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Form 1حَدَّ9 senses · 4 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarحَدّق حَدٌّ حِدَادٌ إِحْدَادٌ

Core sense — he prevented him, he restrained him; he sharpened it; he punished himgenerated

1.1he prevented the man, and restrained him, from the thing or affair—حَدَّ الرَّجُلَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ

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I kept such a one from evil, or preserved him from it—حَدَدْتُ فُلانًا عَنِ الشَّرِّ
[God has forbidden us that]—قَدْ حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ عَنَّا
O God, prevent him from hitting the mark—اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱحْدُودْهُ

Said of a man shooting, or casting a missile weapon or the like.

he (a man) was prevented from obtaining good fortune, or what he sought—حُدَّ
may God avert from us the evil of such a one—حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ عَنَّا شَرَّ فُلَانٍ

on this sense He, or it, prevented, hindered, withheld, restrained, debarred, or forbade: this is the primary meaning. He also repelled, or averted, evil, and kept a person from a thing, whether good or evil.

1.1.1he inflicted the prescribed punishment upon him—حَدَّهُ

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That is, the castigation, or punishment, termed حَدٌّ: he inflicted upon a criminal or offender a punishment that would keep him from returning to his crime and keep others from committing such a crime; he inflicted a flogging upon him.

1.1.2he distinguished one thing from another by some mark or note—حَدَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ

maṣdar حَدٌّ and حدّدهُ.

he distinguished the house from the parts adjoining it, by stating its limits—حَدَّ الدَّارَ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above; also حّددها, maṣdar تَحْدِيدٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe defined a word, in logic—حَدَّ

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he defined a word—حدّد

Maṣdar تَحْدِيدٌ.

1.2.1he edged, or sharpened, a knife, a blade, a sword, or anything blunt—حَدَّ

With a stone or a file. [And he pointed, or made sharp-pointed, an arrow-head or the like.]

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Also حدّد, which is more common, maṣdar تَحْدِيدٌ; and احدّ, the form preferred by Lh, maṣdar إِحْدَادٌ and استحدّ.

1.2.2figurative · مجازhe looked sharply at him, or at it; intently, or attentively—حَدَّ بَصَرَهُ إِلَيْهِ

Muḍāriʿ حَدُدَ and احدّهُ, or احدّ النَّظَرَ اليه and حدّدهُ; see art. لتأ and elsewhere.

1.3she (a woman) abstained from ornaments and perfumes in mourning for her husband—حَدَّتْ

Or حَدَّتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا. Also احدّت.

The former is the more common in the language of the Arabs, but the latter is preferred by the early grammarians and is the only form known to As, who rejected the former.

A ʿObeyd: she abstained from wearing ornaments, from perfumes, and from dye for the hands and the like, because she was forbidden such things, or because she forbade them to herself, and she put on the garments of mourning after, or on account of, the death of her husband, for the period called العِدَّة. Or she mourned for her husband, put on the garments of mourning, and abstained from ornaments and from dye for the hands and the like.

The adjectives applied to a woman in this case are حَادٌّ and مُحِدٌّ and مُحِدَّةٌ, but the first always without ة, or both are more chaste without ة.

1.4it was, or became, edged, or sharp, or pointed—حَدَّ

Said of a sword, of a knife or the like, and of a canine tooth.

maṣdar حِدَّةٌ and احتدّ [and apparently انحدّ, which see].

1.4.1figurative · مجازhe was, or became, sharp, or effective, in eloquence, in intellect, and in anger—حَدَّ

maṣdar حِدَّةٌ.

he became excited against him by sharpness, or hastiness, of temper—حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ

maṣdar حِدَّةٌ and حَدٌّ. Also احتدّ عَلَيْهِ and حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ, muḍāriʿ as above, maṣdar حَدَدٌ and حدّد.

he was angry with him—احتدّ

Sometimes it is not followed by عليه.

he was angry with him—استحدّ
he became exasperated by them—تحدّد بِهِمْ

Az remarks that this verb was not heard in this sense from the Arabs of classical times.

Synonymous with تحرّش.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
58:5
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآدُّونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ كُبِتُوا۟ كَمَا كُبِتَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ ءَايَـٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be humbled to dust, as were those before them: for We have already sent down Clear Signs. And the Unbelievers (will have) a humiliating Penalty,-

58:20
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآدُّونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْأَذَلِّينَ

Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be among those most humiliated.

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, (A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. حَدُدَ , (Mgh, TA,) inf. n. حَدّق , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He, or it, prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, restrained, debarred, inhibited, forbade, prohibited, or interdicted: (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K, TA:) this is the primary signification: (Mgh:) and he repelled, turned away, or averted, (L, K, TA,) evil [or the like], and also a person from a thing, good or evil. (L.) You say, حَدَّ الرَّجُلَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He prevented, or hindered, and withheld, or restrained, the man from the thing, or affair. (L.) And حَدَدْتُ فُلانًا عَنِ الشَّرِّ I prevented, or hindered, such a one from [falling into], or preserved him from, evil. (L.) And قَدْ حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ عَنَّا [God hath forbidden us that]. (S.) And اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱحْدُودْهُ (T, A, L) O God, prevent him from hitting the mark: said with reference to a man shooting, or casting a missile weapon, or the like. (T, L.) And حُدَّ He (a man) was prevented, or withheld, from obtaining good fortune, success, or what he desired or sought. (L.) And حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ عَنَّا شَرَّ فُلَانٍ May God repel, or avert, from us, the evil, or mischief, of such a one. (L.) [Hence,] حَدَّهُ , (S, L, Msb,) aor. حَدُدَ , (L,) inf. n. حَدٌّ , (L, Msb, K,) He inflicted upon him the castigation, or punishment, termed حَدٌّ ; (S, L;) he inflicted upon him (namely, a criminal or an offender [against the law],) a castigation, or punishment, that should prevent him from returning to his crime or offence, and that should prevent others from committing such a crime or such an offence: (K, * TA:) he inflicted upon him a flogging. (Msb.) حَدَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ , aor. حَدُدَ , (L,) inf. n. حَدٌّ ; (L, K;) and حدّدهُ ; (L;) He distinguished, or separated by some mark or note, or marks or notes, a thing from another thing. (L, K. *) And حَدَّ الدَّارَ , aor. and inf. n. as above; (S, Msb;) and حّددها , inf. n. تَحْدِيدٌ ; (S;) He distinguished the house from the parts adjoining it, by mentioning [or defining] its limits. Msb.) [And hence, حَدَّ in logic, inf. n. حَدٌّ , He defined a word; as also حدّد , inf. n. تَحْدِيدٌ .] حَدَّ , (L, Msb, K,) aor. حَدُدَ , (L, Msb,) inf. n. حَدٌّ ; (L;) and حدّد , (S, L, Msb, K,) [which is more common,] inf. n. تَحْدِيدٌ ; (S;) and احدّ , (S, L, K,) which is the form preferred by Lh, (L,) inf. n. إِحْدَادٌ ; (S;) and استحدّ ; (As, S, L;) He edged, or sharpened, a knife, (L, K,) a blade, (S,) a sword, (L, Msb,) or anything blunt, (L,) [and pointed, or made sharp-pointed, an arrow-head or the like,] with a stone or file. (L, K.) [And hence,] حَدَّ بَصَرَهُ إِلَيْهِ , aor. حَدُدَ ; (Lh, L;) and احدّهُ , (L,) or احدّ النَّظَرَ اليه ; (S, Msb;) and حدّدهُ ; (K in art. لتأ , &c.;) He looked sharply at him, or it; (L;) or intently, or attentively. (Msb.) حَدَّتْ , (S, Mgh, L, K,) or حَدَّتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا , (Msb,) aor. حَدِدَ and حَدُدَ , inf. n. حِدَادٌ (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K) and حَدٌّ ; (L, K;) and احدّت , (As, S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِحْدَادٌ ; (Mgh, Msb;) the former the more common in the language of the Arabs, but the latter preferred by the early grammarians, (Fr, TA,) and the only form known to As, (S,) who rejected the former; (Msb;) She (a woman) abstained from the wearing of ornaments, (A 'Obeyd, S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) and the use of perfumes, (L,) and dye for the hands &c., (S, Mgh,) because forbidden such things, or because she forbade herself, (Mgh,) and put on the garments of mourning, (A,) after the death of her husband, (S, Mgh,) or on account of the death of her husband, (A 'Obeyd, A, Msb,) for the period called العِدَّة : (K:) or she mourned for her husband, and put on the garments of mourning, and abstained from the wearing of ornaments, and the use dye for the hands &c. (L.) The epithets applied to a woman in this case are حَادٌّ (S, L, Msb, K) and مُحِدٌّ (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K) and مُحِدَّةٌ also, but the first [always] without ة , (Msb,) or both more chaste without ة . (TA.) حَدَّ , aor. حَدِدَ , inf. n. حِدَّةٌ ; (S, L, Msb, K;) and احتدّ ; (L, K;) [and app. انحدّ , q. v.;] It (a sword, S Msb, and a knife, L, K, [or the like,] and a canine tooth, L) was, or became, [edged, or] sharp, or pointed. (S, L, Msb, K.) [And hence,] حَدَّ , aor. حَدِدَ , inf. n. حِدَّةٌ , He was, or became, sharp [or effective] in respect of eloquence, and of intellect, or understanding, and of anger. (L.) And حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ , aor. حَدِدَ , (S, L, K,) inf. n. حِدَّةٌ and حَدٌّ , (S, L,) He became excited against him by sharpness, or hastiness, of temper; by irascibility, passionateness, or angriness; (Ks, S, L, K;) as also احتدّ عَلَيْهِ : (TA:) and حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ , aor. as above, inf. n. حَدَدٌ ; (L, K;) and حدّد , (accord. to some copies of the K,) and احتدّ , (S, [in which it is not followed by عليه ,] A, L, K,) and استحدّ ; (L, K;) he was angry with him; (S, * A, L, K;) but Az remarks upon the last of these verbs as not heard from the Arabs of classical times in this sense: (L:) and تحدّد بِهِمْ he became exasperated by them: syn. تحرّش . (AZ, L.)
Form 2حّدد4 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَحْدِيدٌ

Core sense — he sharpened it; he defined its limits; he went to its boundariesgenerated

2.1

As a transitive verb: see 1, in five places.

2.1.1he went to the limits, or boundaries, of a country or town—حدّد بَلَدًا
he went to him, or to it—حدّد إِلَيْهِ
he went to him, or to it—لَهُ
2.2

As an intransitive verb: said of seed-produce, it was late in coming forth because the rain was late, and then came forth pointed, without forking, or shooting out into separate stalks or stems.

2.2.1

حدّد عَلَيْهِ: see 1.

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as a trans. v.: see 1, in five places. حدّد بَلَدًا He repaired, or betook himself, to the limits, or boundaries, of a country, or town. (L.) And حدّد إِلَيْهِ and لَهُ He repaired, or betook himself, to him, or it. (K.) As an intrans. v., inf. n. تَحْدِيدٌ , It (seed-produce) was late in coming forth because of the lateness of rain, (K, TA,) and then came forth [pointed,] without forking, or shooting forth into separate stalks or stems. (TA.) حدّد عَلَيْهِ : see 1.
Form 3أَرْضُنَا تُحَادُّ أَرْضَكُمْ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُحَادَّةٌ

Core sense — our land borders on your land; he opposed him with anger and enmitygenerated

3.1

Our land borders upon, or is conterminous with, your land; synonymous with تَتَاخِمُهَا. See art. تخم.

3.1.1figurative · مجازhe met him with reciprocal anger, enmity and opposition—حادّهُ

. He contended with him and refused to do what was incumbent on him.

Like شَاقَّهُ, as though meaning he became in the حّدّ, that is, the side, region, quarter, or tract in which his enemy was, or opposite to it; just as شاقّهُ means he became in the شِقّ, the side or quarter in which his enemy was, or opposite to it.

he met him with reciprocal anger, enmity and opposition—تحادّهُ

Maṣdar تَحَادٌّ; it means the same.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 3
9:63
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ مَن يُحَادِدِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَأَنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدًا فِيهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخِزْىُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Know they not that for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, is the Fire of Hell?- wherein they shall dwell. That is the supreme disgrace.

58:22
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ يُوَآدُّونَ مَنْ حَآدَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَانُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَتَبَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ ۖ وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ رَضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ حِزْبُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party of Allah that will achieve Felicity.

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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Our land borders upon, or is conterminous with, your land; syn. تَتَاخِمُهَا . (K in art. تخم .) [And hence,] حادّهُ , (L, K,) inf. n. مُحَادَّةٌ , (S,) He acted towards him with reciprocal anger and enmity (L, K) and opposition or contrariety or repugnance, (S, K,) contending with him, (TA,) and refusing to do what was incumbent on him: (S:) like شَاقَّهُ : as though meaning he became in the حّدّ , i. e. the side, region, quarter, or tract, in which was (or opposite to that in which was, Zj) his enemy; like as شاقّهُ means he became in the شِقّ , i. e. the side, or quarter, in which was [or opposite to that in which was] his enemy: (L:) and تحادّهُ , (TA,) inf. n. تَحَادٌّ , (S,) signifies the same. (S, TA.)
Form 4أَحْدَدَ1 sense

Core sense — he sharpened it, he made it sharpgenerated

4.1

See 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.
Form 5تَحَدَّدَ1 sense

Core sense — he became angry, he was excited by sharpness of tempergenerated

5.1

See 1, last sentence.

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see 1, last sentence.
Form 6تَحَاْدَدَ1 sense

Core sense — they met one another with anger and opposition; they were conterminousgenerated

6.1

See 3.

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see 3.
Form 7انحدّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became slender; it became sharpgenerated

7.1

It was, or became, slender. See art. ابر.

7.1.1

See 1, latter part.

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It was, or became, slender. (TA in art. ابر .) See 1, latter part.
Form 8إِحْتَدَدَ1 sense

Core sense — he became angry, he was sharp of tempergenerated

8.1

See 1, latter part, in three places.

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see 1, latter part, in three places.
Form 10استحدّ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he sharpened it; he shaved his pubes with irongenerated

10.1

As a transitive verb: see 1.

10.2figurative · مجاز

Also he shaved his pubes with [a razor of] iron: derived from حَدِيدٌ.

10.2.1

See also 1, last sentence.

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as a trans. v.: see 1. Also He shaved (S, Mgh, K) his pubes (S, Mgh) with [a razor of] iron: (Mgh, K:) derived from حَدِيدٌ . (Mgh.) See also 1, last sentence.

Derived nouns 24

Nounحَدْ1 sense

Core sense — a limit, a boundarygenerated

1

Used for أَحَدٌ in the phrase يَا حَدْ رَآهَا: see أَحَدٌ in art. احد.

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, for أَحَدٌ , in the phrase يَا حَدْ رَآهَا : see أَحَدٌ , in art. احد .
Nounحَدٌّ16 senses · 2 main

Core sense — prevention, a prohibition; a limit or boundary; the edge of a swordgenerated

1there is an impediment, or a prohibition, in the way of what you asked about—دُونَ مَا سَأَلْتَ عَنْهُ حَدَدٌ

Prevention, hindrance, an impediment, a withholding, restraint, a debarring, forbiddance, or prohibition; also حَدَدٌ. Both words also mean a repelling, or an averting.

there is nothing to prevent, or hinder, one from it—لَاحَدَدَ عَنْهُ

Zeyd Ibn-ʿAmr Ibn-Nufeyl says: [You shall by no means worship any deity except your Creator; and if you are invited to do so, say, There is an impediment in the way of it, or a prohibition against it]

shāhid
لَا تَعْبُدَنَّ إِلٰهًا غَيْرَ خَالِقِكُمْوَإِنْ دُعِيتُمْ فَقُولُوا دُونَهُ حَدَدُ

But this admits of another meaning, as will be seen under the word حَدَدٌ below.

1.1if you had seen him engaged in an affair requiring the prescribed punishment—لَوْ رَأَيْتَهُ عَلَى حَدٍّ

A restrictive ordinance, or statute, of God, concerning things lawful and things unlawful. Plural حُدُودٌ.

The حُدُود of God are of two kinds. First, the ordinances prescribed to men about food and drink and marriages and the like, what is lawful and what is unlawful. Second, the castigations, or punishments, appointed to be inflicted upon one who does what he has been forbidden to do: such as the حدّ of the thief, the cutting off of his right hand for stealing something worth a quarter of a dīnār or more; that of the fornicator or fornicatress, flogging with a hundred stripes and banishment for a year; that of the adulterer or adulteress, stoning; and that of one who falsely charges an honest or a married woman with adultery, flogging with eighty stripes [as is also that of one who has committed the crime of drunkenness].

The first kind are called حدود because they mark limits which God has forbidden anyone to cross; the second, because they prevent a person from committing again the acts for which they are appointed as punishments, or because their limits are fixed. The latter kind of حدّ is also explained as the punishment that keeps the criminal from returning to his crime and keeps others from committing it.

In a saying of ʿOmar; the affair is one requiring the infliction of the حدّ.

1.2

A bar, an obstruction, a partition, or a separation between two things, or two places, or two persons, to keep them from mixing or from encroaching one upon the other: a maṣdar used as a noun. Plural حُدُودٌ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe, or it, went beyond the proper limit; it was excessive—جَاوَزَ الحَدَّ

A limit, or boundary, of a land or territory: plural as above.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

A definition, in logic. The learned apply it to the حَقِيقَة of a thing, [or that by being which a thing is what it is,] because it is a term that is both collective and restrictive.

1.5

The end, extremity, or utmost point, of a thing: plural as above.

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferreda Muslim woman brought to the point of being subjected to an unbeliever—مُسْلِمَةٌ مَوْقُوفَةٌ عَلَى حَدِّ مَحْرَمٍ
a Muslim brought, by beating or slaughter, to the point of denying God—مُسْلِمٌ مَوْقُوفٌ عَلَى حَدِّ كُفْرٍ

on this sense The point, or verge, of an event.

1.7

The edge, or the extremity of the edge, and the point, of anything — of a sword, a knife, a spear-head, an arrow: the part of a sword with which one cuts. Plural as above.

1.8

See also حِدَّةٌ, in four places.

1.9figurative · مجازpossessors of arms, or weapons—ذَوُو حَدٍّ

[Or this may mean persons endowed with valour.]

Arms, or weapons; apparently from the sense of edge.

1.10

A side, region, quarter, or tract.

1.11figurative · مجاز — inferred

Station, standing, rank, or condition; synonymous with مَرْتَبَةٌ.

1.12figurative · مجاز — inferred

A case, as when a noun is said to be فِى حَدِّ الرَّفْعِ, in the nominative case.

1.13figurative · مجاز — inferred

And a class, or category, as when a verb is said to be مِنْ حَدِّ ضَرَبَ, of the class of ضَرَبَ.

1.14figurative · مجازhe remained, stayed, or lived there during the quarter—أَقَامَ حَدَّ الرَّبِيعِ

A quarter of the year.

That is, the quarter of the ربيع.

2

See also مَحْدُودٌ.

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Prevention, hinderance, an impediment, a withholding, restraint, a debarring, inhibition, forbiddance, prohibition, or interdiction; (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K, TA;) as also حَدَدٌ : (S, L, K:) and, both words, a repelling, or an averting. (K. [See 1.]) A poet says, (S,) namely, Zeyd Ibn-' Amr Ibn-Nufeyl, (TA,) 1 [Ye shall by no means worship any deity except your Creator; and if ye be invited to do so, say ye, There is an impediment in the way of it, or a prohibition against it]. (S, TA.) And one says, دُونَ مَا سَأَلْتَ عَنْهُ حَدَدٌ (A, * L) There is an impediment, or a prohibition, in the way of that respecting which thou hast asked. (L.) And لَاحَدَدَ عَنْهُ There is nothing to prevent, or hinder, one from it. (L. [But this admits of another meaning, as will be seen, under the word حَدَدٌ , below.]) لَا تَعْبُدَنَّ إِلٰهًا غَيْرَ خَالِقِكُمْ | وَإِنْ دُعِيتُمْ فَقُولُوا دُونَهُ حَدَدُ [Hence,] A restrictive ordinance, or statute, of God, respecting things lawful and things unlawful: pl. حُدُودٌ . (L.) The حُدُود of God are of two kinds: first, those ordinances prescribed to men (T, Mgh, L) respecting eatables and drinkables and marriages &c.; what are lawful thereof and what are unlawful: (T, L:) the second kind, castigations, or punishments, prescribed, or appointed, to be inflicted upon him who does that which he has been forbidden to do; (T, Mgh, L;) as the حدّ of the thief, which is the cutting off of his right hand for stealing a thing of the value of a quarter of a deenár or more; and that of the fornicator or fornicatress, which is flogging with a hundred stripes and banishment for a year; and that of the adulterer or adulteress, which is stoning; and that of the person who [falsely] charges an honest or a married woman with adultery, which is flogging with eighty stripes [as is also that of the person who has committed the crime of drunkenness]: (T, L:) the first kind are called حدود because they denote limits which God has forbidden to transgress: the second, because they prevent one's committing again those acts for which they are appointed as punishments; (T, Mgh, L;) or because the limits thereof are determined: (Mgh:) the latter kind of حدّ is also explained as being that [castigation, or punishment,] which prevents the criminal from returning to his crime, and prevents others from committing his crime. (L, K. *) لَوْ رَأَيْتَهُ عَلَى حَدٍّ , in a saying of ' Omar, means Hadst thou seen him engaged in an affair requiring the infliction of the حدّ . (Mgh.) A bar, an obstruction, a partition, or a separation, (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, * K,) between two things, (S, A, L, K,) or between two places, (Mgh,) [or between two persons,] to prevent their commixture, or confusion, or the encroachment of one upon the other: (L:) an inf. n. used as a subst.: (Mgh:) pl. حُدُودٌ . (L.) A limit, or boundary, of a land or territory: pl. as above. (L.) [Hence, جَاوَزَ الحَدَّ He, or it, exceeded the proper, due, or common, limit; was excessive, immoderate, beyond measure, enormous, inordinate, or exorbitant.] [And hence, in logic, A definition.] It is applied by the learned to the حَقِيقَة of a thing, [or that by being which a thing is what it is,] because it is [a term] collective and restrictive. (Mgh.) The end, extremity, or utmost point, of a thing: (S, L, K:) pl. as above. (L.) [ The point, or verge, of an event.] The saying مُسْلِمَةٌ مَوْقُوفَةٌ عَلَى حَدِّ مَحْرَمٍ means A Muslimeh brought to the point, or verge, of being subjected to an infidel's lying with her: and in like manner, مُسْلِمٌ مَوْقُوفٌ عَلَى حَدِّ كُفْرٍ A Muslim brought, by beating or slaughter, to [the point, or verge, of] denying God. (Mgh.) The edge, or extremity of the edge, (S, L,) and point, (L,) of anything, (S, L,) as of a sword, a knife, a spear-head, and an arrow: (L:) the part of a sword [&c.] with which one cuts: (MF:) pl. as above. (L.) See also حِدَّةٌ , in four places. [And hence, app.,] Arms, or weapons; as in the phrase ذَوُو حَدٍّ [Possessors of arms or weapons: or this may mean persons endowed with valour]. (Ham p. 143.) A side, region, quarter, or tract. (L.) Station, standing, rank, condition, or the like; syn. مَرْتَبَةٌ . (KL.) [ A case: as when a noun is said to be فِى حَدِّ الرَّفْعِ in the nominative case. And A class, or category: as when a verb is said to be مِنْ حَدِّ ضَرَبَ of the class, or category, of ضَرَبَ .] [ A quarter of the year.] You say, أَقَامَ حَدَّ الرَّبِيعِ He remained, stayed, or abode, during the quarter of the ربيع . (A.) See also مَحْدُودٌ .
Nounحُدٌّ1 sense

Core sense — prevention, hindrancegenerated

1

See مَحْدُودٌ.

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: see مَحْدُودٌ .
Nounحُدَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small quantity of water or milk left in a vesselgenerated

1

A small quantity of water or milk or the like remaining in a vessel or a skin; synonymous with كُثْبَةٌ and صُبَّةٌ.

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A small quantity of water or milk &c. remaining in a vessel or skin; syn. كُثْبَةٌ and صُبَّةٌ . (K.)
Nounحِدَّةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sharpness of a sword; sharpness of temper, irascibility; force, strengthgenerated

1

Sharpness of a sword, a knife, or the like: see 1.

1.1figurative · مجازhe is indeed one who shows sharpness like that of a knife—إِنَّهُ لَبَيِّنُ الحَدِّ

Sharpness, or hastiness, of temper; irascibility, passionateness, or angriness; also حَدٌّ.

Sharpness, or effectiveness, in eloquence, in intellect or understanding, and in anger; sharpness, penetrating energy, vigour, effectiveness and briskness in the performance of affairs, and also, in matters of religion, with ambition to attain what is good: from حَدٌّ as meaning the “edge” of a sword. The latter word, or rather both, also mean a man's sharpness, penetrating energy, or vigour in the exercise of courage; his mettle; his valour in war.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

حِدَّةٌ and حَدٌّ, as denoting a quality of anything, are synonymous: both mean sharpness, violence, force, and strength.

Both also mean the force, or strength, of wine and the like; synonymous with سَوْرَةٌ (see art. سور, where the former, which is the more common, is so explained), meaning شِدَّةٌ and صَلَابَةٌ.

The former also means pungency, or acridness.

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[Sharpness of a sword, a knife, or the like: see 1]. [And hence,] Sharpness, or hastiness, of temper; irascibility, passionateness, or angriness; (Ks, S, A, L, K;) as also حَدٌّ : (Ks, S, L, K:) sharpness [or effectiveness] in respect of eloquence, and of intellect or understanding, and of anger: (L:) sharpness, penetrating energy, vigorousness, effectiveness, and briskness, in the performance of affairs; and also, in matters of religion, with ambition to attain what is good: from حَدٌّ as signifying the “ edge ” of a sword [&c.]: (L:) and ↓ the latter word, [or rather both,] a man's sharpness, penetrating energy, or vigour, in the exercise of courage; his mettle; (L;) his valour, or valiantness, in war. (S, A, L, K.) You say, إِنَّهُ لَبَيِّنُ الحَدِّ Verily he is one who displays sharpness like that of a knife. (L.) حِدَّةٌ and حَدٌّ , as denoting a quality of anything, are syn. (K.) [Both signify Sharpness; vehemence; force; and strength: and] both, the force, or strength, of wine and the like; syn. سَوْرَةٌ ; (Msb and K, in explanation of the former, [which is the more common,] in art. سور ;) meaning شِدَّةٌ ; (MF;) and صَلَابَةٌ . (S and L in explanation of the latter in the present art.) [Also, the former, Pungency; acridness.]
Nounحَدَدٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — prevention, hindrance; a forbidden thing; a vain or false thinggenerated

1

See حَدٌّ, first four sentences.

1.1I have no way of avoiding, or escaping, this thing—مَالِى عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ حَدَدٌ

Also مالى عَنْهُ مُحْتَدٌّ, and مُحَدٌّ with damm, of the same measure as مُكْرَمٌ, or مَحَدٌّ.

I find no way of avoiding it, and no way of escaping it—مَا أَجِدُ مِنْهُ مُحْتَدًّا وَلَا مُلْتَدًّا
2this is a forbidden thing, unlawful to be done—هٰذَا أَمْرٌ حَدَدٌ

Also, and مَحْدُودٌ: prevented, hindered, withheld, restrained, debarred, forbidden, or prohibited.

forbidden be it that it should be so—حَدَدًا أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَا

Just as one says مَعَاذَ ٱللّٰهِ قَدْ حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ عَنَّا.

a disallowed, and vain, or false, thing or affair—أَمْرٌ حَدَدٌ
a vain, or false, pretension—دَعْوَةٌ حَدَدٌ
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: see حَدٌّ , first four sentences. You say also, مَالِى عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ حَدَدٌ , (S, A, *) and مالى عَنْهُ مُحْتَدٌّ , (K,) and مُحَدٌّ , (K, TA,) with damm, of the same measure as مُكْرَمٌ , (TA,) or مَحَدٌّ , (so in the CK,) I have no way of avoiding, or escaping, this thing. (S, A, K.) And مَا أَجِدُ مِنْهُ مُحْتَدًّا وَلَا مُلْتَدًّا I find not any way of avoiding, nor any way of escaping, it. (S.) Also, (L,) and مَحْدُودٌ , (Msb,) Prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, restrained, debarred, inhibited, forbidden, prohibited, or interdicted. (L, Msb.) You say, هٰذَا أَمْرٌ حَدَدٌ This is a forbidden, or prohibited, thing; a thing unlawful to be done, or committed. (S. [See also what follows.]) And حَدَدًا أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَا (S, * A, L) Forbidden be it that it should be so: like as you say, مَعَاذَ ٱللّٰهِ قَدْ حَدَّ ٱللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ عَنَّا . (S, A, * L.) أَمْرٌ حَدَدٌ also signifies A disallowed, and vain, or false, thing or affair. (L.) And دَعْوَةٌ حَدَدٌ A vain, or false, pretension. (S, L, K.)
Nounحَدَادِ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an averter; an impediment, a prohibitiongenerated

1[O averter, avert him, or it]—حَدَادِ حُدِّيهِ

Like قَطَامِ: indeclinable, a proper name for الحَادَّةُ, the feminine ism fāʿil of حَدَّ, like فَجَارِ for الفَاجِرَةُ, and hence for يَا حَادَّةُ.

Said with respect to one whose aspect, or countenance, you dislike.

1.1

It is also a proper name for الحَدٌّ, like فَجَارِ for الفَجْرَةُ, or الفُجُورُ, as in the following hemistich: [May there be an impediment in the way of her evil, or mischief: an impediment]

shāhid
حَدَادِ دُونَ شَرِّهَا حَدَادِ
1.2

حَدَادُكَ: see the next paragraph.

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, like قَطَامِ , [indecl., a proper name, for الحَادَّةُ , fem. act. part. n. of حَدَّ ; like فَجَارِ for الفَاجِرَةُ ; and hence, for يَا حَادَّةُ ;] occurring in the phrase, حَدَادِ حُدِّيهِ [O averter, avert him, or it]: said [with respect] to him whose aspect, or countenance, thou dislikest. (A, * K.) [It is also a proper name for الحَدٌّ ; like فَجَارِ for الفَجْرَةُ or الفُجُورُ ; as in the following hemistich:] 1 [May there be an impediment in the way of her evil, or mischief: an impediment]. (L.) حَدَادِ دُونَ شَرِّهَا حَدَادِ حَدَادُكَ : see the next paragraph.
Nounحُدَادٌ2 senses

Core sense — the utmost of one's power, the end of one's casegenerated

1

See حَدِيدٌ.

2the utmost of your power will be your doing such a thing; the end of your case—حُدَادُكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ كَذَا

With damm; or حَدَادُكَ, as in a manuscript copy of the K and in the CK.

Synonymous with قُصَارَاكَ [or قُصَارُكَ] and مُنْتَهَى أَمْرِكَ.

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Nounحِدَادٌ1 sense

Core sense — the black garments of mourninggenerated

1

The black garments of mourning [worn by a widow].

Qur’ānic occurrences حِدَاد
33:19
أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ ٱلْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَٱلَّذِى يُغْشَىٰ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ٱلْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَأَحْبَطَ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

Covetous over you. Then when fear comes, thou wilt see them looking to thee, their eyes revolving, like (those of) one over whom hovers death: but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sharp tongues, covetous of goods. Such men have no faith, and so Allah has made their deeds of none effect: and that is easy for Allah.

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The black garments of mourning [worn by a widow]. (S, A, Mgh, L.)
Nounحَدِيدٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — iron; sharp, said of a sword; a close neighbourgenerated

1such a one is the close, or next, neighbour of such a one—فُلَانٌ حَدِيدُ فُلَانٍ

The same as مُحَادٌّ.

he is my next neighbour in respect of house—هُوَ حَديدِى فِى الدَّارِ

Meaning that the house of the first is next by the side of that of the other, or that the land of the first adjoins the land of the other.

That is, مُحَادِّى.

my house is close, or next, or adjoining, to his house—دَارِى حَدِيدَةُ دَارِهِ

Also مُحَادَّتُهَا, or مُحادَّةٌ لِدَارِهِ; meaning that the limit of the one is like that of the other.

2a sharp canine tooth—نَابٌ حَدِيدٌ

Edged, or sharpened; or sharp; applied to a sword, a knife and the like; and pointed, or sharp-pointed.

Used as masculine and feminine without ة, and also as feminine with ة; and حَادٌّ, which is disapproved by IKh, though some allow it as agreeing with analogy; and حُدَادٌ and حُدَّادٌ.

Plural of the first حِدَادٌ, masculine and feminine; and حَدِيدَاتٌ and حَدَائِدُ, feminine.

a sharp canine tooth—حَدِيدَةٌ

حُدَادٌ so applied has not been heard.

2.1figurative · مجازa man sharp, or effective, in eloquence, in intellect, and in anger—رَجُلٌ حَدِيدٌ

For anger, also مُحْتَدٌّ. Plural أَحِدَّآهُ and أَحِدَّةٌ and حِدَادٌ.

sharp tongues—أَلْسِنَةٌ حِدَادٌ
[a man who looks sharply, or boldly]—رَجُلٌ حَدِيدُ النَّاظِرِ

A man not suspected of evil, so that he should cast down his eyes.

and your sight, or intellect, today, is sharp, or piercing—فَبَصَرُكَ اليَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

In the Kur 50. 21: so that you perceive with it what you did not know, or thought unlikely, in your life on earth; or, your judgment, today, is penetrating.

a sharp, or pungent, odour—رَائِحَةٌ حَدِيدَةٌ
a sharp, or pungent, odour—حَادَّةٌ
a she-camel whose cud has a pungent odour—نَاقَةٌ حَدِيدَةُ الجِرَّةِ

This is a quality that is approved.

3iron; a certain substance, well known—حَدِيدٌ

So called because of its resistance.

حَدِيدَةٌ is a more particular term, meaning a piece of iron, [and an instrument, or implement, of iron:] plural حَدَائِدُ and حَدَائِدَاتٌ, the latter (which is written wrongly in the K حَدِيدَاتٌ) being a plural of a plural, sometimes occurring in poetry.

There is a proverb: [Iron is indeed cleft, or cut, with iron]

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إِنَّ الحَدِيدَ بِالحَدِيدِ يُفْلَحُ

See art. فلح.

[you beat upon cold iron]—تَضْرِبُ فِى حَدِيدٍ بَارِدٍ

Applied to one who hopes for something whose attainment is remote, or unlikely, and to one in whom there is nothing to be hoped for.

3.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also like iron in hardness: applied in this sense to solid hoofs.

Qur’ānic occurrences حَدِيد 5 shown of 6
17:50
قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا

Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,

18:96
ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا

"Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead."

22:21
وَلَهُم مَّقَـٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.

34:10
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا ۖ يَـٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِى مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۖ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ

We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: "O ye Mountains! Sing ye back the Praises of Allah with him! and ye birds (also)! And We made the iron soft for him;-

50:22
لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

(It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!"

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i. q. مُحَادٌّ . (A.) You say, فُلَانٌ حَدِيدُ فُلَانٍ Such a one is the close, or next, neighbour of such a one; meaning that the house of the former is next by the side of that of the latter; (A, * L;) or that the land of the former is adjacent to that of the latter. (S, L.) And هُوَ حَديدِى فِى الدَّارِ , i. e. مُحَادِّى [He is my next neighbour in respect of house]. (A.) And دَارِى حَدِيدَةُ دَارِهِ , and مُحَادَّتُهَا (L, K,) or مُحادَّةٌ لِدَارِهِ , (A,) My house is close, or next, or adjoining, to his house; meaning that the limit of the former is like that of the latter. (L, K. *) Also, (S, L, Msb, K,) used as masc. and fem. without ة , and also as fem. with ة , (L,) and حَادٌّ , (S, L, Msb,) but this is disapproved by IKh, (TA,) though allowed by some as agreeable with analogy, (MF,) and حُدَادٌ , (As, L, K,) and حُدَّادٌ , (AA, S, L, K,) [Edged, or sharpened; or] sharp; applied to a sword, (S, Msb,) a knife, (L, Msb, K,) [and the like: and pointed, or sharp-pointed:] pl. [of the first] حِدَادٌ , (S, L, K,) masc. and fem.; (L;) and حَدِيدَاتٌ and حَدَائِدُ , (L, K,) fem. (L.) And نَابٌ حَدِيدٌ and حَدِيدَةٌ A sharp canine tooth: (L, K:) حُدَادٌ thus applied has not been heard. (L.) [Hence,] رَجُلٌ حَدِيدٌ A man who is sharp [or effective] in respect of eloquence, and of intellect or understanding, and (as also مُحْتَدٌّ , S) of anger: pl. أَحِدَّآهُ and أَحِدَّةٌ and حِدَادٌ . (L, K.) And أَلْسِنَةٌ حِدَادٌ Sharp tongues. (S.) And رَجُلٌ حَدِيدُ النَّاظِرِ [A man who looks sharply, or boldly;] a man not suspected of evil, so that he should cast down his eyes. (L.) فَبَصَرُكَ اليَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ [in the Kur 1. 21] means And thy sight, or intellect, to-day, is] sharp, or piercing; so that thou perceivest therewith what thou didst not know, or what thou deemedst improbable, in thy life on earth: (Jel:) or thy judgment, to-day, is penetrating. (L.) [Hence also,] رَائِحَةٌ حَدِيدَةٌ (L) and حَادَّةٌ (L, K) A sharp, or pungent, odour. (L, K.) And نَاقَةٌ حَدِيدَةُ الجِرَّةِ A she-camel whose cud has a pungent odour; (K, TA;) which is a quality approved. (TA.) حَدِيدٌ also signifies [Iron;] a certain substance, (L,) well known; (S, L, K;) so called because of its resistance: (S, L:) حَدِيدَةٌ is a more particular term, (S,) signifying a piece thereof; (L;) [and an instrument, or implement, thereof:] pl. حَدَائِدُ (S, L, K) and حَدَائِدَاتٌ ; (S L;) the latter (which is erroneously written in the K حَدِيدَاتٌ , TA) is a pl. pl., (L,) sometimes occurring in poetry. (S.) It is said in a prov., 1 Verily iron with iron is cloven, or cut. (S and K in art. فلح .) And in another, تَضْرِبُ فِى حَدِيدٍ بَارِدٍ [Thou beatest upon cold iron]: applied in relation to him who hopes for that of which the attainment is remote, or improbable; and to him in whom is nothing to be hoped for. (Har p. 633.) إِنَّ الحَدِيدَ بِالحَدِيدِ يُفْلَحُ Also Like iron in hardness: applied in this sense to solid hoofs. (Mgh.)
Nounحَدَادَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one's wifegenerated

1

One's wife.

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One's wife. (Sh, K.)
Nounحَدَادَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the trade of a blacksmith; the office of a door-keepergenerated

1

The office of a door-keeper.

1.1

The trade of a blacksmith, or worker in iron. [The trade of a maker of coats of mail.]

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The office of a door-keeper. (Msb.) The art of a blacksmith, or worker in iron. (Mgh.) [The art of a maker of coats of mail.]
Nounحَدِيدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a piece of iron; an iron instrumentgenerated

1

See حَدِيدٌ.

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: see حَدِيدٌ .
Nounحُدَّى1 sense

Core sense — sharpness, keennessgenerated

1

See حِدَأَةٌ in art. حدأ.

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: see حِدَأَةٌ , in art. حدأ .
Nounحَدَّادٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a blacksmith; a door-keeper; a prison-keeper; a seller of winegenerated

1

A door-keeper: so called because he prevents men from entering.

1.1

A keeper of a prison: because he prevents people from going out, or because he works the iron of the shackles.

1.2[the pay of the inflicter of the punishment is to be imposed on the thief]—أُجْرَةٌ الحَدَّادِ عَلَى السَّارِقِ

The person who inflicts the punishment termed حَدٌّ.

Or, as some say, the meaning here is the keeper of the prison, because in general he has charge of the amputation; but the first meaning is more probable and more obvious.

The punishment meant is the حدّ.

1.3

A seller of wine; a vintner: because he withholds his wine until he gets a price for it that satisfies him.

El-Aashà says: [And we arose, when our cock had not yet crowed, to a wine-jar smeared with pitch, in the possession of its seller]

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فَقُمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَصِحْ دِيكُنَاإِلَى جَوْنَةٍ عِنْدَ حَدَّادِهَا
1.4

A blacksmith; a worker in iron. A maker of coats of mail.

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A door-keeper: (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K:) so called because he prevents men from entering. (Mgh, L.) A keeper of a prison: (S, Mgh, K:) because he prevents persons from going out, or because he works the iron of the shackles. (S. [See what follows.]) The person who inflicts the punishment termed حَدٌّ : so in the saying, أُجْرَةٌ الحَدَّادِ عَلَى السَّارِقِ [The pay of the inflicter of the حدّ is to be imposed upon the thief]; or, as some say, the meaning here is, the keeper of the prison, because, in general, he has the charge of the amputation; but the former meaning is the more probable, and more obvious. (Mgh.) A seller of wine; a vintner: because he withholds his wine until he obtains for it a price that contents him: so in the following verse of ElAashà: 1 [And we arose, when our cock had not yet crowed, to a wine-jar smeared with pitch, in the possession of its seller]. (S, L.) فَقُمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَصِحْ دِيكُنَا | إِلَى جَوْنَةٍ عِنْدَ حَدَّادِهَا A blacksmith; a worker in iron. (Mgh, L, K.) A maker of coats of mail. (TA.)
Nounحُدَّادٌ1 sense

Core sense — the utmost of one's powergenerated

1

See حَدِيدٌ.

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Nounحَدْحَدٌ1 sense

Core sense — short and thick, said of a mangenerated

1

Short and thick: an adjective applied to a man.

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Short (L, K) and thick: an epithet applied to a man. (L.)
Nounحَادٌّ2 senses

Core sense — sharp; a woman mourning for her husbandgenerated

1

Feminine with ة: see حَدِيدٌ, in two places.

2

See also 1, under حَدَّتْ.

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; fem. with ة : see حَدِيدٌ , in two places. See also 1, voce حَدَّتْ .
Nounأَحَدُّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — more, or most, sharp; most hasty in tempergenerated

1

More, and most, sharp, and the like.

1.1figurative · مجازhe is one of the most hasty in temper, or the most irascible, of men—هُوَ مِنْ أَحَدِّ الرِّجَالِ
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[More, and most, sharp: &c.] You say, هُوَ مِنْ أَحَدِّ الرِّجَالِ He is of the most sharp, or hasty, in temper, or of the most irascible, passionate, or angry, of men. (A, TA.)
Nounمَحَدٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a limit, a boundarygenerated

1

Or مُحَدٌّ: see حَدَدٌ.

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, or مُحَدٌّ : see حَدَدٌ .
Nounمُحِدٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a woman mourning for her husbandgenerated

1

And مُحِدَّةٌ: see 1, under حَدَّتْ.

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and مُحِدَّةٌ : see 1, voce حَدَّتْ .
Nounمَحْدُودٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — limited, defined; denied good fortune, withheld from goodgenerated

1

See حَدَدٌ.

1.1

Also a man denied, or refused, good, or prosperity; prevented, or withheld, from obtaining good; and so حُدٌّ with damm, or حَدٌّ, the latter heard only from Lth: withheld from good fortune; withheld from sustenance, the opposite of مَجْدُودٌ; and withheld from evil.

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: see حَدَدٌ . Also A man (L) denied, or refused, good, or prosperity; prevented, or withheld, from obtaining good; (T, L, K;) and so حُدٌّ , with damm, (K,) or حَدٌّ ; (as in the L;) the latter heard only from Lth: (T, TA:) withheld from good fortune &c.; (S, L;) withheld from sustenance; contr. of مَجْدُودٌ : (Mgh:) and withheld from evil. (L, K.)
Nounمُحَادٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who opposes another with anger and enmitygenerated

1

And مُحَادَّةٌ: see حَدِيدٌ, in four places.

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and مُحَادَّةٌ : see حَدِيدٌ , in four places.
Nounمُحْتَدٌّ2 senses

Core sense — angry, sharp in tempergenerated

1

See حَدِيدٌ.

2

And see also حَدَدٌ, in two places.

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: see حَدِيدٌ : and see also حَدَدٌ , in two places.