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ح و ط

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root حوط. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

حَاطَ بِهِ حاط به حاط بة , aor. يَحُوطُ : see 4, in three places. ― -b2- حَاطَهُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. as above, (S, Msb,) inf. n. حَوْطٌ (S, Msb, K) and حِيطَةٌ and حِيَاطَةٌ , (S, K, TA, [the second and third, in the CK, erroneously, with fet-h to the ح , the former of them being expressly said in the S and TA, and the latter also in the TA, to be with kesr, and both being shown in the S to be originally with و , i. e. حِوْطَةٌ and حِوَاطَةٌ ,]) and حِيَاطٌ is used in poetry for the last of these; (TA;) and ↓ حوّطهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَحْوِيطٌ ; (TA;) and ↓ تحوّطهُ ; (K, TA; [omitted in the CK;]) He guarded, kept, kept safely, protected, or took care of, him, or it; (S, Msb, K, TA;) he defended him, or it; (TA;) he paid frequent attention to him, or it; (K, TA;) he minded, or was regardful of, the things that were for his, or its, good. (TA.) You say, لَا زِلْتَ فِى حِيَاطَةِ ا@للّٰهِ Mayest thou not cease to be in the protection of God. (TA.) And مَعَ فُلَانٍ حِيطَةٌ لَكَ There is with such a one compassion and affection for thee: you should not say عَلَيْكَ . (S.) And أَحُوطُ عِرْضِى [I guard, or defend, or take care of, my honour, or reputation]. (TA.) And أَخَاهُ ↓ هُوَ يَتَحَوَّطُ He takes care of, or pays frequent attention to, his brother; and undertakes, or superintends, or manages, his affairs. (TA.) And حَاطَهُمْ قَصَا=ءَهُمْ and بِقَصَايءِهِمْ He fought in their defence. (TA.) [But this is generally meant ironically.] When an affliction befalls thee, and thy brother does not guard thee, or defend thee, and does not aid thee, one says [to thee], حَاطَكَ الفَضَا=ءَ [so in the TA, app. a mistranscription for القَصَا=ءَ or القَصَا , with which, however, it is nearly syn.,] which is used ironically; i. e. He guarded thee, or defended thee, in a distant quarter; meaning, (tropical:) he did not guard thee, or defend thee; for he who guards, or defends, his brother, draws near to him, and supports him, or aids him. (A, TA.) [See also 1 in art. حبو .] You say also, حَاطُونَا القَصَا=ءَ , (K,) or القَصَا , (TK,) [both are said to be correct in the TA in art. قصو , on the authority of Ibn-Wellád,] in some of the copies of the K with ف and ض , and in some with ف and ض , the latter unpointed, and so in [a copy of] the A, (TA,) (tropical:) They retired to a distance from us, they being around us, and we not being distant from them, had they desired to come to us. (K, TA.) And حُطْنِى القَصَا (tropical:) Retire thou to a distance from me; (Ibn-Wellád, and K in art. قصو ;) as also القَصَا=ءَ . (Ibn-Wellád, and TA in that art.) And لَأَحُوطَنَّكَ القَصَا وَلَأَغْزُوَنَّكَ بِالعَصَا , in each case with the short & ا , meaning I will assuredly leave thee, and not go near thee; [and I will assuredly go against thee to fight thee with the staff.] (Ks, TA in art. قصو .) حُطْ حُطْ means Take thou care of the tie of kindred, and preserve it. (IAar, K. *) It also signifies Deck thou the boys ( الصِّبْيَة [in the CK الصَّبِيَّة the girl]) with the حَوْط [for preservation from the evil eye]. (IAar, K.) And حُوطُوا غُلَامَكُمْ Deck ye your boy with the حَوْط . (AA.) ― -b3- حَاطَ الحِمَارُ عَانَتَهُ , (S, * Msb, K,) nor, as above, (S, Msb,) inf. n. حَوْطٌ , (Msb,) The [wild] he-ass collected, or drew together, (S, * Msb, K, *) and guarded, or took care of, (TA,) his عَانَة [app. meaning his herd of wild asses: or the phrase may mean the he-ass drew towards himself, or compressed, and guarded, his she-ass: Freytag here renders عانة by “ pubem; ” and Golius, by “ veretrum ”]. (S, Msb, K.)

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حوّط حَوْلَهُ حوط حوله حوط حولة , inf. n. تَحْوِيطٌ , He surrounded it by some such thing as earth, so as to make this to encompass it. (Msb.) And حوّط كَرْمَهُ , inf. n. as above, He built a حَايءِط [or wall] around his vine. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, أَنَا أُحَوِّطُ ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرُ (tropical:) I have within my compass, or power, and care, that thing, or affair; [like أُحَوِّضُ , q. v.;] syn. أَدُورُ . (S, TA.) [Hence also, حوّط عَلَيْهِ , in the present day, is used to signify (assumed tropical:) He monopolized it. See also 4.] ― -b3- حوّط حَايءِطًا , (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He made a حايءط [meaning either a walled garden or a wall; app. a wall of enclosure]; (K, TA;) as also ↓ احاطهُ . (IDrd, TA.) ― -b4- See also 1.

حاوط فُلَانًا 4 (tropical:) He endeavoured to induce such a one to turn, or incline; or endeavoured to turn him by deceit, or guile; ( دَاوَرَهُ ;) in a matter that he desired of him, and which he refused him: (K:) as though each of them were guarding, or taking care of, ( يَحُوطُ ,) the other. (K: and so in the A, in illustration of what next follows.) حَاوِطْهُ فَاـِنَّهُ يَلِينُ لَكَ (tropical:) Endeavour thou to induce him to turn, or incline; or endeavour thou to turn him by deceit, or guile; [for he will relent to thee;] syn. دَاوِرْهُ . (A, TA.)

احاط بِهِ and بِهِ ↓ حَاطَ signify the same [i. e. It, or he, surrounded, encompassed, environed, enclosed, or hemmed in, it, or him]. (TA.) You say, احاط القَوْمُ بِالبَلَدِ , inf. n. اـِحَاطَةٌ ; and ↓ حَاطُوا بِهِ ; The people surrounded, encompassed, environed, encircled, or beset, the sides of the town. (Msb.) And احاطت الخَيْلُ بِفُلَانٍ , (S, TA,) and به ↓ حَاطَتْ , (TA,) and به ↓ احتاطت , (S,) The horses, or horsemen, surrounded, encompassed, environed, encircled, or beset, such a one. (S, TA.) [And احاطوا بِهِ مِنْ جَانِبَيْهِ , meaning They surrounded him on all his sides; lit. on his two sides: see جَنْبٌ .] ― -b2- It is said in the Kur [xvii. 62], اـِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ (assumed tropical:) Verily thy Lord hath men in his grasp, or power: (Bd, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) hath destroyed them; meaning Kureysh. (Bd.) You say also, أُحِيطَ بِفُلَانٍ , meaning (assumed tropical:) Such a one was destroyed: or (assumed tropical:) his destruction drew near. (TA.) And hence the saying in the Kur [xviii. 40], وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ (assumed tropical:) And its fruit became smitten by that which destroyed and spoiled it: (TA:) or (assumed tropical:) his possessions became destroyed: from أَحَاطَ بِهِ العَدُوُّ [the enemy surrounded him]. (Bd.) [Hence also, in the same, ii. 75,] وَأَحَاطَتْ بِهِ خَطِيْيءَتُهُ (assumed tropical:) And over whom his sin hath gained the mastery, affecting all the circumstances of his case, so that he hath become as though he were entirely encompassed thereby: (Bd:) or (assumed tropical:) who hath died in the belief of a plurality of Gods. (TA.) You also say, احاط بِهِ الأَمْرُ (assumed tropical:) The thing beset him on every side, so that he had no place of escape from it. (TA.) And احاط عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) He took it entirely to himself, debarring others from it: [see also 2.] (TA in art شرب .) ― -b3- احاط بِهِ , (K,) or احاط بِهِ عِلْمًا , (S, Msb, TA,) and احاط بِهِ عِلْمُهُ , (S, TA,) (tropical:) [He comprehended it, or knew it altogether, in all its modes or circumstances;] he knew it extrinsically and intrinsically; (Msb;) or he attained the utmost particular thereof, and had a comprehensive and complete knowledge thereof: or he attained everything [relating to it], and the utmost knowledge thereof. (K, accord. to different copies. [In the CK, اَحْصٰى عِلْمُهُ is put, erroneously, for احصى عِلْمَهُ .]) It is said in the Kur [xxvii. 22], أَحَطْتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ (tropical:) I have known in all its circumstances, or modes, that which thou hast not so known. (TA.) And you say also, عَلِمَهُ عِلْمَ اـِحَاطَةٍ (tropical:) He knew it in all its circumstances, or modes; nothing of them escaping him. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 2.

تَحَوَّطَ see 1, in two places.

احتاط حاوط فلانا : see 4. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) He took the course prescribed by prudence, precaution, or good judgment; he used precaution; he took the sure course; (S, * K, * TA;) لِنَفْسِهِ for himself; (S, TA;) [and مِنَ الشَّىْءِ against the thing:] he sought the most successful means, and took the surest method; لِلشَّىْءِ for [the accomplishment, or attainment, of] the thing. (Msb.) The subst. [denoting the abstract signification of the inf. n., اِحْتِيَاطٌ ,] is حيطة , (Msb,) i. e. ↓ حَيْطَةٌ and ↓ حِيطَةٌ , (K, TA,) which latter is originally حِوْطَةٌ , (TA,) [and is also an inf. n. of 1,] and ↓ حَوْطَةٌ . (K, TA.) Some hold احتياط to belong to art. حيط . (Msb.) You say also فِى الأُمُورِ ↓ استحاط [meaning in like manner (assumed tropical:) He took the course prescribed by prudence, &c., in affairs, or in the affairs: as is shown below: see مُحْتَاطٌ ]. (TA.)

اـِسْتَحْوَطَ see 8.

حَوْطٌ حوط A twisted string of two colours, black and red, (IAar, K,) called بَرِيم , (IAar,) upon which are beads and a crescent of silver, which a woman binds upon her waist, [and which is bound upon a boy, (see 1,)] in order that the evil eye may not smite her [or him]: (IAar, K:) and also the crescent above mentioned; as well as the string with it. (TA.) [See also تَحْوِيطَةٌ .]

حَوْطَةٌ حوط حوطه حوطة : see 8.

حَيْطَةٌ حيطه حيطة : see 8.

حِيطَةٌ حيطه حيطة : see 8.

حُوَاطٌ حواط : see what next follows.

حُوَاطَةٌ حواطه حواطة An enclosure ( حَظِيرَة ) made for wheat: (S, K:) or it signifies a thing which one soon quits, or relinquishes, or from which one soon abstains; and so ↓ حُوَاطٌ , as occurring [accord. to one relation] in a verse cited voce عُرْسٌ . (L.)

حَيِّطٌ حيط , [originally either حَوِيطٌ or حَيْوِطٌ ,] like سَيِّدٌ , A man who guards, protects, or defends, ( يَحُوطُ ,) his family and his brethren. (TA.)

[ حَوَّاطٌ حواط A monopolizer: so in the present day.]

حَوَّاطُ أَمْرٍ (tropical:) The undertakers, superintendents, or managers, of an affair. (K, TA.) [See a verse cited voce عُرْسٌ .]

حَايءِطٌ A wall. (Msb, * K, TA:) or a wall of enclosure: (Msb, * TA:) or one that surrounds a garden: (Mgh:) [often applied to a fence of wood, or sticks, or of reeds, or canes:] so called because it surrounds what is within it; (TA;) but it is a subst., like سَقْفٌ and رُكْنٌ , though implying the meaning of surrounding: (IJ, TA:) or it is an act. part. n., from حَاطَ : (Msb:) pl. حِيطَانٌ , (S, Msb, K,) in which the و is changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, (S,) but by rule it should be حُوطَانٌ ; (Sb, K;) and حِيَاطٌ . (IAar, K.) ― -b2- And hence, (Mgh,) A garden, (Mgh, Msb, K,) in general: or a garden of palmtrees, surrounded by a wall: (TA:) pl. حَوَايءِطُ . (Msb, TA.)

اِفْعَلِ الأَحْوَطَ (assumed tropical:) Do thou that which is most comprehensive in relation to the principles of the ordinances [applying to the case], ( مَا هُوَ أَجْمَعُ لِأُصُولِ الأَحْكَامِ ,) and furthest from the sophistications of interpretations not according to the obvious meanings. (Msb.) And هٰذَا أَحْوَطُ (assumed tropical:) This is more, or most, conducive to put [one] in a position of اِحْتِيَاط [or taking the course prescribed by prudence, precaution, or good judgment; &c.: see 8]. (Mgh.) The word أَحْوَطُ is from the phrase حَاطَ الحِمَارُ عَانَتَهُ ; not from الاِحْتِيَاطُ ; because the افعل of excess is not formed from a verb of five letters: (Msb:) or it is anomalous, like أَخْصَرُ from الاِخْتِصَارُ . (Mgh.) [It may be rendered More, or most, prudent: or more, or most, sure.]

تَحُوطُ حاط حوط تحوط and التَّحُوطُ &c.: see what next follows.

تُحِيطُ أحاط تحيط and ↓ تَحُوطُ (ISk, TS, K) and تَحِيطُ and تِحِيطُ and ↓ يَحِيطُ (TS, K) and ↓ التَّحُوطُ and التَّحِيطُ (L, K) [and ↓ تَحَوُّط and ↓ تحوَّط (mentioned, with the third and fourth, in Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 803, as on the authority of Fr,)] (tropical:) The year of dearth, scarcity, or straitness, that destroys the beasts, (Fr, K, * TA,) or men: (A, TA:) تَحُوطُ being from حَاطَ بِهِ in the sense of أَحَاطَ ; or it is used as a term of good omen; accord. to the A. (TA.) You say, وَقَعُوا فِى تُحِيطَ , &c., [the last word being a noun imperfectly decl., (tropical:) They fell into the affliction of a year of dearth, &c.] (ISk, TA.)

تَحْويِطَةٌ تحويط تحويطه تحويطة A thing that is hung upon a boy to repel the evil eye: of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.) [See also حَوْطٌ .]

مَحَاطٌ محاط A place behind the camels or other beasts and the people [to whom they belong], surrounding and protecting them: (K:) some say that أَرْضٌ مَحَاطٌ signifies land surrounded by a wall: if not so surrounded, it is termed ضَاحِيَةٌ . (TA.)

فُلَانٌ مُحَاطٌ بِهِ فلان محاط به فلان محاط بة (assumed tropical:) Such a one is slain; is destroyed. (TA.)

مُحِيطٌ محيط [act. part. n. of 4; Surrounding, encompassing, or enclosing: &c.] ― -b2- It is said in the Kur [lxxxv. 20], وَا@للّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَايءِهِمْ مُحيِطٌ (assumed tropical:) And God, behind them, includeth them altogether within his power; not one shall escape Him. (TA.) And again, [xi. 85,] عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُحِيطٍ (assumed tropical:) The punishment of a day which shall beset on every side so that there shall be no place of escape from it: (TA:) or of a destructive day: meaning the day of resurrection: or the punishment [of a day] of extermination: the epithet, which is that of the punishment, being applied to the day because it includes it. (Bd.) And again, [ii. 18,] وَا@للّٰهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالكَافِرِينَ , explained by Mujá- hid as signifying (assumed tropical:) And God will collect together the unbelievers on the day of resurrection. (TA.)

كَرْمٌ مُحوَّطٌ كرم محوط A vine having a wall built around it. (S.)

هُوَ مُحْتَاطٌ فِى أَمْرِهِ and فِيهِ ↓ مُسْتَحِيطٌ [He is taking the course prescribed by prudence, precaution, or good judgment; or using precaution; or taking the sure course; or seeking the most successful means, and taking the surest method; in his affair: see 8]. (TA.)

مُسْتَحِيطٌ مستحيط : see what next precedes.

يَحِيطٌ أحاط يحيط : see تُحِيطٌ .

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