obstacle, blockade

, aor. (S, K) and , (K,) inf. n. حَجْزٌ (S, K) and حِجَازَةٌ and ↓ حِجِّيزَى, (K,) [or the last is rather a quasi-inf. n. of تَحَاجَزُوا, and, accord. to some, it is of an intensive form,] He, or it, prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, restrained, or debarred, him, or it; syn. مَنَعَهُ, (S, K,) and كَفَّهُ. (K.) It is said in a trad., وَلِأَهْلِ القَتِيلِ أَنْ يَحْجُزُوا الأَدْنَى فَالأَدْنَى And it is for the family of the slain person to prevent the nearest [in relationship] and then the nearest [after him] from retaliating the slaughter. (TA.) And one says, كَانَتْ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ رِمِّيَّا ثُمَّ صَارَتْ إِلَى ↓ حِجِّيزَى There was a shooting of arrows or the like [or a great shooting &c.] between the people; then they withheld themselves [or withheld themselves much] from each other: (S, L:) which is a prov. (TA.) It is also said in another prov., مَا يُحْجَزُ فُلَانٌ فِى العِلْمِ (tropical:) Such a one's case [with respect to knowledge or science] cannot be concealed. (A, TA.) ― -b2- حَجَزَ بَيْنَهُمَا, (A, Msb, K,) aor. (Msb, K) and , (K,) inf. n. حَجْزٌ, (Msb,) He, or it, intervened as, or made, or formed, a separation, a partition, a fence, a barrier, or an obstacle, or obstruction, between them two; he separated, or parted, them; (Msb, K;) i. e., two things; (Msb;) or two persons or things facing, or opposite to, each other. (Az, A, TA.)

[A flat roof that has not been fenced round with a wall to prevent persons falling from it]. (K in art. جلح.)

, (A,) inf. n. مُحَاجَزَةٌ, (S, K,) They reciprocally prevented their enemy from fighting with them, or reciprocally abstained from fighting with them, and made peace with them; syn. كَافُّوهُمْ, (A,) and syn. of the inf. n. مُمَانَعَةٌ, (S, K, TA,) and مُسَالَمَةٌ. (TA.) It is said in a prov., إِنْ أَرَدْتَ المُحَاجَزَهْ فَقَبْلَ المُنَاجَزَهْ [If thou desire the reciprocal prevention of fighting, and the making of peace, let it be before fighting]: (S, TA:) or المُحَاجَزَهْ قَبْلَ المُنَاجَزَهْ [The reciprocal prevention of fighting, and the making of peace, should be before fighting]. (A.) [See also art. نجز.]

see 8.

They prevented one another, or mutually abstained, from fighting, [and made peace, one with another; (see also 3;)] syn. تَمَانَعَا: (S * K, TA:) said of two troops. (S.) ― -b2- تحاجز القَوْمُ The people separated themselves, one from another; they left, forsook, or relinquished, one another; as also ↓ انحجزوا and ↓ احتجزوا. (TA.) -A2- Also تحاجز القَوْمُ The people took, or took hold of, one another by the حُجَز [pl. of حُجْزَةٌ]; took hold of one another's حُجَز: (TA:) [or sought aid, or refuge and protection, one of another: see حَجْزَةٌ.]

quasi-pass. of حَجَزَهُ in the first of the senses explained above; (TA;) He, or it, was, or became, prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, restrained, or debarred; he withheld, or restrained, himself; he refrained, forbore, or abstained. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- انحجز عَنْهُ He left, forsook, or relinquished, it. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 6. -A2- See also 8.

He, or it, was, or became, defended, or he defended himself, by it; syn. امْتَنَعَ. (TA.) [See also another explanation in what follows.] ― -b2- احتجزا They two were, or became, separated, or parted, each from the other. (TA.) See also 6. -A2- احتجزهُ He carried it in his حُجْزَة: (A, K: *) like as اِحْتَضَنَهُ signifies “he carried it in his حِضْن” (A.) ― -b2- احتجز بِإِزَارِهِ He tied his ازار upon [or around] his waist; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) he made the two ends thereof to meet, and tied it upon his waist; (A, TA;) he wrapped it round his waist. (TA.) ― -b3- Hence, احتجز بِالحِرَارِ وَالجِبَالِ It was encompassed by the stony tracts called حرار [pl. of حَرَّةٌ], and by the mountains. (Mgh.) -A3- احتجز He, (a man, TA,) or it, (a party of people, S,) came to the province called El-Hijáz; (S, K;) as also ↓ انحجز; (ISk, S, K;) and ↓ احجز, (K,) inf. n. إِحْجَازٌ. (TA.)

One who abstains from what is unlawful and indecorous. (TA.) [See also حُجْزَةٌ.]

: see حُجْزَةٌ, in two places.

A severe year, that confines men to their tents or houses, so that they slaughter their generous camels to eat them. (L in art. نبت, on a verse of Zuheyr.)

The place [or part] of the ازار where it is tied [round the waist]; (S, Msb, K, TA;) the place where the end of the ازار is folded, or doubled, in wrapping it round: (Lth, TA:) and [in like manner] حُجْزَةُ السَّرَاوِيلِ [the tuck, or doubled upper border, of the trousers, through which passes the waist-band, i. e., the band or string that binds them round the waist;] the part of the trousers in which is the تِكَّة [or waist-band]; (S;) the place of the تِكَّة: (K:) pl. حُجَزٌ (Msb, TA) and حُجُزَاتٌ and حُجَزَاتٌ: (TA:) and hence حُجْزَةٌ is applied to the garment called إِزَار itself; as also ↓ حِجْزٌ; of which latter the pl. is حُجُزٌ, with two dammehs, [app. contracted into حُجْزٌ,] and pl. pl. حُجُوزٌ: Z says that ↓ حِجْزٌ and حُجْزٌ signify the same. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, شِدَّةٌ الحُجْزَةِ (tropical:) Patience, (K, TA,) and hardiness. (TA.) One says, هَوَ شَديدُ الحُجْزَةِ (tropical:) He is patient in difficulty. (TA.) And it is said in a trad. of 'Alee, when he was asked respecting the BenooUmeiyeh, هُمْ أَشَدُّنَا حُجَزًا, or حَجْزَةً, accord. to different relations, (tropical:) They are the most patient of us in difficulty. (TA.) ― -b3- You say also رَجُلٌ طّيِّبُ الحُجْزَةِ, (A, TA,) and كَرِيمُ الحُجْزَةِ, and كَرِيمُ الحُجْزِ, [app. a contraction of الحُجُزِ,] (TA,) (tropical:) He is one who abstains from what is unlawful and indecorous [especially with respect to women]; like طَيِّبُ الإِزَارِ. (TA.) ― -b4- And هُوَ نَاتِىءُ الحُجْزَةِ (tropical:) He is full in the flanks: the being so is a fault. (K, TA.) ― -b5- You also say, أَخَذَ بِحُجْزَتِهِ,, meaning (tropical:) He sought aid of him: (A, TA:) or he had recourse to him for refuge and protection. (TA.) And أَخَذَ بِحُجْزَةِ ٱللّٰهِ, i. e., بِسَبَبٍ مِنْهُ [meaning, (assumed tropical:) He laid hold of a means of obtaining access, or nearness, to God]: said of Mohammad, in a trad. (TA.) And هٰذَا كَلَامٌ آخِذٌ بَعْضُهُ بِحُجَزِ بَعْضٍ (tropical:) This is language disposed in regular order, consecutively. (A, TA.) It is said in a trad., إِنَّ الرَّحِمَ أَخَذَتْ بِحُجْزَةِ الرَّحمٰنِ [Verily الرَّحِمُ is connected with الرَّحْمٰن]: said to mean, that the name of الرحم is derived from الرحمن; so that it is as though it attached itself thereto, and laid hold of the middle thereof. (IAth, TA.)

A mode, manner, or form, of tying the إِزَار. (TA.)