لزم

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Form 1لَزِمَهُ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it clung to him; it was incumbent, or obligatory, on himgenerated

1.1it (disgrace, etc.) attached to him—لَزِمَ لَهُ

It necessarily, or inseparably, belonged to him, or to it; it clung to him, or to it.

1.1.1the management of such a one's affairs became incumbent on him—لَزِمَهُ أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ

1.1.2he kept close, clung, or held fast, to a thing—لَزِمَ شَيْئًا

And hence: he preserved a thing. See قَنِىَ.

1.1.3

See form 3.

1.1.4he kept, clung, or held fast, to the debtor—لَزمَ الغَرِيمَ

لَزِمَ بِهِ and لَازَمَهُ mean the same.

1.1.5he kept to his house or tent; he did not leave it—لَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ

He was not found anywhere else.

1.1.6the [paying of the] money, etc., was incumbent, or obligatory, on him—لَزِمَهُ المَالُ

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It necessarily, or inseparably, belonged, or pertained, or it clave, or adhered, to him, or it; as also لَزِمَ لَهُ : it (disgrace, &c.) attached to him. لَزِمَهُ أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ The management of the affair, or affairs, of such a one was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, upon him. لَزِمَ شَيْئًا He kept close, clave, clave fast, clung, or held fast, to anything. (S, K, &c.) And hence, He preserved a thing: see قَنِىَ . See 3. لَزمَ الغَرِيمَ , and لَزِمَ بِهِ , and لَازَمَهُ , He adhered, kept, clave, clung, or held fast, to the debtor. (Msb.) لَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ He kept, or clave, to his house or tent; did not quit it; was not found elsewhere. (Kull, p. 318.) لَزِمَهُ المَالُ The [paying of the] money &c. behoved him, lay on him, was incumbent on him, or obligatory on him. (Msb.)

Form 3لَازَمَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he kept close to him, he clung, or held fast, to itgenerated

3.1he held on to it, he continued it—لَزِمَهُ

He kept, or confined himself, to him, or to it; he clung, or held fast, to him, or to it.

See form 1.

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He kept, confined himself, clave, clung, or held fast, to him, or it: as also لَزِمَهُ : he held on, or continued, it. See 1.

Form 4أَلْزَمَهُ شَيْئًا8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he obliged him to do a thing; he made a thing cleave to himgenerated

4.1

He necessitated him, or obliged him, to do, or to pay, a thing; or to suffer, or endure, it.

And hence, said of God: he decreed, appointed, or ordained a thing to him.

And he made him cleave to a thing; and he made a thing cleave to him. See جَدَعَ.

4.1.1[He was made to cleave to a thing, not quitting it]—أُلْزِمَ شَيْئًا لَا يُفَارِقُهُ

4.1.2may God make evil cleave to him—أَلْزَمَهُ اللّٰهُ الشَّرَّ

Or: may evil attend him constantly; or may God decree evil to him.

4.1.3we have decreed to him his happiness or his misery—أَلْزَمَنَاهُ طَائِرَهُ فِى عُنُقِهِ

Qur'ān 17, verse 14. Foreseeing that he would be obedient, or disobedient.

Or: we have made his works and what is decreed to him cleave to him like the طَوْق upon his neck.

Qur’ān 17:13 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xvii. 14”

Qur’ān 17:13 Lane quotes this verse

وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا

Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

4.1.4he compelled him to accept, or admit, the evidence, or proof—أَلْزَمَهُ البَيِّنَةَ

4.1.5he obliged him to pay the money, etc.—أَلْزَمَهُ المَالَ

he obliged him to do the deed—أَلْزَمَهُ العَمَلَ

4.1.6

أَلْزَمْتُهُ الدَّنْبَ and الحَقَّ: see زَكَّ.

4.1.7[Keep your sandals on your feet]—أَلْزِمْ نَعْلَيْكَ قَدَمَيْكَ

From a tradition in the Jámi' es-Sagheer.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4

11:28

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَـٰرِهُونَ

He said: "O my people! See ye if (it be that) I have a Clear Sign from my Lord, and that He hath sent Mercy unto me from His own presence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from your sight? shall we compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it?

17:13

Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open.

48:26

إِذْ جَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهْلَهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًا

While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant - the heat and cant of ignorance,- Allah sent down His Tranquillity to his Messenger and to the Believers, and made them stick close to the command of self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allah has full knowledge of all things.

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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signifies He necessitated him, or obliged him, to do, and to pay, &c.; or to suffer, or endure, a thing: and hence, said of God, He decreed; or appointed, or ordained, to him a thing. And He made him to cleave to a thing; and he made a thing to cleave to him. See جَدَعَ . أُلْزِمَ شَيْئًا لَا يُفَارِقُهُ [He was made to cleave to a thing, not quitting it]. (K.) أَلْزَمَهُ اللّٰهُ الشَّرَّ May God make evil to cleave to him: or, to attend him constantly: or decree evil to him. أَلْزَمَنَاهُ طَائِرَهُ فِى عُنُقِهِ , (Kur xvii. 14,) We have decreed to him his happiness or his misery, foreseeing that he would be obedient, or disobedient: (AM, in TA, art. طير :) or we have made his works and what is decreed to him to cleave to him like the طَوْق upon his neck. (Bd.) أَلْزَمَهُ البَيِّنَةَ He compelled him, or constrained him, to accept, or admit, the evidence, or proof. (Jel xi. 30.) أَلْزَمَهُ المَالَ He obliged him to pay the money &c. أَلْزَمَهُ العَمَلَ He obliged him to do the deed. (Msb.) أَلْزَمْتُهُ الدَّنْبَ , and الحَقَّ : see زَكَّ . أَلْزِمْ نَعْلَيْكَ قَدَمَيْكَ [Keep thou thy sandals upon thy feet]. (From a trad. in the Jámi' es- Sagheer.)

Form 8اِلْتَزَمَ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he took it upon himself, he made himself answerable for itgenerated

8.1he took it upon himself; he made himself answerable for it by an inseparable obligation—اِلْتَزَمَهُ

He took an affair upon himself.

See بَآءَ.

8.1.1I made myself answerable, or accountable, for the property by an inseparable obligation—اِلْتَزَمْتُ بَالمَالِ

Same as أَلْزَمْتُ بِهِ نَفْسِى and تَكَفَّلْتُ بَهَ according to IAmb, or تَحَمَّلْتُ بِهِ according to AZ.

See ضَمِنَ.

8.1.2he took upon himself the obligation to pay the money, etc.—اِلْتَزَمَ المَالَ

he took upon himself the obligation to do the deed—العَمَلَ

8.1.3he kept, or restricted himself, to it—اِلْتَزَمَهُ

That is, to an action, or a usage, etc.

8.1.4

And it became necessary for him, or obligatory upon him, to do it, or to pay it; or to suffer, or endure, it.

8.1.5he hastened to take me by the hand and embrace me—دَلَفَ لِٱلْتِزَامِى

See دَلَفَ.

8.1.6

اِلْتِزَامٌ is the same as لُزُومُ مَا لَا يَلْزَمُ: see below.

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He took upon himself an affair. (KL.) You say, اِلْتَزَمَهُ He took it upon himself; charged himself with it; obliged himself to do it; became, or made himself, answerable for it by an inseparable obligation: see بَآءَ . اِلْتَزَمْتُ بَالمَالِ i. q. أَلْزَمْتُ بِهِ نَفْسِى , and تَكَفَّلْتُ بَهَ , accord. to IAmb, or تَحَمَّلْتُ بِهِ , accord. to AZ; (Msb in art. كفل ;) I made myself answerable, responsible or accountable, by an inseparable obligation, for the property: see ضَمِنَ . اِلْتَزَمَ المَالَ , and العَمَلَ , He obliged himself, or took upon himself the obligation, to pay the money &c., and to do the deed. (Msb.) اِلْتَزَمَهُ He kept, or restricted himself, to it; i. e. an action, or usage, &c. And It was, or became, necessary for him, or obligatory upon him, to do it, or pay it, &c.; or to suffer it, or endure it. دَلَفَ لِٱلْتِزَامِى He hastened to take me by the hand and embrace me: see دَلَفَ . اِلْتِزَامٌ i. q. لُزُومُ مَا لَا يَلْزَمُ : see below.

Form 10اِسْتَلْزَمَهُ1 sense

Core sense — it necessarily required it, it involved itgenerated

10.1

It necessarily required it, or involved it.

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It necessarily required it or involved it.

Derived nouns 4

Nounلَزُومٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who holds fast much, or habitually, to a thinggenerated

1one who keeps, cleaves, clings, or holds fast, much, or habitually, to a thing—لِشَىْءٍ

For an example, see the Ḥamāsah, p. 238, line 21.

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One who keeps, cleaves, clings, or holds fast, much, or habitually, لِشَىْءٍ to a thing: see an ex. in the Ham, p. 238, line 21.

Nounلُزُومُ مَا لَا يَلْزَمُ1 sense

Core sense — imposing on oneself what is not indispensablegenerated

Imposing upon oneself what is not indispensable; or keeping to a mode of construction that need not be followed.

As in this instance in the خُطْبَة of the Kámoos: وَبَلَغُوا مِنَ الْمَقَاصِدِ قَاصِيَتَهَا وَمَلَكُوا مِنَ المَحَاسِنِ نَاصِيَتَهَا.

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The imposing upon one's self what is not indispensable; or adhering to a mode of construction that is not necessarily to be followed: as in the following instance in the خُطْبَة of the Kámoos: وَبَلَغُوا مِنَ الْمَقَاصِدِ قَاصِيَتَهَا وَمَلَكُوا مِنَ المَحَاسِنِ نَاصِيَتَهَا .

Nounلَازِمٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — keeping close, cleaving; inseparablegenerated

Keeping, keeping close, cleaving, etc.; tenacious; and stubbornly persistent.

1.1a thing inseparable from another thing—لَازِمٌ

As an adjective: such as cleaves fast; inseparable.

Plural لَوَازِمُ.

1.2

إِسْمٌ لَازِمٌ: see جَمْعٌ as meaning “a plural.”

1.3necessary, or inseparable, adjuncts, accompaniments, consequences, or results—لَوَازِمُ

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Keeping, keeping close, cleaving, &c.; tenacious: and pertinacious. لَازِمٌ A thing inseparable from another thing: pl. لَوَازِمُ . (TA.) Such as cleaves fast; inseparable: as an epthet. إِسْمٌ لَازِمٌ : see جَمْعٌ , as signifying “ a plural. ” لَوَازِمُ Necessary, or inseparable, adjuncts, accompaniments, consequences, or results.

Nounأَلْزَمُ1 sense

Core sense — most preservativegenerated

As a synonym of أَقْنَى in the proverb خَلَاؤُكَ أَقْنَى لِحَيَائِكَ, it means most preservative.

See that proverb in art. خلو, and see قَنِىَ الحَيَآءَ and لَزِمَ شَيْئًا.

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as syn. with أَقْنَى in the prov. خَلَاؤُكَ أَقْنَى لِحَيَائِكَ means Most preservative: see that prov. in art. خلو , and see قَنِىَ الحَيَآءَ , and لَزِمَ شَيْئًا .