n., but having a dual assigned to it]: see an instance of its dual voce زَنْيَةٌ

زِنَوِىٌّ ذ [meaning Of, or relating to, fornication or adultery ] is the rel. n. from زِنًى; (S, Msb;) the [radical] ى being changed into و because three ىs are deemed difficult of pronunciation: (Msb:) and the rel. n. from زِنَاآءٌ [having the same meaning] is ↓ زِنَاآئِىٌّ. (S.)

زِنَائِىٌّ ذ : see what next precedes.

زَنَّاآءَةٌ ذ an appellation applied to A female ape (قِرْدَةٌ). (S.)

زَانٍ ذ act. part. n. of زَنَى: [signifying Committing fornication or adultery: and also a fornicator or an adulterer: ] (Msb:) fem. زَانِيَةٌ: (Kur xxiv. 2 and 3:) pl. masc. زُنَاةٌ, like قُضَاةٌ pl. of قَاضٍ: (Msb:) [and pl. fem. زَوَانٍ.] يَا زَانِى said to a woman is correct as being [for يَا زَانِيَةُ, O fornicatress, or adulteress, ] apocopated. (Mgh.)

زَانِيَةٌ ذ fem. of زَانٍ [q. v.] ― -b2- Applied to a man, it has an intensive meaning [i. e. One much addicted to fornication or adultery ]. (Mgh.)

1 زَهِدَ فِيهِ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and عَنْهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. زَهَدَ ; (S, K;) [the most usual form of the verb;] and زَهَدَ, aor. زَهَدَ ; (S, Msb, K;) which is the most approved form, though MF says otherwise; (TA;) and زَهُدَ, aor. زَهُدَ ; (Th, K;) inf. n. زُهْدٌ and زَهَادَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and زَهْدٌ; (Sb, TA;) He abstained from it; [meaning, from something that would gratify the passions or senses;] relinquished it; forsook it; shunned, or avoided, it; did not desire it; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) contr. of رَغِبَ [i. e. of رَغِبَ فِيهِ], (S, K,) and i. q. رَغِبَ عَنْهُ, (A, Mgh,) and لَمْ يُرِدْهُ, (Mgh,) and تَرَكَهُ and أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ: (Msb:) or he abstained from it, meaning a thing of the lawfulness of which he was sure, so far as to take the least that was sufficient thereof, leaving the rest to God: (MF:) or زَهَادَةٌ relates only to worldly things; and زُهْدٌ, to matters of religion: (Kh, Msb, K:) or both signify the exercising oneself in the service of God, or in acts of devotion; as also ↓ تَزَهُّدٌ: (KL:) he who makes a difference between زَهِدَ فِيهِ and زَهِدَ عَنْهُ errs. (Mgh.) ― -b2- زَهَادَةٌ and زُهْدٌ also signify [particularly The being abstinent in respect of eating; ] the eating little. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And زَهَدَ and ↓ ازهد He straitened his household, by reason of niggardliness or poverty. (TA in art. زنق.) -A2- زَهَدَهُ, aor. زَهَدَ , (K,) inf. n. زَهْدٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He computed, or determined, its quantity, measure, size, bulk, proportion, extent, amount, sum, or number; or he computed by conjecture its quantity or measure &c., or the quantity of its fruit; as also ↓ ازهدهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. اـِزْهَادٌ; and ↓ زهّدهُ, inf. n. تَزْهِيدٌ: all used in relation to palm-trees. (TA.) You say, زَهَدْتُ النَّخْلُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (tropical:) I computed by conjecture the quantity of the fruit upon the palm-trees. (Esh-Sheybánee, S, TA.) And زَهَدْتُ المَالَ (assumed tropical:) I computed by conjecture the quantity, or amount, of the property; or the number of the camels or cattle. (JK.)

2 زهّدهُ فِيهِ ذ [and عَنْهُ] He made him, or caused him, to abstain from it; to relinquish it; to forsake it; to shun, or avoid, it; or to be not desirous of it; (L, Msb;) i. q. زَغَّبَهُ عَنْهُ; (L;) trans. of زَهِدَ فِيهِ: (Msb:) [i. e.] التَّزْهِيدُ فِى الشَّىْءِ and عَنْهُ is the contr. of التَّرْغِيبُ فِيهِ. (S, K. *) ― -b2- And التَّزْهِيدُ is also (tropical:) syn. with التَّبْخِيلُ. (K, TA. [In the CK, erroneously, التَّبْخِيلُ.]) One says, النَّاسُ يُزَهِّدُونَهُ and يُبَخِّلُونَهُ (tropical:) [ Men, or the people, impute to him, or accuse him of, niggardliness, or stinginess ]. (A, TA.) And 'Adee. Ibn-Zeyd says, وَ لَلْبَخْلَةُ الأُولَى لِمَنْ كَانَ بَاخِلًا أَعَقُّ وَمَنْ يَبْخَلْ يُلَمْ وَ يُزْهَّدِ i. e. (assumed tropical:) [ And verily the first single act of niggardliness, of him who is acting in a niggardly manner, is most undutious to parents; (app. because generosity is what they enjoin above all things;) and he who is niggardly is blamed, and ] is charged with being a niggard, a low or mean or sordid man. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 1.

4 ازهد ذ , (JK, L,) inf. n. اـِزْهَادٌ, (JK, S, L,) He was, or became, one whose property was not desired, because of its littleness; (JK, L;) he possessed little property, (S * L,) which, because of its littleness, was not desired. (L.) ― -b2- See also 1. -A2- ازهدهُ: see 1, near the end.

5 تزهّد ذ He manifested, or made a show of, زُهْد [or abstinence, &c., generally meaning exercise in the service of God, or devotion ]: (KL:) [and] he devoted himself to the service of God, or to religious exercises; or applied himself to acts of devotion. (S, Msb.) See also 1.

6 تزاهدوهُ ذ (assumed tropical:) They contemned, or despised, him, or it. (K.) It is said in a trad., of wine-drinkers, تزاهدوا الحَدَّ, i. e. they contemned the حَدّ [or prescribed castigation ]; held it in little, or mean, estimation; regarded it as a small thing. (TA.) [See also what next follows.]

8 اِزْدَهَدَهُ ذ (assumed tropical:) He reckoned it little. (K.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَزْدَهِدُ عَطَاآءَ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one reckons little the gift of such a one. (ISk, S.) [See also what next precedes.]

زَهْدٌ ذ (tropical:) A small quantity. (A.) You say, خُذْ زَهْدَ مَا يَكْفِيكَ (JK, S, K) (tropical:) Take thou the small quantity that is sufficient for thee: (A:) or as much as is sufficient for thee. (JK, S.)

زَهَدٌ ذ (tropical:) The poor-rate; syn. زَكَاةٌ: (A, K:) mentioned by Aboo-Sa'eed, on the authority of Mubtekir El-Bedawee: so called, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, because of its littleness; the زكاة of property being the least portion of it; or, accord. to the A, because the fortieth part [which is its general proportion] is little. (TA.) So in the saying, مَا لَكَ تَمْنَعُ الزَّهَدَ (tropical:) [ What aileth thee that thou refusest the poor-rate? ]. (A, TA.)

أَرْضٌ زَهَادٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) Land that does not flow with water except in consequence of much rain: (S:) or land that flows with water in consequence of the least rain; (ISk, JK, and TA in art. حشد;) as also حَشَادٌ; (ISk, TA in art. حشد;) [contr. of أَرْضٌ رَغَابٌ: see also زَهِيدٌ.] And زَهَادُ التِّلَاعِ (assumed tropical:) The small water-courses. (L.)

زَهِيدٌ ذ Who eats little; (T, K;) applied to a man; (T;) [and] so زَهِيدُ الأَكْلِ; (S;) or زَهِيدُ الطَّعْمِ: (A:) and so زَهِيدٌ or زَهِيدَةٌ, (as in different places in the T,) applied to a woman: contr. of [رَغِيبٌ and] رَغِيبَةٌ. (T.) You say, فُلَانٌ زَهِيدٌ ↓ زَاهِدٌ, i. e. [ Such a one is abstinent, &c., and] a small eater. (A.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) Small in quantity or number: (S, Msb, K:) so applied to a gift. (S.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) Contemptible, despicable, mean, or paltry. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A man who possesses, or does, little, or no, good. (A, TA.) ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) A man (Lh, TA) narrow, or niggardly, in disposition; (Lh, K, TA;) as also ↓ زَاهِدٌ; (K;) fem. of the former with ة: (Lh, TA:) a low, ignoble, ungenerous, mean, or sordid, man; such that one does not desire what he possesses; as also ↓ زَاهِدٌ. (L.) ― -b6- هُوَ زَهِيدُ العَيْنِ, and لَهُ عَيْنٌ زَهِيدَةٌ, (tropical:) He is content with little; contr. of هُوَ رَغِيبُ العَيْنِ and لَهُ عَيْنٌ رَغِيبَةٌ. (A, TA.) ― -b7- وَادٍ زَهِيدٌ (assumed tropical:) A narrow valley: (JK, K:) or a valley that takes, or receives, little water; (ISh, S, TA;) that is made to flow by a slight quantity of water, even as much as a she-goat voids into it, because it is even and hard: (ISh, TA:) contr. of وَادٍ رَغِيبٌ. (TA in art. رغب.) [See also زَهَادٌ.] And زَهِيدُ الأَرْضِ (assumed tropical:) What is narrow, of land; and that from which much water does not come forth: pl. زُهْدَانٌ. (L.)

زِهِّيدٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

زَاهِدٌ ذ act. part. n. of زَهِدَ [i. e. Abstaining, or abstinent; relinquishing; forsaking; shunning, or avoiding; not desiring or desirous: and particularly abstaining from, or shunning, or retiring from, worldly pleasures; exercising himself in the service of God, or in acts of devotion; a devotee ]: and ↓ زِهِّيدٌ has a similar, but intensive, meaning [i. e. abstaining much, or very abstinent; &c.]: pl. of the former زُهَّادٌ. (Msb, TA.) See also زَهِيدٌ, in three places.

مُزْهِدٌ ذ A man possessing little property, (JK, S, A,) so that one does not desire it. (JK.) It is said in a trad., أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ مُؤْمِنٌ مُزْهِدٌ, meaning [ The most excellent of men is a believer ] possessing little property. (S, A.)