Core sense — corruptness of body or mind; a man at the point of death; low, basegenerated
1figurative · مجاز — inferred
Ibn-'Arafeh: corruptness in the body, and in the mind, and in one's course of conduct, or beliefs. [See Form 1.]
2
A man in a corrupt, or disordered, state, and sick, so that he defiles himself in his clothes; as also حَارِضَةٌ and حَارِضٌ.
[But in some copies of the S this word is omitted.]
حَرِضٌ has this meaning too, and also means a man whose stomach is in a corrupt, or disordered, state, and who suffers long unease of mind, and disease.
The first, also means weary, or fatigued; and at the point of death; as also حَاِرضٌ, which further means one near to dying, or perishing, and one whose body is corrupted, or disordered, by disease so as to be at the point of death, and so does حَرِضٌ.
And [in like manner] مُحْرَضٌ means dying, or perishing, from disease — neither living, so as to be an object of hope, nor dead, so as to be an object of despair.
حَرَضٌ also means emaciated (literally, dissolved) by grief, or by excessive love; as also مُحْرَضٌ, or مُحَرَّضٌ; and heavily oppressed by disease, or constantly affected by it so as to be at the point of death: so in the Qur'ān 12:85.
[In the CK, حَرَضًا is here put by mistake for مَرَضًا.]
Or in that verse it means heavily pressed upon by disease; or affected by constant disease; or extremely aged, or old and weak (Katádeh); and anything withering.
[The following remark, inserted in the S after the first of the meanings given here of حَرَضٌ used as an adjective, and in the K after a later meaning which is said to be figurative, applies to it, when so used, in all its senses:]
It is used alike as singular and as plural, and as masculine and feminine, being originally a maṣdar; or, like every maṣdar used as an adjective, it is for ذُو followed by the maṣdar, and so has no dual or plural form.
But some of the Arabs use حَارِضٌ as an adjective applied to a male, and حَارِضَةٌ as applied to a female, and these have duals and plurals.
And sometimes حَرَضٌ has plurals, namely أَحْرَاضٌ, which is also plural of حَرِضٌ and of حَارِضٌ; or, according to the L, it is allowable as a plural of حَرِضٌ in place of the more common plural حَرِضُونَ and حُرْضَانِ, which is more approved; and حَرِضَةٌ.
[This last is expressly said in the TA to be written thus, but in the CK it is written حَرَضَة.]
Qur’ān 12:85 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xii. 85”
Qur’ān 12:85 Lane quotes this verse
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَThey said: "By Allah! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
2.1figurative · مجاز
Applied to a man: possessing no good; like حَارِضَةٌ, which As explains as a man in whom there is no good.
Or, of the former: one whose good is not hoped for, nor his evil feared; and a bad man; and low, base, mean, or sordid, unable to rise from his place; as also حَرِيضٌ, حَرِضٌ, and مُحَرَّضٌ.
[This last is written مُحَرِّض in the CK.]
Or مُحْرَضٌ and إِحْرِيضٌ, meaning low, base, mean, or sordid, in whom there is no good.
And [in like manner] حَارِضٌ means bad, corrupt, and neglected, or forsaken; and so do مَحْرُوضٌ and حِرْضَةٌ, of which the plural is حِرَضٌ.
مَحْرُوضٌ also means made, or asserted, to be low, base, mean, or sordid; and so do حَارِضٌ and حِرْضَةٌ, this last also meaning having no good in him.
And حَرَضٌ means one who does not take arms, nor fight; its plural is أَحْرَاضٌ and حُرْضَانٌ. Both of these plurals mean weak men, who will not fight.
The former of the two is also explained as the lowest, basest, or meanest sort of mankind, and as men corrupt in their course of conduct, or beliefs; the latter as men who do not know where their chief is.
And حَارِضٌ, of which the feminine is with ة, means a stupid man.
2.2
Applied to a she-camel: lean, or emaciated.
حُرْضَانٌ, applied to a she-camel: vile; and perishing, or dying — in this last sense it is applied to a male camel as well.
2.3figurative · مجاز — inferred
Applied to language, or speech: bad; and so, by poetic licence, حَرْضٌ, though according to Sgh this is a dialectal variant.
Also: perishing. Plural أَحْرَاضٌ.
Qur’ānic occurrences حَرَض
12:85
قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَThey said: "By Allah! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"
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.
Show Lane's original text
Corruptness in the body, and in the intellect, (Ibn-'Arafeh, A, K,) and in one's course of conduct, or tenets. (Ibn-'Arafeh, K.) [See 1.] A man in a corrupt, or disordered, state, and sick, or diseased, (S, K,) so that he defiles himself ( يُحْدِثُ [but in some copies of the S this word is omitted]) in his clothes; (S;) as also حَارِضَةٌ and حَارِضٌ and حَرِضٌ ; (K;) ↓ which last also signifies a man having his stomach in a corrupt, or disordered, state; and suffering protracted disquietude of mind, and disease: (TA:) also the first, ( حَرَضٌ ,) weary, or fatigued: (K:) and at the point of death; (Msb, K;) as also حَاِرضٌ ; (K;) which last also signifies one near to dying, or to perishing; and having his body corrupted, or disordered, by disease, so as to be at the point of death, and so حَرِضٌ ; (TA;) and [in like manner] مُحْرَضٌ signifies dying, or perishing, from disease, being neither living so as to be an object of hope, nor dead so as to be an object of despair: (T, TA:) حَرَضٌ also signifies emaciated (lit. dissolved) by grief, or by excessive love; (AA accord. to the S, or AO accord. to the TA, and K;) as also مُحْرَضٌ , (S,) or مُحَرَّضٌ : (K:) and heavily oppressed by disease; or constantly affected thereby so as to be at the point of death: so in the Kur xii. 85: (K:) [in the CK, حَرَضًا is her erroneously put for مَرَضًا :] or it there signifies heavily pressed upon by disease; or affected by constant disease: (AZ:) or extremely aged; or old and weak: (Katádeh:) and anything withering: (TA:) [the following observation, which is inserted in the S after the first of the significations here given of حَرَضٌ used as an epithet, and in the K after a later signification which is said to be tropical, applies to it, when so used, in all its senses:] it is employed alike as sing. as pl. (Fr, S, K) and masc. (Fr) and fem.; (Fr, K;) being originally an inf. n.: (Fr, Msb:) or, like every inf. n. used as an epithet, it is for ذُو followed by the inf. n., and therefore has no dual nor pl. form: (Zj:) but some of the Arabs use حَارِضٌ as an epithet applied to a male, and حَارِضَةٌ as applied to a female; and these have duals and pls.: (Fr:) and sometimes حَرَضٌ has pls.; namely أَحْرَاضٌ ; (K;) which is also pl. of حَرِضٌ and of حَارِضٌ ; or, accord. to the L, it is allowable as a pl. of حَرِضٌ , in the place of the more common pl. حَرِضُونَ ; (TA;) and حُرْضَانِ ; (K;) which is more approved; (TA;) and حَرِضَةٌ . (K: [this last being expressly said in the TA to be thus written, but in the CK it is written حَرَضَة .]) Also, applied to a man, (A,) Possessing no good; (A, K;) like حَارِضَةٌ , (TA,) which latter is explained by As as signifying a man in whom is no good: (T, TA:) or the former, one whose good is not hoped for, nor his evil feared: (K:) and a bad man: (K:) and low, base, mean, or sordid; unable to rise from, or quit, his place; as also حَرِيضٌ and حَرِضٌ and مُحَرَّضٌ , (K, [this last, in the CK, written مُحَرِّض ,]) or مُحْرَضٌ , (TA,) and إِحْرِيضٌ : (K:) or low, base, mean, or sordid; in whom is no good: (TA:) and [in like manner] حَارِضٌ signifies bad, corrupt, or vitious, and neglected, or forsaken; (K;) and so مَحْرُوضٌ , (TA,) and حِرْضَةٌ , of which the pl. is حِرَضٌ ; (TA;) مَحْرُوضٌ also signifying made, or asserted, to be low, base, mean, or sordid; (K, TA;) and so حَارِضٌ , and حِرْضَةٌ ; and this last signifying also having in him no good: (TA:) and حَرَضٌ likewise signifies one who does not take to himself arms, nor fight: (Lth, K:) its pl. is أَحْرَاضٌ (A, TA) and حُرْضَانٌ : (TA:) both these pls. signify weak men, who will not fight: (S:) and the former of them is explained as signifying the lowest, basest, or meanest, sort of mankind: and men corrupt in their course of conduct, or tenets: also the latter of them as signifying men who know not the place of their chief: and حَارِضٌ , of which the fem. is with ة , signifies a stupid man. (TA.) Also, applied to a she-camel, Lean, or emaciated: (K, TA:) and حُرْضَانٌ , so applied, vile: and perishing, or dying; in which sense it is likewise applied to a male camel. (TA.) Also, applied to language, or speech, Bad; (K;) and so, by poetic license, حَرْضٌ ; or this, accord. to Sgh, is a dial. var.: (L, TA:) and perishing: pl. أَحْرَاضٌ . (TA.)