oppress, brutalize, persecute

, (S, L, K,) aor. ??, (S, L,) inf. n. ضَهْدٌ; (L;) and ↓ اضطهدهُ, (as in the L, and in some copies of the K,) or ↓ اضهدهُ; (as in other copies of the K;) He overpowered him; subdued him; oppressed him: (S, L, K:) he treated him wrongfully, unjustly, or injuriously; (L;) as also بِهِ ↓ اضهد: (L, K:) he constrained him. (S, L.) ↓ كَانَ لَايُجِيزُ ٱلِاْضْطِهَادَ, occurring in a trad., means He used not to allow constraint, or compulsion, or force, in a sale, and in an oath, &c. (L.)

see each, in two places, in the preceding paragraph.

see each, in two places, in the preceding paragraph.

Force; constraint; compulsion. (L.) ― -b2- هُوَ ضُهْدَةٌ لِكُلِّ أَحَدٍ means He is one who may be overpowered, subdued, or oppressed, by every one who desires to make him so. (S, L, K.)

Hardy, strong, robust: (L, K:) applied to a man: (L:) [said to be] the only word of the measure فَعْيَلٌ (K) in the language of the Arabs; but Kh asserts it to be a forged word: (TA:) ضَهْيَأٌ and عَثْيَرٌ are also mentioned as of this measure; [but the latter is disallowed in the S and O, voce عِثْيَرٌ;] and مَدْيَنُ and مَرْيَمُ [which, however, are foreign proper names]. (MF.)

and ↓ مُضْطَهَدٌ A man (L) overpowered; subdued; oppressed; (S, L;) abased; (L;) constrained. (S, L.)

: see what next precedes.

The lion. (K.)