muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarحَسْرٌ إِحْسَارٌ حُسُورٌ حَسَرٌ
Core sense — he removed or stripped it off; he tired it; he grieved for itgenerated
1.1he removed it, took it off, or stripped it off, from a thing it covered or concealed—عَنْ شَىْءٍ
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حُسِرَ is said of anything, meaning it was removed, taken off, or stripped off, from a thing which it covered or concealed.
he pushed his sleeve back from his forearm—حَسَرَ كُمَّهُ عَنْ ذِرَاعِهِ
he uncovered his forearm—حَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعِهِ
he took his turban off his head—حَسَرَ عِمَامَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ
she (a woman) took off her shift عَنْ جَسَدِهَا from her body—حَسَرَتْ دِرْعَهَا
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she took off her head-covering—خِمَارَهَا
1.1.1figurative · مجاز[the wind removed the clouds from the sky]—حَسَرَتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ
[he, or it, removed the covering of anxiety from me]—حَسَرَ قِنَاعَ الهَمِّ عَنِّى
1.1.2
Also: he peeled a branch of a tree.
1.1.3
And he swept a house or chamber.
1.1.4figurative · مجازthey begged of him and he gave them until nothing remained in his possession—حَسَرُوهُ
maṣdar حَسْرٌ and حُسْرٌ.
1.2he (a man), or it (a journey), tired or wore out a beast, or a camel—حَسَرَ
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he drove a camel until he tired or wore him out—احسر
and حسّر, maṣdar تَحْسِيرٌ.
the beast was worn out, so that it was left where it was—حُسِرَتِ الدَّابَّةُ
1.2.1figurative · مجازit (the distance looked over, and the faintness of the object) tired the eye—حَسَرَ
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[the eye was tired by long looking]—حُسِرَ البَصَرُ مِنْ طُولِ النَّظَرِ
See a similar meaning of حَسَرَ and حَسِرَ below.
1.3
See Form 7, with which حَسَرَ is synonymous.
1.3.1figurative · مجازit (water) sank and disappeared, became low, or drew back—حَسَرَ
. It sank and disappeared, or drew back, from its place; properly, it became removed from the shore. Also said of the sea or a great river: it drew back from El-ʿIrāk and from the shore, so that the ground beneath the water appeared.
Az: in this sense you do not say انحسر. But this last is sometimes used, as for instance in the article جزر.
[eat what the sea draws back from, and leave what floats on it]—كُلْ مَا حَسَرَ عَنْهُ البَحْرُ وَدَعْ مَا طَفَا عَلَيْهِ
Occurring in a tradition.
1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a camel, or a beast) became tired or worn out by travel—حَسَرَ
. And حَسرَ, maṣdar حَسَرٌ and استحسر. And تحسّر, which signifies he (a camel) fell down from fatigue.
supplicate God, and do not grow weary—اُدْعُوا ٱللّٰهَ وَ لَا تَسْتَحْسِرُوا
From a tradition; a similar instance occurs in the Kur 21:19.
Qur’ān 21:19 approximate — somewhere between 21:12 and 21:30 Lane cites “Kur xxi. 19”
Qur’ān 21:19 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَTo Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service):Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.4.1figurative · مجازit (the sight) became dim or dull, and failed—حَسَرَ
[Or it became tired;] by reason of the length of space looked over and the like, or by long looking.
. And حَسِرَ.
1.5he grieved for it, or regretted it; he felt or expressed grief or regret over it—حَسِرَ عَلَيْهِ
maṣdar حَسَرٌ and حَسْرَةٌ, or this last is a simple noun, and حَسَرَانٌ. Synonymous with تَلَهَّفَ, as also تحسّر.
Or the first means: he grieved for, or regretted, a thing that had escaped him, most intensely. [See حَسْرَةٌ.]
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, aor. حَسُرَ (S, Msb, K) and حَسِرَ , (Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. حَسْرٌ (S, Msb, K) and حُسُورٌ , (TA,) He removed it, put it off, took it off, or stripped if off, (Mgh, K, TA,) عَنْ شَىْءٍ from a thing which it covered or concealed. (TA.) حُسِرَ is said of anything as meaning It was removed, put off, taken off, or stripped off, from a thing which it covered or concealed. (A.) You say, حَسَرَ كُمَّهُ عَنْ ذِرَاعِهِ He removed his sleeve from his fore arm. (S, A.) And simply حَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعِهِ He uncovered his fore arm. (Msb.) And حَسَرَ عِمَامَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ He removed, or took off, his turban from his head. (A.) And حَسَرَتْ دِرْعَهَا , (A, Msb,) aor. حَسِرَ , (Msb,) She (a woman) took off her shift (A, Msb) عَنْ جَسَدِهَا from her body: (A:) and خِمَارَهَا her head-covering. (Msb.) [Hence,] حَسَرَتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ [The wind removed the clouds from the sky]. (A.) And حَسَرَ قِنَاعَ الهَمِّ عَنِّى [He, or it, removed the covering of anxiety from me]. (A.) Also, (K,) inf. n. حَسْرٌ , (TA,) He peeled a branch of a tree. (K, TA.) And He swept a house or chamber. (K, TA.) And حَسَرُوهُ , aor. حَسُرَ , inf. n. حَسْرٌ and حُسْرٌ , They begged of him and he gave them until nothing remained in his possession. (TA.) حَسَرَ , (S, A, K,) aor. حَسِرَ and حَسُرَ , (TA,) inf. n. حَسْرٌ (S, TA) and حُسُورٌ ; (TA;) and احسر , (S, K,) inf. n. إِحْسَارٌ ; and حسّر , inf. n. تَحْسِيرٌ ; (TA;) He, (a man, S, A,) and it, (a journey, TA,) tired, fatigued, or jaded, (S, A, K,) a beast, (A, TA,) or a camel: (S:) and he drove a camel until he tired, fatigued, or jaded, him. (K.) And حُسِرَتِ الدَّابَّةُ The beast was fatigued so that it was left to remain where it was. (AHeyth.) And حَسَرَ , aor. حَسُرَ , It (the distance to which it looked, and the indistinctness of the object,) fatigued the eye. (TA.) And حُسِرَ البَصَرُ مِنْ طُولِ النَّظَرِ [The eye was fatigued by the length of looking: see a similar meaning of حَسَرَ and حَسِرَ , below]. (A.) See 7, with which حَسَرَ is syn. [Hence,] حَسَرَ , (ISk, A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. حَسُرَ , (TA,) It (water) sank and disappeared; or became low; or retired: (ISk, A, Mgh:) it sank and disappeared, or retired, from its place: (Msb:) properly, it became removed from the shore: (Mgh:) and it (the sea, or great river,) sank, or retired, from ( عَنْ ) El-'Irák, and from the shore, so that the ground which was beneath the water appeared: (TA:) you do not say, in this sense, انحسر . (Az. [But this latter is sometimes used, as, for instance, in the Msb art. جزر .]) Hence, in a trad., كُلْ مَا حَسَرَ عَنْهُ البَحْرُ وَدَعْ مَا طَفَا عَلَيْهِ [Eat thou that from which the sea retires, and leave what floats upon it]. (Mgh.) حَسَرَ , aor. حَسِرَ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. حُسُورٌ (S, A) and حَسَرَ ; (TA;) and حَسرَ , aor. حَسَرَ , (A, K,) inf. n. حَسَرٌ ; (TA;) and استحسر , (S, K,) and تحسّر ; (S;) He (a camel, S, or a beast, A) became tired, fatigued, or jaded, (S, K, TA,) by travel: (TA:) [or] the last signifies he (a camel) fell down from fatigue. (Ham p. 491.) [Hence,] it is said in a trad., اُدْعُوا ٱللّٰهَ وَ لَا تَسْتَحْسِرُوا Supplicate ye God, and be not weary: and a similar instance occurs in the Kur xxi. 19. (TA.) [Hence also,] حَسَرَ , aor. حَسِرَ , (S, K,) or حَسُرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. حُسُورٌ ; (S, Msb, K;) and حَسِرَ , aor. حَسَرَ ; (A;) It (the sight) was, or became, dim, dull, or hebetated; (S, Msb, K;) and it failed; (S, K;) [or became fatigued;] by reason of length of space [overlooked], (S, Msb, K,) and the like; (S, Msb;) or by long looking. (A.) حَسِرَ عَلَيْهِ , aor. حَسَرَ , inf. n. حَسَرٌ (S Msb, K) and حَسْرَةٌ , (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst., (Msb,) and حَسَرَانٌ , (TA,) He grieved for it, or at it; or regretted it; he felt, or expressed, grief, sorrow, or regret, on account of it; syn. تَلَهَّفَ ; (Msb, K;) as also تحسّر : (S, K:) or the former, he grieved for it, or regretted it, ( تَلَهَّفَ عَلَيْهِ , S, A, or نَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ , TA,) namely, a thing that had escaped him, most intensely. (S, A, * TA.) [See حَسْرَةٌ .]