muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarحَصْدٌ حَصَدٌ
Core sense — he reaped seed-produce; he mowed them down with the sword; it was tightly twistedgenerated
1.1he reaped, or cut, seed-produce, plants, or herbage—احتصد
Muḍāriʿ حَصُدَ and حَصِدَ; maṣdar حَصْدٌ, حَصَادٌ and حِصَادٌ.
Cut with the مِنْجَل. Originally used of seed-produce, and the form given here has the same meaning.
1.1.1figurative · مجاز[He reaped, or mowed, them down with the sword]—حَصَدَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ
He slew them; or he went to the utmost in slaying them; or he wiped them out with the sword.
1.1.2figurative · مجاز[He who sows evil reaps repentance]—مَنْ زَرَعَ الشَّرَّ حَصَدَ النَّدَامَةَ
1.2it was strongly twisted and firmly, or compactly, made—حَصِدَ
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Said of a rope or a bow-string. استحصد has the same meaning.
Said of a coat of mail: it was [close in its rings and] firm and compactly made.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
12:47
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبًا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمْ فَذَرُوهُ فِى سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ(Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,- except a little, of which ye shall eat.
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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, (S, A, Mgh, &c.,) aor. حَصُدَ and حَصِدَ , inf. n. حَصْدٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and حَصَادٌ (Lh, Mgh, K) and حِصَادٌ , (Lh, K,) He reaped, or cut (A, Mgh, K) with the مِنْجَل , (K,) seed-produce, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and plants, or herbage; (S, * K;) originally used in relation to seed-produce; (TA;) as also احتصد . (K.) [Hence,] حَصَدَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ [He reaped, or mowed, them down with the sword]: (A:) he slew them: or he exerted his utmost power or ability, or exceeded the ordinary bounds, in slaying them: (TA:) he exterminated them [with the sword]. (Msb, TA.) And مَنْ زَرَعَ الشَّرَّ حَصَدَ النَّدَامَةَ [He who sows evil reaps repentance]. (A.) حَصِدَ , (L,) [aor. حَصَدَ ,] inf. n. حَصَدٌ , (L, K,) It (a rope, and a bow-string,) was, or became, strongly twisted, and firmly, or compactly, made; (L, K; *) as also استحصد : (S, * A, L, K: *) and it (a coat of mail) was, or became, [close in its rings, (see حَصِدَ ,) and] firm, and compactly made. (L, K. *)