حث

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Form 1حَثَّهُ2 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarحَثٌّ

Core sense — he hastened him; he incited, urged, or instigated himgenerated

1.1he incited, excited, urged, or instigated him to it, or to do it—حَثَّهُ عَلَيْهِ

he hastened him, or hurried him on, without a break, or in any manner.

Synonymous with حَرَّضَهُ, or حَضَّهُ.

with which حُثْحُوثٌ [apparently a quasi-maṣdar] and حِثِّيثَى [an intensive maṣdar] are synonymous.

he incited, urged, or instigated him to it—استحثّهُ

Maṣdars تَحْثِيتٌ, احتثّهُ, احثّهُ, and حَثْحَثَهُ.

he incited, urged, or instigated him to it—حثّثهُ

حَثَّ is used of pace, or journeying, or marching, and حَضَّ in other cases: so says El-Hareeree, on the authority of Kh.

he incited, or urged, his beast—حَثّ دَابّتَهُ

One says this with بِالسَّوْطِ [with the whip].

he incited, or urged, his beast—حَثْحَثَهَا

he made the horse go quickly, or briskly; or urged him to run by striking him with the foot, or by beating him—حَثَّ الفَرَسَ عَلَى العَدْوِ

he made the horse go quickly, or briskly; or urged him to run by striking him with the foot, or by beating him—استحثّهُ

1.1.1

See also R. Q. 1.

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, aor. حَثُثَ , inf. n. حَثٌّ , He hastened him, or hurried him uninterruptedly, or in any manner. (TA.) And حَثَّهُ عَلَيْهِ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. حَثُثَ , (Msb,) inf. n. حَثٌّ , (S, Msb, K,) with which are syn. حُثْحُوثٌ [app. a quasi-inf. n.] and حِثِّيثَى [an intensive inf. n.]; and استحثّهُ ; and حثّثهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَحْثِيتٌ ; (S;) and احتثّهُ ; (A, K;) and احثّهُ ; (K;) and حَثْحَثَهُ ; (S, A, K;) He incited, excited, urged, or instigated, him to it, or to do it, (S, A, Msb, K,) namely, a thing; (S, Msb;) syn. حَرَّضَهُ ; (Msb;) or حَضَّهُ ; (S, A, K;) or حَثَّ is used in relation to pace, or journeying, or marching; and حَضَّ in other cases: so says El-Hareeree, on the authority of Kh. (TA.) You say, حَثّ دَابّتَهُ , and حَثْحَثَهَا , [He incited, or urged, his beast,] بِالسَّوْطِ [with the whip]. (A.) And حَثَّ الفَرَسَ عَلَى العَدْوِ , and استحثّهُ , He made the horse to go quickly, or in a brisk or sprightly manner; or urged him to run by striking him with the foot, or by beating him. (Msb.) See also R. Q. 1.

Form 2حَثَّثَ1 sense

Core sense — he incited, urged, or instigated himgenerated

2.1

See Form 1.

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see 1.

Form 4أَحْثَثَ1 sense

Core sense — he incited, urged, or instigated himgenerated

4.1

See Form 1.

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see 1.

Form 6تحاثّوا1 sense

maṣdarتَحَاثٌّ

Core sense — they incited, urged, or instigated one anothergenerated

6.1they do not incite, urge, or instigate one another to feed the needy—لَا يَتَحَاثَّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ المِسْكيِنِ

they incited, excited, urged, or instigated one another.

[Piety is the principal, or best, thing to which men incite one another.]—التَّقْوَى أَصْلُ مَا تَحَاثُّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ

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, (S, A,) inf. n. تَحَاثٌّ , (K,) They incited, excited, urged, or instigated, one another. (K, TA.) You say, لَا يَتَحَاثَّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ المِسْكيِنِ They do not incite, excite, urge, or instigate, one another to feed the needy. (S, TA.) And التَّقْوَى أَصْلُ مَا تَحَاثُّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ [Piety is the principal, or best, thing to which men incite one another.] (A, TA.)

Form 8احتثّ2 senses

Core sense — he was, or became, incited, urged, or instigatedgenerated

8.1

He was, or became, incited, excited, urged, or instigated.

8.2

See also Form 1. This verb is both transitive and intransitive.

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He was, or became, incited, excited, urged, or instigated. (S, K.) See also 1. This verb is both trans. and intrans. (K.)

Form 10إِسْتَحْثَثَ1 sense

Core sense — he incited, urged, or hurried him ongenerated

10.1

See Form 1, in two places.

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see 1, in two places.

Form R. Q. 1حَثْحَثَ6 senses · 3 main

maṣdarحَثْحَثَةٌ

Core sense — he urged him on; he moved it about; it was in commotiongenerated

R. Q. 1.1

See Form 1, in two places.

R. Q. 1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe moved the collyrium-style about in the eye—حَثْحَثَ المِيلَ فِى العَيْنِ

Also: he moved [a thing] about; or put [it] in motion, or into a state of commotion. [And so حَثَّ, as is implied under فَدَّ, where it is used of a bird moving, or flapping, its wings.]

they stirred up that affair, and then left it, or abandoned it—حَثْحَثُوا ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرَ ثُمَّ تَرَكُوهُ

The verb here is explained by حَرَّكُوا.

R. Q. 1.1.2

He scattered about the utensils, or furniture, of his house, or tent; and so عَثْعَثَ.

Mentioned under عث.

R. Q. 1.2

Also: it was, or became, in a state of commotion; or in a state of continuous motion.

Said of lightning: it was, or became, in a state of commotion in the clouds, as some say.

R. Q. 1.2.1

Said of rain, hail and snow: it appeared and went away, without pouring down.

R. Q. 1.3

Said of a man: he slept.

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: see 1, in two places. Also He moved about [a thing]; or put [it] in motion, or into a state of commotion; (K;) [and so حَثَّ , as is implied in the M, voce فَدَّ , where it is used as meaning it (a bird) moved, or flapped, its wings.] You say, حَثْحَثَ المِيلَ فِى العَيْنِ He moved about the collyrium-style in the eye. (A, TA.) And [hence,] حَثْحَثُوا ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرَ ثُمَّ تَرَكُوهُ They stirred up ( حَرَّكُوا ) that affair, and then left it, or abandoned it. (TA.) He scattered about the utensils, or furniture, of his house, or tent; as also عَثْعَثَ . (TA in art. عث .) Also, inf. n. حَثْحَثَةٌ , It was, or became, in a state of commotion: (L:) or in a state of consecutive motion. (TA.) It (lightning) was, or became, in a state of commotion, (K, TA,) as some say, (TA,) in the clouds. (K, TA.) It (rain, and hail, and snow,) appeared and went away, without pouring down. (L.) He (a man) slept. (TA.)

Derived nouns 9

Nounحُثٌّ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — small particles of straw; coarse sand; unmoistened meal of parched barleygenerated

Small particles of straw.

1.1

Anything bruised, brayed, or broken into small particles.

1.2

Coarse sand.

Or what is مُتَرَقْرِق — probably, says SM, a mistake for مَدْقُوق [broken into small particles], in agreement with an explanation of حُثٌّ; as for مترقرق, he says he has not found it in any book — of sand, and of earth, or dust.

Or what is dry, or firm, or hard, and coarse, of sand.

1.3

Bread without any seasoning, or condiment, to make it pleasant, or savoury.

1.4[Meal of parched barley or wheat] not moistened, or stirred about, with water and the like—سَوِيقٌ حُثٌّ

Also عُثٌّ, mentioned under عث.

Explained by غَيْرُ مَلْتُوتٍ.

In the same way حُثٌّ is applied to collyrium and to musk; or it means سويق not finely ground. [See also حُثٌّ.]

1.5dates not sticking together—تَمْرٌ حُثٌّ

[See also حَثٌّ.]

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Small particles of straw. (S, K, TA.) Anything bruised, brayed, or broken into small particles. (L.) Coarse sand: (As, S:) or what is مُتَرَقْرِق , (K,) probably, [says SM,] a mistake for مَدْقُوق [broken into small particles], agreeably with an explanation of حُثٌّ in the L, for, as to مترقرق , [he adds,] I have not found it in any book, (TA, [meaning that he had not found a signification assigned to it that is appropriate here,]) of sand, and of earth, or dust: or what is dry, or firm, or hard, and coarse, of sand. (K, TA.) Bread without any seasoning, or condiment, to render it pleasant, or savoury. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) سَوِيقٌ حُثٌّ , (S, K,) as also عُثٌّ , (TA in art. عث ,) [Meal of parched barley or wheat] not moistened, or stirred about, with water &c.; expl. by غَيْرُ مَلْتُوتٍ ; (S, and in a similar manner in the K;) and in like manner حُثٌّ is applied to collyrium ( كُحْل ), and to musk: or سويق not finely ground. (TA.) [See also حُثٌّ .] تَمْرٌ حُثٌّ Dates not sticking together. (IAar, TA.) [See also حَثٌّ .]

Nounحَثَاثٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sleep; light sleep; a little collyriumgenerated

1sleep—حِثَاثٌ

Also حَثْحَاثٌ and حُثْحُوثٌ.

I tasted no sleep—مَا ذُقْتُ حثاثًا

I did not sleep—مَا ٱكْتَحَلْتُ حَثَاثًا

I did not sleep—حِثَاثًا

I have not anointed my eye with sleep—مَا كَحَلْتُ عَيْنِى بِحثاثٍ

[I have not put any sleep into my eye]—مَا جَعَلْتُ فِى عَيْنِى حثاثًا

As gives this second form; but A 'Obeyd holds the first to be the more correct, and Th mentions both.

Meaning: I have been very wakeful.

IDrst: حثاث means light, or little, sleep.

It is related on the authority of an Arab of the desert that it means a little collyrium; and on the authority of El-Fihree, that it is synonymous with بَرُودٌ, that is, كُحْلٌ [collyrium].

1.1little sleep—نَوْمٌ حَثَاثٌ

Or حِثَاثٌ. [See also حَثِيثٌ.]

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and حِثَاثٌ Sleep; as also حَثْحَاثٌ and حُثْحُوثٌ . (TA.) You say, مَا ذُقْتُ حثاثًا I tasted not sleep. (TA.) And مَا ٱكْتَحَلْتُ حَثَاثًا and حِثَاثًا I slept not: (S, K:) As says the latter; but A 'Obeyd asserts the former to be the more correct: (S:) Th mentions both. (TA.) And مَا كَحَلْتُ عَيْنِى بِحثاثٍ I have not anointed my eye with sleep. (TA.) And مَا جَعَلْتُ فِى عَيْنِى حثاثًا [I have not put any sleep into my eye]; (A, TA;) meaning I have been very wakeful. (TA.) Or حثاث signifies Light, or little, sleep. (IDrst, TA.) It is related on the authority of an Arab of the desert that it signifies A little collyrium: and on the authority of El-Fihree, that it is syn. with بَرُودٌ , i. e. كُحْلٌ [collyrium]. (TA.) نَوْمٌ حَثَاثٌ or حِثَاثٌ Little sleep. (TA.) [See also حَثِيثٌ .]

Nounحِثَاثٌ1 sense

Core sense — sleepgenerated

See the entry immediately before this one.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounحَثُوثٌ1 sense

Core sense — quick, swift; inciting, urginggenerated

See the entry that follows, in two places.

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: see what next follows, in two places.

Nounحَثِيثٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — inciting, urging; quick, swiftgenerated

In the sense of حَاثَّةٌ: a woman inciting, exciting, urging, or instigating.

1.1

And in the sense of مَحْثُوثَةٌ: a woman incited, excited, urged, or instigated. [So, too, a man.]

1.2

And hence: a sharp man, quick in his affair, as though his soul incited him; also حَثُوثٌ.

1.3[A horse quick, or swift, of pace]—فَرَسٌ حَثِيثُ السَّيْرِ

And: quick, or swift; also حَثُوثٌ, حَثْحَاثٌ, and حُثْحُوثٌ; plural of the first حِثَاثٌ.

he passed, or went away, quickly, or swiftly—مَضَى حَثِيثًا

he retreated quickly and eagerly—وَلَّى حَثِيثًا

[A] quick [night-journey to water], in which there is no flagging—حَثْحَاثٌ قَرَبٌ

Or [a] hard [night-journey to water]; also ثَحْثَاحٌ and حَذْحَاذٌ.

[A journey in which the second and third and fourth days are without water,] in which there is no flagging—خِمْسٌ حَثْحَاثٌ

Also حَذْ حَاذٌ; or long and tiring, with no flagging; also قَعْقَاعٌ.

a serpent that is in constant motion—حَيَّةٌ حَثْحَاثٌ

1.4light sleep—نَوْمٌ حَثِيثُ

IDrst gives this. [See also حَثَاثٌ.]

Qur’ānic occurrences حَثِيث

7:54

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, in the sense of حَاثَّةٌ , A woman inciting, exciting, urging, or instigating. (TA.) And in the sense of مَحْثُوثَةٌ , A woman incited, excited, urged, or instigated. (TA.) [So, too, a man.] And [hence,] A sharp man, quick in his affair; as though his soul incited him; as also حَثُوثٌ . (TA.) And Quick, or swift; as also حَثُوثٌ and حَثْحَاثٌ and حُثْحُوثٌ : (K:) pl. of the first حِثَاثٌ . (L.) You say فَرَسٌ حَثِيثُ السَّيْرِ [A horse quick, or swift, of pace]. (A.) And مَضَى حَثِيثًا (A, Msb) He passed, or went away, quickly, or swiftly. (Msb.) And وَلَّى حَثِيثًا He retreated quickly and eagerly. (S.) And حَثْحَاثٌ قَرَبٌ i. e. [A] quick [night-journey to water], in which is no flagging: (S:) or [a] hard [nightjourney to water]; as also ثَحْثَاحٌ and حَذْحَاذٌ . (TA.) And خِمْسٌ حَثْحَاثٌ i. e. [A journey in which the second and third and fourth days are without water,] in which is no flagging; as also حَذْ حَاذٌ : or long and fatiguing, in which is no flagging; as also قَعْقَاعٌ . (TA.) And حَيَّةٌ حَثْحَاثٌ A serpent that is in constant motion. (TA.) نَوْمٌ حَثِيثُ Light sleep. (IDrst, TA.) [See also حَثَاثٌ .]

Nounحِثِّيثَى1 sense

Core sense — incitement, urging ongenerated

See Form 1.

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: see 1.

Nounحَثْحَاثٌ2 senses

Core sense — quick, swiftgenerated

See حَثَاثٌ.

And see also حَثِيثٌ, in four places.

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: see حَثَاثٌ : and see also حَثِيثٌ , in four places.

Nounحُثْحُوثٌ3 senses

Core sense — quick, swift; urging ongenerated

See Form 1.

And see also حَثَاثٌ.

And حَثِيثٌ.

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: see 1: and see also حَثَاثٌ : and حَثِيثٌ .

Nounفَرَسٌ جَوَادُ المَحَثَّةِ1 sense

Core sense — a horse that runs repeatedly when urged ongenerated

A horse that runs repeatedly when incited [to do so].

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A horse that runs repeatedly when incited [to do so]. (S.)